Anti-trans rhetoric took center stage at CPAC amid hostile Republican efforts

Republicans are pursuing a barrage of new restrictions related to healthcare and human rights for transgender people

There was a joke about the suspected Chinese spy balloon's preferred pronouns; claims that Democrats believe there are millions" of genders and a menacing call for transgenderism" to be eradicated".

From the main stage of the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), far-right activists, members of Congress and the former president of the United States waged an aggressive assault on transgender rights last week, raising the issue in speeches and unrelated panel discussions, often under the guise of protecting children.