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I'm Bea Parker.

And I'm Gene Demby.

So, Jane, I don't know if you've noticed, but since 2020, there's been a surge of anti-trans legislation.

Oh, I've definitely noticed. Come on, no. It's everywhere.

So let's get into some numbers really quick.

So in 2021, there were over 150-ish anti-trans bills introduced at the state level. And in 2025, that number was over 1,000. And we're not even halfway through this year, and there's been almost 800 anti-trans bills introduced in different states.

Only a fraction of them are actually passing, but it's a fraction of a bigger and bigger slice.

Right. And one of the Trump administration's first big moves was to ban trans people from enlisting in the military.

And then there was the executive order that requires that trans people have their

passport specify their sex at birth, not their gender.

And then there's the ban from earlier this year on gender affirming care for people in

federal prisons.

So all those are federal rules, right?

And now lots of state anti-trans laws are making it to the U.S. Supreme Court and setting federal precedent.

So in 2025, the court maintained a ban on hormone therapy for minors in the state of Tennessee.

And then recently, the court decided that a conversion therapy ban in Colorado

violated a religious-based counselor's First Amendment rights.

And that was last year, but there are more trans rights cases being argued this year in front of the Supreme Court.

Well, this leads us to what's happening right now with trans athletes.

So this past January, SCodas heard the oral arguments for two big cases around trans athletes in schools.

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