What losing health care and mental health services means for LGBTQ+ youth
From nationwide bans on gender-affirming care for minors (https://www.kpbs.org/news/national/2025/06/18/supreme-court-upholds-state-bans-on-transgender-care-for-minors) to the shutdown of a suicide prevention hotline (https://www.kpbs.org/news/health/2025/06/18/trump-administration-cuts-specialized-suicide-prevention-service-for-lgbtq-youth) for LGBTQ+ youth, anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric and legislation is increasingly impacting queer and transgender youth.
Wednesday on Midday Edition, we hear about how anti-LGBTQ+ policies are continuing to impact young people and their families in San Diego, including access to health care and mental health services.
Also, for Pride week, one program at a local LGBTQ+ theater (https://www.diversionary.org/teenversionary-2025) is giving teenagers a creative means of processing the political moment and channeling it into art.
Guests:
• Kathie Moehlig, executive director and founder, TransFamily Support Services (https://transfamilysos.org/)
• Lou Felipe (https://psychology.du.edu/about/faculty-directory/lou-santos-felipe) , clinical psychologist, associate professor, University of Denver
• Wilfred Paloma, director of education and community engagement, Diversionary Theatre (https://www.diversionary.org/)
• Gray Cohen, participant, Teen-Versionary program]]＞