From New York Times, I'm Michael Barrow. This is a deal.

Today, with stunning speed, the status of trans youth has become the rallying cry of

the Republican Party, from state legislatures to presidential campaigns.

My colleague, Adam Nagarney, has been reporting unprecciestly how that came to be and why it's

proven such a potent issue. It's Thursday, June 1st.

Adam over the past few months, it has felt like the Republican Party at every level has

made what very much looks like a concerted decision to focus its attention, its rhetoric,

and its political power on transgender identity and trans rights. And you have been studying

that strategy closely. So put it into context for us, the scale of it.

You know, it's as big as you think it is. We're seeing across the country that Republicans

are talking about this, leading candidates for the 2024 presidential race are already

releasing campaign ads.

It's morning again in America.

One of them being Donald Trump, who specifically mentioned trans people in sports.

Media ochre male athletes now give the opportunity to compete unfairly.

We've seen politicians at every level across the country again, Republicans, using similar

language.

Girls are going to play girls sports and boys are going to play boys sports. That's

what we're doing.

That girls should be girls and boys should be boys. And the largest gathering of conservatives

CPAC earlier this year was very much dominated by this issue.

If transgenderism is false, as it is, then for the good of society and especially for

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