In Arkansas, Trans Teens Await an Uncertain Future [nytimes.com]
By Sabrina Imbler, Photo: Liz Sanders/The New York Times, The New York Times, January 18, 2022 For years, Zara Banks had been looking forward to her 14th birthday — the moment, last June, when her life would no longer be on pause. Ever since Zara, a transgender girl, was 8, she has been certain she wanted to grow up to be a woman. After conversations with her parents and sessions with a therapist, she began transitioning socially: changing her name to Zara and pronouns to she/her. When she...