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\u201cFor the first time, I felt what it was [like] to be on their bad side and be looked upon as a bad child,\u201d said Monica Paz, remembering the moment she came out to her parents. \u201cIt was literally over my sexuality, not because I had done anything wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Paz was nine-years-old when she migrated with her parents from El Salvador. Raised in Los Angeles, Paz struggled with drug abuse and resorted to sex work at a very young age. And throughout this time, Paz knew something was \u201cnot right.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cUp until age, probably 17, even though I knew that I wasn\u2019t just a boy like I was assigned at birth, I knew that something was different, but I didn\u2019t know trans women existed because I didn\u2019t have any of that around me,\u201d Paz said. \u201cI was so secluded.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Paz delayed her transition until her late 30s. The decision was a frightening one, because she feared losing what she felt were the last connections she had with her family. Transitioning, according to the Gay Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), is the process a person undertakes to bring their gender expression and\/or body into alignment with their gender identity. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI felt if I started transitioning then that small opportunity or chance of me being able to reacquaint with my family would have been none,\u201d said Paz. \u201cThat\u2019s what kept me from starting my transition until later on in life, which I regret and I don\u2019t normally regret things.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Paz made the decision to transition and is thankful to have had the resources to do it safely, but this, unfortunately, has not always been the case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today, Paz works to help provide guidance and resources to folks in her community, resources and guidance she didn\u2019t have growing up. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Paz is a Medical Case Manager for the San Francisco Community Health Center<\/a>. The Center is a LGTBTQ+ and POC health organization that provides services and care to communities in San Francisco. The services they offer range from medical to dental to mental health to STD\/HIV testing, treatment and prevention. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Being raised in households that do not actively have conversations that discuss gender identity, gender fluidity and expression, and all other topics that fall within the umbrella of queer, disconnects those from understanding different walks of life. Having these conversations helps fight the phobia against queer individuals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For Julianna Trujillo \u2014  a volunteer community ambassador for the SF Community Health Center  \u2014 her transition experience was also challenging and began with a sense of isolation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Growing up in Veracruz, Mexico, where she was abused as a child and discriminated against, was hard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t want to live my life as a transgender prostitute \u2026 that was the only choice we had \u2026 workwise,\u201d said Trujillo. \u201cI came over here in 1998 with a dream to be somebody else, normal \u2026 Become a woman.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trujillo immigrated to the U.S. at a very early age and began going to a transgender clinic where they found a community of trans people for the first time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI had an image in my mind of what a perfect trans woman was,\u201d Trujillo said. \u201cI felt like I was too far from it to get there \u2026 Until now.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Much of what is in mainstream media today surrounding the transgender experience often is about struggle and challenges. With the recent attacks against trans people in the form of Florida\u2019s \u2018Don\u2019t Say Gay\u2019 bill<\/a>, Oklahoma\u2019s signing of an anti-trans bathroom bill<\/a>, Indiana enacting a law that bans trans girls from participating on girls teams<\/a>, and Alabama denying trans youth from accessing gender-affirming healthcare,<\/a> amplifying the diverse experiences of trans people is imperative. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe people at this Community Health Center are the best, they helped me with everything,\u201d said Trujillo. \u201cMy life has been improving a lot.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In San Francisco, both Paz and Trujillo were able to find the opportunities and resources they had been seeking and the family they long needed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unfortunately, not everyone is this fortunate. Throughout the country, trans communities are facing evergrowing attacks in the form of limiting access to resources, support, and medical care being. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Four states<\/a> \u2014 Alabama, Arkansas, Texas, and Arizona \u2014 have enacted laws prohibiting trans minors from accessing gender-affirming health care, which includes puberty blockers, hormone therapy, and surgical intervention. However these laws in Alabama, Arkansas and Texas have been temporarily blocked by court rulings. Should these laws prevail however, the penalties for allowing youth to access these services are harsh. These penalties include charging families and healthcare workers with child abuse, and healthcare providers could be at risk of losing their jobs or could face jail time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research has shown that providing access to gender-affirming care improves mental health and lowers the odds of suicide amongst transgender adults. <\/a> Other studies<\/a> show that gender-affirming care improves the overall well-being of trans youth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s taking back the hard work that has already been put in, for so many decades by so many others that have basically put their lives at risk and probably even ended up losing their lives because of it,\u201d said Paz. \u201cThese laws are taking away the basic human rights that I feel every individual has, as a citizen of the United States or even just as a resident of the United States.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The ongoing argument over abortion laws falls within the same argument of trans rights. Prohibiting trans individuals access to gender-affirming healthcare is just as harmful as denying people access to safe abortions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTake everything else away, we\u2019re all humans,\u201d said Paz. <\/p>\n\n\n

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Monica Paz and Julianna Trujillo, who both work at the San Francisco Community Health Center providing services to LGTBTQ+ communities, pose for a portrait on June 14, 2022. Photo: Alexis Terrazas<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

For AJ Rio-Glick, a volunteer for the COLAGE organization living in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, transitioning was both a personal struggle and a challenge for their parents. Rio-Glick was raised by two queer women who did not really understand that their child was trans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThey\u2019re just from a different generation of women and cisgender lesbians,\u201d said Rio-Glick. \u201cLike my parents sort of phrase for butch lesbians was like, \u2018we\u2019re not a man, I\u2019m not trying to look like a man. I\u2019m a woman with my own sense of self\u2019 and that was something they had to fight really hard for.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

COLAGE is an organization that was founded in the 90’s with the vision to provide youth with one or more lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and\/or queer (LBTQ+) parents to a community of peers to connect with. Their mission is to \u201cenvision a world in which all children grow up loved and cared for in families and communities that teach them about, connect them to, and honor their unique heritage.\u201d Programs like COLAGE foster a generation of youth that is accepting, respectful, and understanding to all types of people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI think that when I said, \u2018I\u2019m not the lesbian child you thought I was, I\u2019m actually a trans man.\u2019 I think that brought up alot for them in their own history of queerness,\u201d said Rio-Glick. \u201cIt brought up alot of fear, and I remember my parents being like, what are these hormones going to do to your body? Are you still going to be the same person?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rio-Glick\u2019s parents, like most, had a lot of questions. With more education and proper resources, they were able to understand and accept Rio-Glick\u2019s gender identity. Once Rio-Glick transitioned, the love and support of their family was stronger than ever, yet another set of problems arose. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTransphobia happens or starts from this dehumanization of trans people,\u201d said Rio-Glick. \u201cThe expectation that [trans individuals] are not a normal person, or a mentally sane person, that\u2019s not a person that contributes to society, so we can just push them aside.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rio-Glick talked about how difficult it is for trans people just to be recognized and validated in society. With these anti-trans bills being enacted, it will make living \u2014 and surviving \u2014 in this heteronormative society all the more challenging. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI think the biggest thing that anyone can do is exactly this, talking about it, writing about it, publishing about it and encouraging people to call and vote,\u201d Rio-Glick said. \u201cJust to continue doing that and know that with or without these laws, trans people have always been here \u2026 It\u2019s not over.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For inquiry of services provided by the San Francisco Community Health Center visit the website: https:\/\/sfcommunityhealth.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Instagram: @sfcommunityhealth<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Facebook: SFCommunityHealth <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Twitter: @SFCHC415 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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