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Edward Markey: “Our resolution affirms the right to gender affirming health…”

Featuring: Edward Markey, Democratic | U.S. Senate Massachusetts

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Trans people have the right to live free from violence. And trans people have the right to live free from government intrusion into their bodies and into their lives. Our resolution affirms the right to gender affirming health care, the right to accurate identity documents, the right to fully participate in school, in work and in public life. just like anyone else. This is about who we are as a country. It is about whether freedom belongs to all of us or only to some of us. (08:41–08:55)

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Asserts that the resolution supports rights to gender-affirming health care, accurate identity documents, and full participation in society.

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