A gay doctor who is one of Louisiana’s only specialist paediatric cardiologists has left the state after the introduction of a Don’t Say Gay copycat bill and a ban on gender-affirming care for trans youth.

Jake Kleinmahon, who was one of just three doctors specialising in heart transplants for children in Louisiana, chose to leave the state with his family, as they no longer felt safe.

Kleinmahon met and fell in love with his husband Tom in New Orleans, and the couple expected remain in Louisiana, even after retirement. However, he told CNN that the state’s anti-LGBTQ+ legislation made him and his family feel unwelcome and that he ultimately “didn’t have a choice”.

  • @WorldWideLem
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    6810 months ago

    Part of what makes religion so useful, to suffer becomes virtuous.

    • downpunxx
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      2610 months ago

      I wish them nothing but unyielding neverending virtue

    • @afraid_of_zombies
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      310 months ago

      You aren’t wrong. The ideal is always something that if everyone achieved it the civilization would end.