At least 417 accounts against her LGBT the community has been voted this year in many states USA, which is more than double the corresponding bills passed last year. This is a record number in the history of the country, and many analysts are deeply concerned about the state of civil liberties in the United States.

Bills related to health and education are causing the most worrying growth for many. Conservative politicians have been trying for months to pass laws to prevent transgender youth from receiving health care appropriate to their chosen gender. In addition, similar efforts are being made to prevent young people who have changed sex from registering under a new name in schools and universities.

Florida restrictions

In addition, in states such as Florida, with ultra-conservative Governor Ron de Sandys, efforts have been made to limit LGBTI participation in other areas as well. In particular, the state’s Republicans are pushing more and more to legislate the discussion of gender and sexuality in classrooms (a law that opponents called “the law that you should not talk about homosexuality”). conservative – The state of Tennessee is trying to ban drag shows that have faced unprecedented criticism in other states.

The rate of adoption of bills with such a philosophy in the country has now reached such a high level that, on average, almost two bills appear per day. “The bill that was introduced yesterday is almost out of date,” said Kat Carrick, professor of the LGBTI health program at George Washington University.

Bills related to health and education are causing the most worrying growth for many.

Attacks on LGBTI rights have not begun yet. This has been the case for at least the last five years, but their aggressive growth over the past year is worrisome. Some laws relating to education require teachers to inform parents of children if a child believes they are being treated with a gender other than their biological sex. “This is all based on the paranoid idea of ​​some that teachers are secretly encouraging children to become transgender without telling anyone,” explained Jillian Branstetter, director of public relations for the American Civil Liberties Union.

To Kentucky

Over the past two weeks, the Governor of Idaho has signed a bill to ban transgender students from using school toilets that match their chosen gender identity. Meanwhile, Kentucky lawmakers overrode the governor’s veto and passed a sweeping bill to ban gender-proven hospital treatment for transgender youth.

This new wave of anti-LGBTQ laws, many of which almost directly target the more than two million transgender people living in the United States, comes at a time when one in four transgender adults say they’ve been physically abused, according to a poll conducted by The Washington Post. at the end of 2022. This rate is higher among transgender people of color.