Alphonso David

Gov. Ron DeSantis held a ceremony at a Christian school to sign a bill banning transgender girls from participating in school sports. Happy Pride Month!

A segment on transgender healthcare devolved quickly to focus on people who stop transitioning instead of the actual health care problems trans people face.

Just after Gov. Bill Lee signed a bill to force businesses to warn customers if they allow trans people to use the bathroom, he’s banning health care access for trans youth.

In less than five months, politicians have made attacking the rights of trans people the newest American wedge issue.

Montana has now made it illegal to mention gender identity or sexual orientation in schools unless parents opt-in to it in advance. Montana also became the seventh state to ban trans youth in sports.

A bill passed the Tennessee legislature that would require bathroom facilities that trans people are allowed to use be designated as allowing use by “either biological sex.” It now goes to the governor’s desk.

“We will see West Virginia in court,” the ACLU tweeted as Gov. Jim Justice signed the discriminatory law.

A hate group leader praised the “Big Sky leader” for making Montana the latest state with a law “restoring” religious exemptions to discrimination laws.

Alabama’s governor signed the ban on trans youth in sports, despite opponents warning that this could jeopardize the state’s future NCAA events.

What kind of political points could the right hope to win by targeting trans people? What is their strategy?