Impacts of Trump’s Anti-Trans Actions Already Felt in California

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🗓️ 18 February 2025

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Since taking office, President Trump has issued executive orders rolling back trans Americans’ rights in schools, prisons and the military. The administration is also attempting to pull critical federal funding for transgender health programs and research. Many of these actions are being challenged in court, but they’re still impacting trans Americans’ day-to-day lives — even in California. We’ll talk about the national and statewide landscape for trans rights in Trump’s America. Guests: Jo Yurcaba, reporter, NBC Out, the LGBTQ section of NBC News Jim Mangia, president and CEO, St. John's Community Health in Los Angeles Dannie Ceseña, director, California LGBTQ Health and Human Services Network Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:44.8	From KQED in San Francisco, I'm Nina Kim. Coming up on forum, how Trump's anti-trans executive orders are being felt in California. Since taking office, the president's orders have targeted trans-Americans' access to medical care and sports teams, positions in the military, their passports, and other federal documents.
1:50.0	California's Attorney General and others have affirmed the state's commitment to protecting trans rights amid the directives, but many health programs and other services rely on federal
1:55.8	funding. How have Trump's orders affected you? Tell us. After this news.
2:00.9	Welcome to Forum. I'm Mina Kim. A judge on Friday paused Trump's executive order against gender affirming care for trans youth.
2:20.2	It was the second time in two days that federal judges put the president's directive on hold.
2:25.3	But the future remains uncertain, and the raft of orders and policies from the administration targeting trans Americans
2:31.7	has already created disruptions in care, confusion, pain,
2:36.4	and fears of federal funding losses, including in California, where officials have been reiterating
2:42.1	the state's trans protections. How have you or a loved one been affected? We take a closer look this
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