This year is on track to be a record-breakingly bad year for anti-trans legislation.
, there has been a “rapid increase” in bills targeting transgender people – and more specifically, transgender youth. According to internal tracking by NCTE, in 2020, 79 anti-trans bills were introduced; so far in 2022, 157 anti-trans bills have been floated. Of those 157 bills, 65 are youth sports bans; 37 are healthcare bans; 29 are curriculum bans; and the remaining cover issues from so-called bathroom bills to birth certificates.
These bills — whether or not they’re passed — have deep consequences. In addition to banning trans youth from certain spaces, Rodrigo Heng-Lehtinen of NCTE says these bills are also damaging on a mental and emotional level. “Even in states where we succeed in blocking these bills from becoming law, it’s still really damaging to have your legitimacy debated by government leaders,” Heng-Lehtinen says.
. At the signing, Noem said the bill will make sure girls are given “an opportunity for a level playing field, for fairness, that gives them the chance to experience success.” Elliot Vogue, an 18-year-old student who spent his teen years protesting anti-LGBTQ legislation in his home state of South Dakota, says Noem’s logic is lacking. “To be blunt, if a trans girl is better than you at her sport, it’s not because she’s trans. It’s because she’s better than you,” Elliot says.
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