Desmond Meagley

This story aired in the October 29, 2025 episode of Crosscurrents.

Over the summer, Bay Area medical centers and clinics Stanford Medical and Kaiser Permanente paused gender affirming care services for youth under 19 years old. Now, parents of transgender kids are facing some new, hard decisions. Some are even making plans to leave the Bay Area, which is known for its vibrant queer community.

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Steve and Carolyn Stone (not their real names) have two kids, and live in the East Bay. In 2023, when their youngest child was in middle school, she came out to them as trans. The following year, she attended her graduation in a dress.

Carolyn Stone said that she looked beautiful.

“It was really important to her. She glowed, and she looked hap

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