Don’t Wait to Help

To the Editor:

With all due respect to Glynis Tietjen, (and her letter last week) in a perfect world, her uninformed opinion about the LGBTQ community might be ok. However, waiting to address your child’s confusion about their sexual orientation may be too late as more than 60% of suicide attempts among LGBTQ people happen within five years of realizing they are LGBTQ.

I personally know of a person who knew at age four and said, “It is like being born without legs.” How sad that our governor is grasping for votes by attacking parents who only want to support and find ways to save their children with the help of medical doctors and/or psychologists.

Kudos to Helen Niesner for giving us scientific and medical facts about gender-affirming care for transgender children.

Patty Reid

La Grange