Transgender Georgians, families brace as states pass restrictive laws

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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Throughout much of her childhood, P. felt like something was off. But she didn’t know exactly what. “I felt at odds with myself,” the Decatur resident recounted. “Almost like my physical body was trying to push me in one direction but I wanted to go another.” The breakthrough moment came on a family vacation in 2017, when she read a National Geographic cover story about Avery Jackson, a pink-haired 9-year-old who is transgender. “I remember reading her story at like 1 in the morning, sitting in the Airbnb thinking, ‘oh my God, that sounds like me,'” said P., now 16. There are no simple paths f…

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