Oklahoma legislators were preparing to outlaw child sex-change surgeries. Then hundreds of transgender activists protested inside the state capitol.
The crowd had rallied against several bills that, if passed, would ban child gender transition.
“We are Oklahoma,” it chanted in footage uploaded to Twitter by local reporter Nick Camper. The crowd also chanted, “Trans lives matter” and “Protect trans kids.”
The crowd, numbering about 150, carried pro-transgender signs with statements like “We Are Not A Threat So Stop Making Us a Target. HRT Saves Lives.”
The Oklahoma State Capitol is seen in Oklahoma City on Sept. 30, 2015. (Jon Herskovitz/Reuters)
“HRT” means hormone replacement therapy, where women inject testosterone and men inject estrogen to appear more like the opposite gender….