Families fear a ban on gender affirming care in the wake of harassment of clinics

Dozens of counter-protesters attempted to disrupt an anti-trans rally outside the Tennessee capitol building on October 21 with signs, sirens and shouting. (Blake Farmer/WPLN News)

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People used to call Adams a tomboy. His mom never liked that, though he’s always been adventurous.

At a park in Nashville, he tears into the woods looking for frogs by a stagnant pond and stumbles upon two young deer lying in the tall grass.

He calls over to his mother, Elizabeth.