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I'm David Remnick.

Since the beginning of this year,

legislatures around the country have introduced hundreds of bills that restrict,

at least in some way, the rights of trans Americans.

As of right now, we are at around 500 as of this morning,

and last year, we had 550 the entire year.

Aaron Reed is a journalist and trans advocate. 550 the entire entire year.

Aaron Reed is a journalist and trans advocate who compiles the data from around the country.

And in fact, last year that that 550 number, that was twice as many as the year before. Now these bills are not all

being voted into law but these aren't isolated cases. It's happening in

state houses all over the country. On the program today I'll be speaking with

Judith Butler, one of the most influential thinkers on this subject about what's

motivating the attack on trans and LGBT rights.

But first we wanted to hear from Aaron Reed

about the wave of anti-trans legislation

in the United States,

and she talked with producer Jeffrey Masters. So Aaron, we're talking about these anti-trans bills more broadly, but I want to get specific for a second.

You know, using Florida as an example, which has passed and proposed some of the most restrictive laws in the

country can you talk about what those bills are and how they're affecting people who

live there Florida just last year passed a ban on gender affirming care for transgender youth

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