Content warning: This story contains a mention of a suicide attempt.
Trans people are living in the crosshairs of contradiction. On the one hand, the past decade ushered in a new era of visibility, both culturally and politically, with transgender recognition hailed as America’s next frontier of civil rights and a record number of trans and non-binary people running for office in 2022. But as trans people continued to fight for acceptance, a fierce backlash mounted. Which brings us to where we are today: In 2023 alone, hundreds of bills proposed at the state level are threatening trans
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