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More than 100 people marched through Emeryville to Sutter Health’s headquarters on Monday to protest the company’s decision to stop treating some of its trans patients.

“I am not a political pawn, I am a teenager who wants to grow up in a body that feels like his.”

That’s Eric, a trans teenager who lives in the East Bay. He and his parents are part of Rainbow Families Action, a Bay Area collective of parents with trans kids that helped organize Monday’s rally. To protect Eric’s safety, we aren’t going to use his last name.

“Trans people are not the only group that receives gender affirming care. In fact, we are not even the majority. Cisgender boys receive top surgery for gynecomastia far more often than trans boys and plenty cisgender girls will get breast

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