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Pressing Pause on the Global Transgender Youth Pandemic

Pressing Pause on the Global Transgender Youth Pandemic

June 11, 2020 | by Jean C. Lloyd

When COVID-19 began to crash over the United States, leaders responded by placing their states and communities on pause, suspending everything possible, including non-essential surgeries and medical care. During this time, my friend’s mastectomy for aggressive breast cancer was deemed essential, but the liposuction she wanted to have done to source her reconstruction was considered...

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