Donald Trump’s new gender policy proposals — which would bar federal agencies from promoting “the concept of sex and gender transition at any age” and require the government to recognize male and female, as assigned at birth, as the only genders — are aimed both at his fervent base and the general electorate.
Religious Republicans — who already love the former president for building an anti-Roe majority on the Supreme Court — are most alarmed about the spread of transgender acceptance. And, while Americans have become more supportive of general nondiscrimination laws protecting LGBTQ people, some specific anti-trans policy measures have, polls suggest, become more popular. CONTINUED
David Byler, Washington Post
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