At least one US state has passed a law that makes it illegal to administer hormones or other drugs to help kids under sixteen begin transitioning, and at least one has recently passed legislation making it illegal to compete in athletics that don't match your genetic gender.

{Wow - that's awkward phrasing, but i can't think of a better way to phrase it.}

Still, as they used to say, let's face the music and dance.

After 9/11 {bear with me, there's a bit of relevancy}, late science-fiction author John M. Ford published a poem titled "110 Stories"; i'm not sure, but i suspect that it consists of things people actually said.

The last line of the right-hand column {look at it ti make that clear}, before the two-line coda is

This is New York. We'll find a place to dance.

{Nineteen years later, i still choke a bit when i read the poem - and especially at that...}