President Biden called for the protection of transgender youths and expansion of federal protections for LGBTQ Americans in his State of the Union address Tuesday night.
In a sign that the 2024 Republican primary is likely to only escalate attacks on transgender Americans, former President Donald Trumpin which he laid out a detailed anti-trans plan that included denying care to adults, saying,"I will sign a new executive order instructing every federal agency to cease all programs that promote the concept of sex and gender transition at any age."
Trump said that he would propose cutting Medicare and Medicaid funding to any hospital or health care provider that offered gender affirming care to minors and that his administration would “inform states and school districts that if any teacher or school official suggests to a child that they could be trapped in the wrong body, they will be faced with severe consequences.”
“As part of our new credentialing body for teachers, we will promote positive education about the nuclear family, the roles of mothers and fathers and celebrating rather than erasing the things that make men and women different and unique,” Trump added. “I will ask Congress to pass a bill establishing the only genders recognized by the United States government are male and female, and they are assigned at birth.
Biden addressed the issue at last year’s State of the Union, saying, “The onslaught of state laws targeting transgender Americans and their families is wrong. To our younger transgender Americans, I will always have your back as your president, so you can be yourself and reach your God-given potential.”
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