What’s the agenda behind GOP push of anti-trans legislation?

A record number of anti-LGBTQ legislation has been introduced nationwide according to the ACLU.

A record number of anti-LGBTQ legislation has been introduced nationwide according to the ACLU. Photo by Shutterstock.

Lawmakers have already introduced more than 400 bills targeting LBGTQ rights this year, according to the ACLU. That includes bans on public expressions of gender identity, and hormonal and surgical treatments even for some adult patients.

Credits

Guest:

  • Jules Gill-Peterson - historian at Johns Hopkins University who co-edits the journal Transgender Studies Quarterly, author of the book “Histories of the Transgender Child”

Host:

Madeleine Brand

Producers:

Sarah Sweeney, Angie Perrin, Michell Eloy, Amy Ta, Brian Hardzinski, Bennett Purser, Marcelle Hutchins