Transgender rights activists in the U.S. are trying to maintain long-term optimism even as many hard-won protections come under threat and hate crimes increase.
NEW YORK — Amid their annual vigils for transgender homicide victims, trans rights activists in the U.S. are trying to maintain long-term optimism even as many hard-won protections are under threat.that employers should be allowed to fire workers because they are transgender.
The year-to-date death toll of 22 is close to the annual average for recent years, according to the Human Rights Campaign, a national LGBTQ rights organization that on Monday released atallying 157 violent deaths of transgender people in the U.S. since 2013, about 80% of them trans women of color. To a large extent, the ban remains in place, despite lawsuits challenging it, said Shannon Minter, who waged some of that litigation as legal director of the National Center for Lesbian Rights.
“The more politicians and organizations attack transgender people ... the more they are ultimately helping to raise the visibility of these important issues and giving trans people an opportunity to show the public who they really are,” Minter said.In Connecticut, for example, three girls who competed in high school track filed a federal discriminationin June saying the state’s inclusive policy on transgender athletes has cost them top finishes and possibly college scholarships.
At one point, Attorney General Ken Paxton asked that the mother be investigated for possible child abuse. The Federalist, a conservative online magazine, ran a column by gay conservative Chad Felix Greene calling on Republican-controlled legislatures to outlaw gender transition medical procedures for minors.
Branstetter spoke with The Associated Press on Friday, her last day as a spokeswoman for the National Center for Transgender Equality. Its staff shrank from more than 20 to less than 10 amid recent disputes over its leadership, staff diversity and a unionization drive.
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