This year on pace to see record anti-transgender bills passed by states, says Human Rights Campaign
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This year is on pace to see more legislation targeting transgender youth than any prior year, according to the Human Rights Campaign.
One area of contention stems from the increasing prevalence of gender identity instruction in schools and the recent rise of so-called "parental rights" measures that would stop any classroom discussion of gender in classrooms or ban books on gender identity from school libraries .
Other measures take issue with LGBTQ+ participation in high school and college competitive sports — 140 of the bills introduced would deny them medical care for gender transitions and impose limits on which bathroom they may use. Overall, more than 300 anti-LGBTQ+ bills have been proposed in 2022, according to the advocacy group's tracker.
