Katelyn Burns is a freelance journalist based in New England. She was the first openly transgender Capitol Hill reporter in U.S. history.
Over the last couple years, trans people in the U.S. have been beaten down by anti-trans conservative state legislation, with dozens of states heavily restricting trans life, particularly for the youth. With President Joe Biden in office and Democrats narrowly holding the Senate, trans people in the U.S. have at least had a reprieve at the federal level. That break, however, was recently put into question.
so that they can live relatively free of the persecution and violence they face at home. It is definitely a loss for queer people everywhere that our country’s foreign offices will no longer fly the symbol of queer freedom. But in the face of much tougher proposals, Biden chose the least impactful measure to compromise on. Hard-line anti-trans Republicans, on the other hand, were incensed to see so many of their core propositions fail. When Rep.
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