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From Texas to Florida, we’re seeing legislatures pass anti-trans and
anti-LGBTQ bills — on everything from sports to banning educators from
discussing gender identity and sexuality in the classroom – that severely
threaten the daily lives of trans folks.

These attacks are fueled by the misogyny and transphobia that’s alive and
well in the Republican party.

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We’ve compiled four of the most recent anti-trans attacks and pieces of
legislation that have passed in the last few months in hopes of educating
our communities so that we can collectively fight back:

 1. Earlier this month, Alabama Governor Kay Ivey signed SB 184 into law,
criminalizing healthcare providers who offer gender-affirming care to
transgender youth. The law would subject doctors to 10 years in prison
for providing puberty blockers and hormones to trans kids^1,
effectively relegating trans youth to nearly zero bodily autonomy
until adulthood.

 2. Alabama’s Governor Ivey also signed HB 322 into law this month,
forcing trans children to use bathrooms of their birth sex and banning
discussions of sexual orientation or gender identity in kindergarten
through fifth grade.^2

 3. In February, Texas Governor Abbott made an alarming announcement when
he directed state agencies to investigate gender-affirming care for
minors as “child abuse,” calling on doctors, teachers, and the general
public to report the parents of trans children for prosecution.^3 This
announcement came as Texas Attorney General Paxton released an opinion
claiming that gender-affirming care for minors “can legally constitute
child abuse under several provisions” of state law.

 4. In what has become a centerpiece of public attention in regards to
anti-LGBTQ legislation, Florida recently passed what has been dubbed
the “Don’t Say Gay” law which prohibits classroom discussion of
“sexual orientation and gender identity” in order to target LGBTQ+
students, teachers, and curriculum topics.^4 This forces many queer
and trans kids, and kids with LGBTQ+ parents, to find themselves the
targets of censorship.

These attacks put trans youth in direct fire. Trans youth already face the
highest rate of youth homelessness, and Black trans women face
disproportionate fatal violence. This in addition to discrimination many
trans people face in employment and housing.

Alexandria believes that Trans Lives Matter, and our movement will
continue fighting for trans liberation and gender equity — that means
fighting for gender protections that include TLGBQ+ folks in the public
and private sphere.

[ [link removed] ]If you’re able to, can you help us fight back against these attacks by
splitting a contribution between our movement and SONG Power? SONG Power
is the political arm of Southerners on New Ground — a home for LGBTQ
liberation that is building a multi-issue southern justice movement in the
struggle for dignity and justice for all people.



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Thank you for standing up for trans lives today,

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