Good evening from New York.

I'm Chris Hayes.

One of the most frightening trends in American politics in recent months has been the prioritization

across the country of conservatives and Republicans from state to state targeting LGBT folks.

It is one of the if not the unifying policy priorities of the modern Republican Party

in this year 2023.

It's especially pronounced at the state level.

The American Civil Liberties Union says it is tracking nearly 400 anti-LGBT bills across

country.

Tennessee, to name one state, is particular is home to multiple examples of this particularly

noxious trend.

There is a new law criminalizing many types of drag performance.

There's 12th-nightfall of that.

We'll find out, I guess.

And a bill working its way through the legislature, which would allow state clerks

to refuse to officiate gay marriages if they so choose.

But it's not just the states.

We are seeing this disturbing trend to the national level of wealth, of course.

Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis, who informally kicked off his widely expected

presidential campaign today, made his name on the national stage, in part by championing

Florida's so-called don't say gay bill.

Donald Trump is trying to out big at the rest of his party by pledging to ban any federal

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