LGBTQ+ People Are Not Going Back! We shouldn’t accept being a scapegoat
What is the Democratic Party (and its center-left allies) doing in response to this worsening trend?
Trans rights are not great in this country. They never really have been, but in recent years, there has been an uptick in anti-trans sentiment.
States have started rolling back everything from restricting trans athletes from participating in athletic events that align with their gender to prohibiting those under the age of 18 from accessing gender-affirming care.
The state of Florida, in particular, has passed some of the most regressive laws in the nation. People can only use gendered facilities such as bathrooms, locker rooms, domestic violence centers, and prisons that match the gender they were assigned at birth. Another law has banned everyone under 18 from accessing gender-affirming care. The law has also allowed the state the right to temporarily take away the children of the parents who permit such care.
This shape of affairs is, if anything, picking up steam. Trump made his anti-trans messaging a significant part of his 2024 campaign, with one of Trump’s primary campaign promises being to stop gender-affirming care for minors. This is a promise that very much may come to…
