How trans kids' rights are under attack in the US – video
On the first day of Pride month, the governor of Florida signed a law banning transgender girls from joining girls' sports teams in schools and colleges. It was just one of 13 anti-trans bills conservative lawmakers in the US passed this year - and one of more than 110 proposed bills, many of which also target access to gender-affirming healthcare. This is by far the largest number filed in a single year in US history.
Guardian US correspondent, Sam Levin, and Prof Jules Gill-Peterson, a historian and expert on trans kids, examine how this legislative attack has escalated and how the presence of trans kids in the US is not a new phenomenon
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