As House Republicans advance legislation targeting access to gender-affirming care for transgender young people, Rep. Sarah McBride spoke emotionally about what those policies would have meant for her own life. The bill, introduced by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene and passed by the House on 17 December, seeks to criminalize gender-affirming procedures and medical care for minors. McBride, who is trans, reflected on growing up without access to the care she needed, saying “That means 21 years of pain,” describing a persistent sense of homesickness that only disappeared once she was finally able to receive gender-affirming care as an adult. Her “biggest regret,” she added, was never having “a childhood without that pain,” and she expressed deep admiration for trans young people who are coming out today despite what she described as open hostility from Congress. As the legislation moves toward the Senate, McBride urged lawmakers to consider whom the government is meant to serve. “All an...