Biden to transgender Americans: Your president has your back. Brooke Sopelsa and Jo Yurcaba © Provided by NBC News
In his first joint address to Congress, President Joe Biden on Wednesday sent an unequivocal message to the transgender community: To all transgender Americans watching at home, especially the young people. You’re so brave. I want you to know your president has your back.
His remarks come amid a wave of state bills targeting transgender people, particularly trans youth. As of this week, at least six states have signed bills into law that restrict gender-affirming care for minors or ban trans student athletes from competing on school sports teams that align with their gender identity. On Wednesday, hours before Biden s speech, West Virginia’s governor signed a bill into law that prevents transgender students from competing on girls sports teams from middle school through college.
A Connecticut court case has set off a flood of bills to limit transgender rights across the nation
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Transgender 4th Grader Kai Shappley Gets Death Threats After Testifying Before Texas Legislature
On 4/21/21 at 7:41 PM EDT
Kai Shappley, a transgender fourth grader who testified in front of the Texas Senate on April 12, has begun receiving death threats for her testimony, her mother, Kimberly Shappley, said.
The child testified in front of the Texas Senate Committee on State Affairs regarding SB 1646, a bill that would redefine child abuse to include consenting to or assisting in the administering or supplying of, a puberty suppression prescription drug or cross-sex hormone to a child.
The bill would criminalize parents, guardians, medical workers and pharmacists who help trans children obtain medically approved treatments for either physically transitioning into their self-identified gender or delaying puberty.
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Hey, all Elizabeth here. It’s nice to be back with you all for a week when Katie’s out on vacation. I have a bit of a royal scoop to kick off the newsletter this week. After Prince Philip died, I got a series of fascinating messages from my Aunt Diane about her relationship with him. She first met him in the 90s, when she was a young executive at the World Wildlife Fund and he was president of WWF International.