A particularly poignant moment in new docuseries
Trans in Trumpland (★★★☆☆) comes during its first episode. Daisy, a mother in rural North Carolina, recounts trying to source hormones for her transgender son, Ash, and repeatedly running into roadblocks. Even with a doctor’s prescription, insurance could deny coverage, or a pharmacy could simply refuse to actually dispense the drugs necessary for her son’s gender dysphoria. After hours on the phone trying to convince someone to release the drugs, Daisy finally breaks and declares that Ash is at serious risk of suicide should he not receive treatment. That primal plea for help, from a mother desperately trying to protect her child, provokes the necessary response: Ash’s drugs are finally sent — only to arrive with his deadname on the label.