For transgender Coloradans living outside Denver, gender-affirming care comes with added barriers

As tears trickled down his face, Xavi Saenz asked himself why it took 43 years for him to live authentically as a transgender man.  Born and raised in the small, conservative town of Delta, Colorado, Saenz identified as a lesbian woman for most of his life. The title fit him while he presented as a woman, but he still felt something was missing.