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Local parents of transgender children speak out on 2 bills threatening their community
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ST. LOUIS – A group of St. Louis area parents says the rights of transgender children are under attack, but they’re fighting back.
“He loves playing games on his computer with his friends, he’s a great artist,” said Becky Hormuth, a parent of a transgender child.
“He loves geography, he is super funny, he loves his cats, he’s just a regular kid,” said Danielle Meert, another parent of a transgender child.
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“He’s a senior in college in Philadelphia, never to return to Missouri,” said Susan Halla, founder of TransParent and parent of a transgender child.
For these parents fighting the legislation, it’s personal. Each parent has a transgender son who has gone through medical treatments at the Washington University Transgender Center at St. Louis Children’s Hospital that have helped them transition.
“His grades have gone up, his depression has alleviated, his anxieties have gone down, so it’s just been an overwhelmingly positive,” Hormuth said. “It actually affirms truly who my child is; he gets to feel like his whole self, not just in our house, but also with the community of doctors.”
A now former employee recently alleged the center is not doing right by its patients.
“They’ve been nothing but fabulous, we know the whistleblower, we believe what she’s saying is right-wing rhetoric, Halla said. “It’s very apparent that her coming out, came out at the timing of these bills.”
Parents and advocates said the bills threaten healthcare and the ability to play sports. They fear that, if approved, the future of transgender children in Missouri will be forever changed.
“I know how my kid was not doing well before, and now he’s doing great,” Meert said. “It’s just heartbreaking to know that other children are not going to receive that healthcare because of people that are just willfully ignorant.”
In the upcoming weeks, lawmakers in Jefferson City will decide whether programs like the one at Washington University will continue to assist children.
“I know that we stand on the right side of history, and that gives me hope,” Halla said.
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JEFFERSON COUNTY, Mo. – Two people are behind bars after a man reportedly attacked a Jefferson County deputy with a screwdriver during an attempted arrest over the weekend.
Prosecutors have charged Nicholas Davis, 47, and Amanda Davis, 45, of Dittmer, Missouri, with felonies in the investigation.
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The alleged attack followed a traffic stop of a driver in the 9500 block of Jones Creek Road on July 7, though the driver was not Nicholas or Amanda.
According to court documents obtained by FOX 2, Nicholas reportedly came out of his nearby home, yelled at a deputy and started approaching him while holding a screwdriver. The deputy initially ordered Nicholas to back away, then used pepper spray.
Per court documents, the deputy attempted to arrest Nicholas, who then struck him in the chest with the screwdriver. Amanda reportedly approached the deputy and pulled him away from Nicholas before both ran inside their home.
The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office says the situation prompted an hours-long standoff involving negotiators, a SWAT team and a K-9 deputy. The situation led to Nicholas refusing warnings and being bitten by a K-9.
Nicholas and Amanda are both jailed in the Jefferson County Jail without bond. Nicholas is charged with first-degree assault on a special victim and armed criminal action. Amanda is charged with resisting/interfering with arrest.
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ST. LOUIS — The new St. Louis schools superintendent will be officially sworn into office today. Dr. Keisha Scarlett took over the job in July after the retirement of Dr. Kelvin Adams. She was assistant superintendent in the Seattle Public School District. The installation ceremony is at 6:15 p.m. before the regular school board meeting.
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ST. LOUIS — A gasoline tanker truck crashed into a Metro transit center near Riverview and Hall Streets early Tuesday morning and knocked over a power pole. The pole is leaning on other power lines. Police have the area blocked off here because there is a downed power line. Ameren and Metro crews are also on the scene.
The incident happened around 12:30 a.m. It’s still unclear exactly what caused the crash, but we do that there was a second vehicle somehow involved. The airbags on that second vehicle did deploy.
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Police at the scene have not been able to give us a lot of details. Metro officials tell FOX 2 that the transit center here is operating this morning for passengers and buses. Access to certain areas will be limited here as clean up unfolds.
A Metro spokesperson says half of the station isn’t being used right now because of safety issues. It isn’t impacting overall bus operations, everything is just happening on the other side of transit center.
The extent of the damage to the actual transit center is still unclear, but I’m told it does not appear to be extreme. A Metro spokesperson tells me there were no injuries to any metro workers or passengers. The tanker driver also was not injured.
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