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On an unseasonably warm evening in March, just as the sun was setting across the Monongahela River, a group of about 20 gathered at the Hazel Ruby McQuain Park amphitheater, ready to take to the streets on their bikes.
Transgender people overwhelmingly describe their lives after transitioning as “happier,” “authentic” and “comforting” despite a deluge of state legislation that seeks to restrict their access to health care and other aspects of life.
Is this a genuine shift away from targeting LGBTQ people, or are lawmakers pausing their attacks ahead of the elections?
“The language is so vague that anything could be deemed obscene,” a West Virginian said on social media.
Senate Bill 194, would ban all gender-affirming care for trans individuals up to 21 years of age and require therapists and social workers to attempt to “cure” people who say they are transgender.