When the U.S. Supreme Court last week upheld Tennessee’s controversial ban on gender-affirming care for minors, the news hit hard for Hunsen Abequeer, an Alamo City drag performer who’s transitioning from a woman to a man. The high court’s decision will allow similar bans to remain in place in Texas and around two dozen other states. Statistics suggest the inability of minors and their families to access gender-affirming care will have devastating effects on their mental health and well-being, said Abequeer, who considers himself lucky to have moved as a child from a rural Texas town to more-accepting San Antonio.
