Protestors demonstrating against Trump's anti-trans military ban.
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More anti-trans bills have been introduced in the first three months of 2021 than in any other year so far – and it’s no accident, legal advocates warn.
A Republican-led “legislative boom” has seen at least 25 states introduce over 60 bills targeting transgender children, the most common being bans on trans girls and women competing in sports.
Twenty-one bills have been introduced to criminalise gender-affirming care for trans kids with one state, Alabama, making it a felony offence.
For comparison, in the whole of 2020 the number of bills focused specifically on trans youth was 41, a total already surpassed in just over two months of 2021.