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Transgender Americans share concerns about Trump's threats to rollback rights

PBS News Hour - Segments

PBS NewsHour

Daily News, News

4.11K Ratings

🗓️ 20 November 2024

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

President-elect Trump made rolling back transgender rights a key issue in his campaign. He promised to limit access to gender-affirming care and to prevent trans athletes from participating in school sports. His election has communities of trans people and allies fearful of widespread discrimination and a loss of health care access. Amna Nawaz discussed more with Orion Rummler of The 19th. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

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0:00.0

President-elect Donald Trump made rolling back transgender rights a key issue in his campaign.

0:06.0

Republicans spent more than $200 million on ads targeting trans individuals,

0:11.0

while Trump himself promised to limit access to gender-affirming health care

0:15.0

and to prevent trans athletes from participating in school sports.

0:19.0

Here's Trump back in February of 2023.

0:21.6

I will sign a new executive order instructing every federal agency to cease all programs

0:27.6

that promote the concept of sex and gender transition at any age.

0:32.6

I will then ask Congress to permanently stop federal taxpayer dollars from being used to promote or pay for these procedures

0:41.0

and pass a law prohibiting child sexual mutilation in all 50 states.

0:46.3

His election has communities of trans people and their allies fearful of widespread discrimination and a loss of health care access.

0:55.0

Polls show that more than 60% of Americans support protecting transgender people from discrimination.

1:01.0

But they've also found that 55% believe support for trans rights has, quote, gone too far.

1:07.0

We spoke with three Americans, a parent of a trans daughter, the executive director of a trans crisis hotline, and a two-spirit activist and parent to a two-spirit kid.

1:16.7

That's a term used by indigenous people that acknowledges the diverse nature of gender and sexuality.

1:21.8

I'm Sarah Adams. I am a proud Choctaw person. I live in Oklahoma, and I'm Two-Spirit.

1:28.3

My name is Beth. I am a parent of a trans child.

1:31.3

Hi, my name is Kai.

1:32.3

My pronouns are he, they.

1:34.3

I'm from Los Angeles, California.

1:36.3

I'm the executive director at Trans Lifeline,

1:39.3

a grassroots nonprofit that supports trans people

1:42.3

in crisis all across America. There's an overwhelming sense of fear.

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