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Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2024

Publication Title

Washington University Journal of Law & Policy

Abstract

In the past few decades, our nation has made substantial progress on the rights of LGBTQ+ people. The legalization of gay marriage in Obergefell v. Hodges in 2015 was transformative for our nation. Just five years later, another huge victory was scored in Bostock v. Clayton County, Georgia, when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 protected gay and transgender people.

With every gain, backlash often follows. Three years after Bostock, a tsunami of anti-LGBTQ+ bills, and more specifically, anti-Trans bills, littered the nation. Hundreds of bills have been filed since Bostock, with over 400 such bills filed in 2023 alone. Republican-controlled legislatures, thus far, are winning a manufactured war. And things may get worse still.

Keywords

Civil Rights, Discrimination, Transgender, Minor, Children

Publication Citation

Kimberly Jade Norwood & Jaimie Hileman, The Tragic Costs of ‘Protecting’ Trans Youth, 73 Wash. U. J.L. & Pol’y 203 (2024)

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