A Wave of Anti-Transgender Legislation

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🗓️ 20 April 2021

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Just four months into 2021 and there have already been more than 80 bills, introduced in mostly Republican-controlled legislatures, that aim to restrict transgender rights, mostly in sports and medical care. But what’s the thinking behind the laws, and why are there so many? We look into the motivation behind the bills and analyze the impact they could have. Guest: Dan Levin, who covers American youth for The New York Times’s National Desk.

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0:00.0	From the New York Times, I'm Michael Babaro. This is Adali.
0:09.0	Just four months into 2021,
0:12.0	Republican state lawmakers across the country
0:15.0	have already proposed more bills restricting the lives of transgender youth
0:21.0	than in any previous year.
0:24.0	Today, Sabrina Tevernese spoke with our colleague, Dan Levin,
0:29.0	about what's behind these bills and the impact they could have
0:34.0	on the children and families that they target.
0:44.0	It's Tuesday, April 20th.
0:52.0	So, Dan, can you start by telling us what are these bills we've been seeing around the country?
0:56.0	So, the big national picture is since January
1:01.0	in often Republican controlled legislatures in over 30 states,
1:06.0	lawmakers have introduced more than 80 bills that focus on the rights of transgender youth.
1:15.0	And these bills kind of fall into two main baskets.
1:21.0	The first focus is on trans youth in sports,
1:26.0	and the other big basket of bills is around transgender medical care.
1:31.0	So, Dan, let's start with the first basket. Tell me about the sports bills.
1:36.0	So, these bills have been introduced in states from Texas to Florida,
1:42.0	to West Virginia, Kansas, and Missouri.
1:47.0	And the major focus of these transgender sports bills is that they aim to prevent transgender athletes
1:53.0	and really, in most of these cases, transgender women and girls from playing on sports teams
1:59.0	that align with their gender identity.
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