Trans Americans brace for Trump’s ‘sinister’ return: ‘It’s almost intolerable’

Facing threats to their rights and their safety, people rush to protect themselves amid discrimination and scapegoating

This weekend, Atticus Sparks plans to attend a six-hour concealed weapons permit class. He's not a gun person, but as an 18-year-old trans man, he's concerned he might someday need to own one, just in case". Since Donald Trump's election, Sparks has faced online threats of violence and sexual assault from the president-elect's supporters.

Hopefully I won't ever need a gun," Sparks, who lives in South Carolina, said. But everyone here is so pro-gun. I work across from a gun store, and I always see people carrying around loaded rifles."