Response to Lydia Anderson…

In response to Lydia Anderson. Undocumented immigrants provide far more to the California economy than they take from it. We would be lost without them providing care for our elderly and infirm, working on our farms and in our restaurants, etc. Gender affirming care for young kids consists of hormones to delay puberty and therapy to give them time and support to figure things out. Studies have shown that kids who are denied this support are more likely to commit suicide. I thank God that I live in a state that shows compassion toward undocumented immigrants and allows the LGBT community and women to decide what happens with our own bodies.

–Laura McMichael-Cady, Castro Valley