Transphobia in the United States

Gender binary norms in the United States are considered rigid and because of this, gender nonconforming people can face discrimination, shaming, or other types of gender policing in their daily lives.{{Sfn|Cronn-Mills|2015|p=60}} A 2023 poll found that a slight majority of Americans are against anti-transgender legislation.{{Cite web |last=Santhanam |first=Laura |date=2023-03-29 |title=Majority of Americans reject anti-trans bills, but support for this restriction is rising |url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/majority-of-americans-reject-anti-trans-bills-but-support-for-this-restriction-is-rising |access-date=2024-07-19 |website=PBS News |language=en-us}} While the majority of Americans supported openly transgender people serving in the military, the percentage decreased from 71% to 66% between 2019 and 2021. A 2024 AP VoteCast survey of more than 120,000 American voters found that "more than half of voters said support for transgender rights in government and society has gone too far."{{Cite web |last1=Barrow |first1=Bill |last2=Levy |first2=Marc |date=2024-11-14 |title=Trump hammered Democrats on transgender issues. Now the party is at odds on a response |url=https://apnews.com/article/transgender-rights-campaign-trump-kamala-harris-democrats-republicans-bbae5660ef59110e5fc9c24f98b082d6 |access-date=2024-11-19 |website=AP News |language=en}}

A 2021 Gallup poll found that 62% of Americans believed that transgender people should only play sports on teams that match their gender assigned at birth.{{Cite web|last=McCarthy|first=Justin|date=May 26, 2021|title=Mixed Views Among Americans on Transgender Issues|url=https://news.gallup.com/poll/350174/mixed-views-among-americans-transgender-issues.aspx|access-date=June 23, 2022|website=Gallup.com|language=en|archive-date=June 21, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220621195544/https://news.gallup.com/poll/350174/mixed-views-among-americans-transgender-issues.aspx|url-status=live}} Many professional sports leagues in the United States allow transgender players to participate with various types of guidelines and inclusion levels.{{Cite magazine|last=Kliegman|first=Julie|date=July 6, 2022|title=Understanding the Different Policies for Transgender Athletes|url=https://www.si.com/more-sports/2022/07/06/transgender-athletes-bans-policies-ioc-ncaa|access-date=July 27, 2022|magazine=Sports Illustrated|language=en-us|archive-date=July 27, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220727002006/https://www.si.com/more-sports/2022/07/06/transgender-athletes-bans-policies-ioc-ncaa|url-status=live}} The Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference allows transgender students to compete according to their gender identities.{{Cite web|date=April 26, 2021|title=Judge tosses suit that sought to block transgender athletes|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/judge-tosses-suit-sought-block-transgender-athletes-rcna758|access-date=July 27, 2022|website=NBC News|language=en|archive-date=July 27, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220727002744/https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/judge-tosses-suit-sought-block-transgender-athletes-rcna758|url-status=live}} FIDE has banned trans women from participating in women's chess events stating that they have "no right to participate."{{Cite web|last=Church|first=Ben|date=2023-08-17|title=FIDE bans transgender women from competing in women's chess events pending 'further analysis'|url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/17/sport/fide-bans-transgender-women-chess-spt-intl/index.html|access-date=2023-11-16|website=CNN|language=en}} FINA effectively barred all transgender women from competing in professional women's swimming, with the exception of athletes who "can establish to FINA's comfortable satisfaction that they have not experienced any part of male puberty beyond Tanner Stage 2 (of puberty) or before age 12, whichever is later".{{Cite web|date=2022-06-19|title=Transgender swimmers barred from women's events|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/6/19/world-swimming-body-adopts-new-policy-for-transgender-athletes|access-date=2022-06-20|website=Al Jazeera|language=en|archive-date=2022-06-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220620183331/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/6/19/world-swimming-body-adopts-new-policy-for-transgender-athletes|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last1=Ingle|first1=Sean|date=19 June 2022|title=Transgender women swimmers barred from female competitions by Fina|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2022/jun/19/transgender-swimmers-barred-from-female-competitions-after-fina-vote|access-date=19 June 2022|archive-date=19 June 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220619221706/https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2022/jun/19/transgender-swimmers-barred-from-female-competitions-after-fina-vote|url-status=live}}

Native Americans in the US often use different terminology to describe their non-binary gender identities based on their cultural values.{{Cite web |title=National Transgender Discrimination Survey: A Look at American Indian and Alaskan Native Respondents {{!}} A4TE |url=https://transequality.org/resources/national-transgender-discrimination-survey-look-american-indian-and-alaskan-native |access-date=2024-06-28 |website=Advocates for Trans Equality}} Two-Spirit is used in some cultures, and the Navajo have nádleehé. The Ojibwe, Potawatomi, and Zuni Pueblo, also have specific terms for individuals who present outside of the gender binary.{{Cite web |last=Montiel |first=Anya |date=23 June 2021 |title=LGBTQIA+ Pride and Two-Spirit People |url=http://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/national-museum-american-indian/2021/06/23/lgbtqia-pride-and-two-spirit-people/ |access-date=2024-06-28 |website=Smithsonian Voices |language=en}}

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Historically, transgender individuals and communities in the US have been marginalized and received few legal protections.{{Sfn|Schroth|Erickson-Schroth|Foster|Burgess|2018|p=95}} Attempts to protect LGBT people legally in the US workplace has been tried unsuccessfully since 1994 with the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA).{{Sfn|Schroth|Erickson-Schroth|Foster|Burgess|2018|p=111}} However, individual court cases, such as Price Waterhouse v. Hopkins, prohibit discrimination of employees "based on their perceived failure to conform to socially constructed characteristics of males or females."{{Sfn|Schroth|Erickson-Schroth|Foster|Burgess|2018|p=111-112}}

The United States State Department amended its policy in 2010 affecting gender markers on Social Security cards and United States passports.{{Sfn|Schroth|Erickson-Schroth|Foster|Burgess|2018|p=104}} The change, which was still in effect in 2018, allowed individuals to provide information from their physician about updating gender on these documents.{{Sfn|Schroth|Erickson-Schroth|Foster|Burgess|2018|p=104-105}} State IDs and driver's licenses are updated for gender on a state by state basis.{{Sfn|Schroth|Erickson-Schroth|Foster|Burgess|2018|p=105}}

In 2020, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, transgender employees are protected from discrimination in the workplace.{{Cite web|last=|date=July 26, 2022|title=Ken Paxton Among AGs Suing USDA Over LGBTQ School Meal Directive|url=https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/texas-news/ken-paxton-among-ags-suing-usda-over-lgbtq-school-meal-directive/3032288/|access-date=July 27, 2022|website=NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth|language=en-US|archive-date=July 26, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220726232634/https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/texas-news/ken-paxton-among-ags-suing-usda-over-lgbtq-school-meal-directive/3032288/|url-status=live}} The Biden administration has created some protections for transgender people.{{Cite web|date=November 18, 2021|title=United States: Transgender People at Risk of Violence|url=https://www.hrw.org/news/2021/11/18/united-states-transgender-people-risk-violence|access-date=July 27, 2022|website=Human Rights Watch|language=en|archive-date=July 22, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220722020029/https://www.hrw.org/news/2021/11/18/united-states-transgender-people-risk-violence|url-status=live}} In July 2022, the United States Department of Health and Human Services proposed the restoration of nondiscrimination policies that would protect transgender people.{{Cite web|last=King|first=Robert|date=July 25, 2022|title=HHS proposes restoring transgender health protections stripped by Trump-era rule|url=https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/providers/hhs-proposes-restoring-transgender-health-protections-stripped-trump-era-rule|access-date=August 15, 2022|website=Fierce Healthcare|language=en|archive-date=August 15, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220815175805/https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/providers/hhs-proposes-restoring-transgender-health-protections-stripped-trump-era-rule|url-status=live}} In April 2023, Governor Phil Murphy established New Jersey as a "safe haven for gender-affirming health care."{{Cite web|title=Office of the Governor {{!}} Governor Murphy Signs Executive Order Protecting Gender-Affirming Health Care in New Jersey|url=https://www.nj.gov/governor/news/news/562023/20230404b.shtml|access-date=2023-05-10|website=Official Site of the State of New Jersey|archive-date=2023-05-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510235114/https://www.nj.gov/governor/news/news/562023/20230404b.shtml|url-status=live}}

States that reflect a more conservative population are more likely "to have more restrictive views on civil rights issues" which also informs their attitudes on transgender people.{{Cite journal |last1=Cunningham |first1=George B. |last2=Garrison |first2=Kelsey |date=2024 |title=Biases behind Transgender Athlete Bans Are Deeply Rooted |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/KJZSBU138201730/OVIC?u=txshrpub100124&sid=bookmark-OVIC&xid=958b7d73 |journal=Gale Opposing Viewpoints Online Collection |url-access=subscription |via=Gale in Context}}

The second Trump administration has rolled back most protections that transgender people once had in the US.{{Cite web |last=Saric |first=Ivana |date=2025-02-05 |title=All of the anti-trans executive orders Trump has signed |url=https://www.axios.com/2025/02/05/anti-trans-executive-orders-trump |access-date=2025-04-04 |website=Axios |language=en}} The federal government officially does not recognize the existence of transgender people.{{Cite web |last=Mulvihill |first=Geoff |last2=Johnson |first2=Carla K. |date=2025-01-23 |title=What to know about President Donald Trump's order targeting the rights of transgender people |url=https://apnews.com/article/trump-transgender-passports-prisons-eggs-sperm-da1d1d280658a8c85c57cfec2f30cefb |access-date=2025-04-04 |website=AP News |language=en}} The government bans the use of federal funds for gender-affirming care for youth 19 and under.{{Cite news |last=Archie |first=Ayana |date=2025-01-29 |title=Trump signs an order restricting gender-affirming care for people under 19 |url=https://www.npr.org/2025/01/29/nx-s1-5279092/trump-executive-order-gender-affirming-care |access-date=2025-04-04 |work=NPR |language=en}} The administration is working to ban transgender people in the military and in the civilian government. {{Cite web |last=Treene |first=Alayna |last2=Brown |first2=Pamela |last3=Britzky |first3=Haley |last4=Liebermann |first4=Oren |date=2025-01-27 |title=Trump signs executive orders to reshape the military, including banning transgender troops |url=https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/27/politics/donald-trump-military-executive-orders/index.html |access-date=2025-04-04 |website=CNN |language=en}}{{Cite news |last=Migdon |first=Brooke |last2=Beitsch |first2=Rebecca |date=30 January 2025 |title=Federal Agencies Ordered to Implement Transgender Bathroom Ban |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/lgbtq/5117077-trump-transgender-bathroom-ban-opm-gender-ideology/ |access-date=3 April 2025 |work=The Hill}}

Public opinion in the United States about transgender people is often similar to attitudes about LGBTQ individuals, with the difference being that "attitudes towards transgender individuals are significantly more negative."{{Sfn|Thompson|2023|p=959}} Data published in 2024 showed 80% of Americans supported LGB people living as they choose, but only 67% supported the same for transgender people.{{Cite web|last=Rector|first=Kevin|date=2024-06-06|title=Americans approve of LGBTQ+ people living as they wish, but their support drops for trans people, poll shows|url=https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-06-06/lgbtq-trans-people-american-support-poll|access-date=2024-06-10|website=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US}} Some anti-transgender attitudes are based on the idea that gender is "natural and so, by extension, transgender people are unnatural."{{Cite journal|last=Hinton|first=Alex|date=19 April 2023|title=Two Myths Fueling the Conservative Right's Dangerous Transphobia|url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/2804577068|journal=Sapiens|id={{ProQuest|2804577068}}|url-access=subscription}} Because some Americans believe transgender people are unnatural, that also automatically makes them dangerous in their perceptions. Others argue that their religious beliefs prohibit them from using gender identity in place of biological sex, although the Bible does not mention trans people.{{Cite news|title=Where in the Bible does it say you can't be transgender? Nowhere.|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2016/08/26/where-in-the-bible-does-it-say-you-cant-be-transgender-nowhere|newspaper=Washington Post}}

Some anti-trans activists associate trans women with predatory sexual behaviors.{{Cite web |last=Willis |first=Raquel |date=December 22, 2016 |title=A History of the Rise of Anti-Trans Legislation in the United States |url=https://rewirenewsgroup.com/article/2016/12/22/history-rise-anti-trans-legislation/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220727230156/https://rewirenewsgroup.com/article/2016/12/22/history-rise-anti-trans-legislation/ |archive-date=July 27, 2022 |access-date=July 27, 2022 |website=Rewire News Group |language=en}} This idea is rooted in certain forms of second-wave feminism, advocates of this idea describe trans women as "rapists and boundary-violators trying to invade women's space", while trans men are regarded as "tokens".{{Sfn|Beemyn|2014|p=26}} This has been refuted by research; a study of the effects of Massachusetts' anti-discrimination laws for restrooms found no evidence that cisgender women were placed at risk by the laws. Further, evidence has been found that the risk of assault for transgender children is reduced when they are allowed access to restrooms and locker rooms which match their gender identity. Some anti-trans activists believe that "LGBT ideology" will destabilize the United States government and that LGBT people are a security threat. Some groups and individuals have also argued that transgender soldiers are a threat to military readiness,{{Cite journal |last1=Coon |first1=Devin |last2=Neira |first2=Paula M. |last3=Lau |first3=Brandyn D. |date=July 2018 |title=Threats to United States Fully Reviewed and Strategic Plan for Integration of Transgender Military Members Into the Armed Forces |journal=American Journal of Public Health |language=en |volume=108 |issue=7 |pages=892–894 |doi=10.2105/AJPH.2018.304454 |issn=0090-0036 |pmc=5993391 |pmid=29874519}} although there is no evidence to suggest this.{{Cite journal |last1=Snyder |first1=Julie |last2=Green |first2=Shannon N. |date=2017-07-27 |title=Divided We Fall: Why the Ban on Transgender Military Service Will Harm U.S. Security |url=https://www.csis.org/analysis/divided-we-fall-why-ban-transgender-military-service-will-harm-us-security |journal=Palmcenter |language=en}}

Some socially conservative Americans also conflate people who dress in drag with transgender presentations.{{Cite news |last=Robinson |first=Nathan J. |date=June 18, 2022 |title=Why Is the Right So Horrified By Drag Queens? |url=https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/2022/06/why-is-the-right-so-horrified-by-drag-queens |access-date=August 5, 2022 |work=Current Affairs |language=en |issn=2471-2647}} Christopher Rufo has implored conservatives to call drag queens "trans strippers", which, according to Nathan J. Robinson, is an inaccurate description of drag performances. Michigan Republican, Tudor Dixon, has called drag queens "sexualized performers."{{Cite web |last=Gibbons |first=Lauren |date=June 15, 2022 |title=Nessel jokingly calls for 'drag queen for every school.' GOP not laughing |url=https://www.bridgemi.com/michigan-government/nessel-jokingly-calls-drag-queen-every-school-gop-not-laughing |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220815175209/https://www.bridgemi.com/michigan-government/nessel-jokingly-calls-drag-queen-every-school-gop-not-laughing |archive-date=August 15, 2022 |access-date=August 15, 2022 |website=Bridge Michigan |language=en}} This is in contradiction to the history of drag performances which are not inherently sexual in nature.{{Cite journal |last1=Moncrieff |first1=Michael |last2=Lienard |first2=Pierre |date=2017-05-16 |title=A Natural History of the Drag Queen Phenomenon |journal=Evolutionary Psychology |volume=15 |issue=2 |pages=1474704917707591 |doi=10.1177/1474704917707591 |issn=1474-7049 |pmc=10480946 |pmid=28508722}}

Some people who oppose transgender rights argue that "irresponsible parents" and young people are rushing to make decisions about their trans identities, and that these decisions are largely based on social contagion. Conservative activists question the need to talk to children about their gender or sexual identities. A 2018 paper published by Lisa Littman in PLOS One described a hypothesis of rapid onset gender dysphoria (ROGD).{{Sfn|Lockmiller|2023|p=753}} Despite the fact that follow ups on Littman's study did not show support for her ideas, the paper she published has been used to justify anti-transgender legislation and policies in Florida and other US states.{{Sfn|Lockmiller|2023|pp=754–755}} Social contagion ideas suggest that being transgender is a transmissible "disease" between vulnerable individuals.{{Sfn|Lockmiller|2023|p=754}} It also implies that being transgender is a medical issue to eradicate from the population, rather than a difference in gender identity.{{Sfn|Lockmiller|2023|p=754}} Activists who oppose gender-affirming care claim that physicians and parents are putting children through "irreversible medical treatments" without proper safeguards. Some states have pushed for laws banning gender-affirming care by claiming that medical treatment for transgender youth is "child abuse."{{Cite web|last=Cerretani|first=Jessica|date=April 11, 2022|title=Why gender-affirming care is good, evidence-based medicine|url=https://answers.childrenshospital.org/gender-affirming/|access-date=August 15, 2022|website=Boston Children's Answers|language=en-US|archive-date=August 15, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220815172619/https://answers.childrenshospital.org/gender-affirming/|url-status=live}} Social media accounts, such as Libs of TikTok, have helped spread a moral panic about gender-affirming care.{{Cite web|last=Sultan|first=Reina|date=2022-09-30|title=How Libs of TikTok Became an Anti-LGBTQ+ Hate Machine|url=https://www.them.us/story/libs-of-tik-tok-twitter-facebook-instagram-explained-childrens-hospitals-grooming|access-date=2022-09-30|website=Them|language=en-US|archive-date=2022-09-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220930223554/https://www.them.us/story/libs-of-tik-tok-twitter-facebook-instagram-explained-childrens-hospitals-grooming|url-status=live}} Many groups and individuals, despite a lack of evidence for their beliefs, have contributed to a culture war around transgender people.{{Cite journal|last=Currah|first=Paisley|date=2022-09-29|title=To set transgender policy, look to the evidence|journal=Nature|language=en|volume=609|issue=7929|page=877|doi=10.1038/d41586-022-03036-5|pmid=36167998|bibcode=2022Natur.609..877C|s2cid=252538587|issn=0028-0836|doi-access=free}} Arguments against gender-affirming care ignore that it has an extensive history of medical use.{{Cite journal |date=2024 |title=Gender-Affirming Care Has a Long History in the US – And Not Just for Transgender People |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/BKGIBS033363276/OVIC?u=txshrpub100124&sid=bookmark-OVIC&xid=70d45a08 |journal=Gale Opposing Viewpoints Online Collection |url-access=subscription |via=Gale in Context}}

Colonialism has also affected transgender identities. Hispanic LGBTQ+ organization, QLatinx, describes how "racism, sexism, heterosexism, xenophobia, and transphobia share a common root source of oppression that ultimately works to sustain white supremacy and heteropatriarchy."{{Sfn|Kline|Acosta|Cuevas|Quiroga|2022|p=64}} The structures of racism, homophobia and transphobia all share the feature of inciting violence against people perceived as part of those categories.{{Sfn|Salamon|2018|p=90}} Anti-trans beliefs also have a negative effect on some Native American cultures that have two-spirit or indigenous transgender individuals.{{Cite web|last=Sosin|first=Kate|date=2023-12-12|title=How a failed anti-trans bill in South Dakota changed everything for Indigenous queer people|url=https://19thnews.org/2023/12/south-dakota-failed-anti-trans-bill-indigenous-support-equality/|access-date=2024-03-05|website=The 19th|language=en-us}}{{Cite web|last=Krutzsch|first=Brett|date=2022-10-06|title=Two-Spirit Indigenous Peoples Building on Legacies of Gender Variance|url=https://therevealer.org/two-spirit-indigenous-peoples-building-on-legacies-of-gender-variance/|access-date=2024-03-05|website=The Revealer|language=en-US}} María Cristina Moroles, in her journey as a two-spirit person found that many indigenous communities rejected her identity.{{Sfn|Moroles|2024|p=100}}

Some transphobic ideas are also internalized by transgender people. This is called Internalized transphobia and can be expressed by the individual feeling shame, isolation, "and a harmful internalization of cisnormative gender expectations."{{Sfn|Lockmiller|2023|p=751}}

Overall, transgender lives are often seen as less important than cisgender lives and violence and discrimination against them can be normalized by transphobic Americans.{{Cite web|last=Alfonseca|first=Kiara|date=20 November 2023|title='Epidemic' of anti-transgender violence highlighted in new report|url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/epidemic-anti-transgender-violence-highlighted-new-report/story?id=105036934|access-date=2024-04-09|website=ABC News|language=en}}

When European settlers colonized North America, they came into contact with indigenous people who had different ideas about gender and gender identity.{{Sfn|Shelley|2008|p=22}} Europeans used many tactics to impose their own gender roles and ideas onto Native peoples. The French colonizers called many third gender indigenous people "berdaches."{{Sfn|Shelley|2008|p=22}}

Encounters with Spanish colonizers led to a massive genocide of many of the Indigenous peoples of California, including "third-gender people, who were lost not by 'passive' colonizing collateral damage such as disease or starvation, but through active, conscious, violent extermination."{{Sfn|Miranda|2010|p=256}} When colonists discovered other genders among indigenous people, they worked to end the practice "through the twin disciplinary actions of physical and spiritual punishment and regendering".{{Sfn|Miranda|2010|p=263}}

As roles for indigenous non-binary people disappeared in their cultures these individuals "found themselves rejected by their families and communities."{{Sfn|Shelley|2008|p=24}}

Colonists themselves often did not fit into binary gender roles.{{Sfn|Schroth|Erickson-Schroth|Foster|Burgess|2018|p=95}} Many non-conforming people fought in the American Revolutionary War and the American Civil War, signing up and continuing to live in their chosen gender role afterwards.{{Sfn|Schroth|Erickson-Schroth|Foster|Burgess|2018|p=95}} Many anti-transgender ideas were already being pushed into American colonial culture by the eighteenth century.{{Sfn|Ftacek|2021|pp=490–491}} Transgender women in the 18th century faced violence and "even capital punishment."{{Sfn|Ftacek|2021|p=492}} By the late nineteenth century, the idea that gender and sexuality are part of a spectrum began to spread.{{Sfn|Schroth|Erickson-Schroth|Foster|Burgess|2018|pp=95–96}}

Before the 1910 publication of Transvestism by Magnus Hirschfeld, most individuals who would now be considered transgender were termed "inverts," a term that also included homosexuals.{{Sfn|MacKenzie|1994|p=27}} The term transsexual was described by doctor David Oliver Cauldwell in the American medical literature in 1949.{{Sfn|MacKenzie|1994|p=27}} Prior to these medical terminologies, there were categories created by transgender people themselves, such as "men-women" and "women-men."{{Sfn|MacKenzie|1994|p=31}} In 1900, a transgender woman, then known as a "man-woman," was killed, and her body salted and stuffed into a trunk by her father.{{Sfn|MacKenzie|1994|pp=31–32}} Her story was one of many violent accounts such people faced in the early 20th century.{{Sfn|MacKenzie|1994|pp=31–32}}

After 1953, Christine Jorgensen's widely popularized "sex change operation" led to a depiction of her in both medical literature and popular media as a "sick, abnormal" person who was "rescued" by modern medicine.{{Sfn|MacKenzie|1994|p=58}}

During the 1960s, transgender people were not welcome in gay bars in San Francisco.{{Cite news|date=May 18, 2015|title=Opinion {{!}} Milestones in the American Transgender Movement|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/05/15/opinion/editorial-transgender-timeline.html,%20https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/05/15/opinion/editorial-transgender-timeline.html|access-date=September 6, 2022|issn=0362-4331}} By the middle of the 1960s, the Johns Hopkins University created the first "official gender-identity clinic" in the US.{{Sfn|MacKenzie|1994|p=58}} The clinic was described by media and press releases as being a project designed to help "unfortunate individuals, trapped in the wrong body" and would "rehabilitate" "deviant" transsexual people.{{Sfn|MacKenzie|1994|pp=58–59}}

In the 1970s, the word "transsexual" was often used to describe transgender people.{{Cite web|last=Wills|first=Matthew|date=October 1, 2020|title=A History of Transphobia in the Medical Establishment|url=https://daily.jstor.org/a-history-of-transphobia-in-the-medical-establishment/|access-date=July 1, 2022|website=JSTOR Daily|language=en-US|archive-date=July 1, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220701233117/https://daily.jstor.org/a-history-of-transphobia-in-the-medical-establishment/|url-status=live}} In the medical establishment in the United States, professionals had a pervasive sense of mistrust for their transgender patients. Doctors and psychologists who worked with the trans community had negative feelings about the people they worked with, calling them manipulative and "possibly incapable of love".

During the 1970s, transgender women were frequently rejected in lesbian spaces and they were also accused of being fake women and "male infiltrators".{{Sfn|Beemyn|2014|p=23}} Beth Elliott was discriminated against by the Daughters of Bilitis, who originally allowed her to become a member in 1971, but they later succumbed to pressure to force Elliot out.{{Sfn|Beemyn|2014|p=23}} Robin Morgan was one of the most prominent detractors of Elliot, who she accused of being a man who was "leeching off women", with the "mentality of a rapist".{{Sfn|Beemyn|2014|p=23}} This high-profile attack led to other attacks against other transgender women who attempted to enter other types of women's spaces.{{Sfn|Beemyn|2014|p=24}} Later, Sandy Stone, who had worked at Olivia Records, was subjected to a hate mail campaign which was aimed at getting her fired from the record label.{{Sfn|Beemyn|2014|p=24}} Academics also sent hate mail to Stone during this time.{{Sfn|Ftacek|2021|p=492}}

In 1973, more conservative lesbian and gay men in San Francisco created their own pride parade which "banned transgender people and individuals in drag".{{Sfn|Beemyn|2014|p=24}} In New York City that same year, Jean O'Leary almost provoked a riot when she read a statement in which she denounced drag queens.{{Sfn|Beemyn|2014|p=24}} In response to the event in New York City, the LGBT movement in the United States intensified its marginalization of transgender people.{{Sfn|Beemyn|2014|p=24}}

In 1979, Janice Raymond wrote The Transsexual Empire, which is "often cited as the basis for anti-trans feminism", according to the Progressive.{{Cite journal|last=Greenesmith|first=Heron|date=April 2021|title=Antisemitism Meets Transphobia|url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=f6h&AN=149459033&site=ehost-live|journal=Progressive|volume=85|issue=2|pages=40–41|url-access=subscription|via=EBSCOhost|access-date=2022-06-22|archive-date=2022-06-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220622004942/https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=f6h&AN=149459033&site=ehost-live|url-status=live}} Raymond believed that people chose to become transgender in order to opt out of the sex roles which were assigned to them at birth.{{Sfn|Beemyn|2014|p=26}} Raymond's book affected not only people involved in women's spaces, but also medical professionals.{{Sfn|Beemyn|2014|p=25}} The director of the gender identity clinic at Johns Hopkins closed down his clinic after he and his secretary published a biased study about transgender people in 1979.{{Sfn|Beemyn|2014|p=25}} It was later found that individuals at the organization pushed for the closure of the program for personal reasons.{{Sfn|Beemyn|2014|p=25}}

During the 1980s, transgender people, still more often known as transsexuals, were "treated as sick, perverse, abnormal," in society in the US.{{Sfn|MacKenzie|1994|p=19}} This continued into the 1990s, where individuals who do not adhere to "normal" gender roles lack a "safe social space."{{Sfn|MacKenzie|1994|p=23}} Thomas Szasz describes transsexualism in the 1980s in his book, Sex by Prescription as a type of castration.{{Sfn|MacKenzie|1994|p=57}} Szasz also felt that the diagnosis of transsexualism was too medicalized and that it was more important to look at the nature of the condition itself.{{Sfn|MacKenzie|1994|p=57}} Despite the criticism by Szasz and others, the idea of transsexualism as a medical disorder helped people in the medical profession to accept the idea more readily.{{Sfn|MacKenzie|1994|p=57}}

The Michigan Womyn's Music Festival did not allow transgender women at their events and kicked out a transsexual woman in 1991.{{Sfn|Beemyn|2014|p=28}} Transsexual women were also banned from the 1991 National Lesbian Conference.{{Sfn|Beemyn|2014|p=28}} Transgender people were also quietly excluded from the March on Washington for Lesbian, Gay and Bi Equal Rights and Liberation in 1993.{{Sfn|Beemyn|2014|p=29}}

In 1993, Brandon Teena was raped and later killed after his transgender identity was revealed.{{Cite web|last=Worthen|first=Meredith|date=December 8, 2015|title=Brandon Teena|url=https://www.biography.com/crime-figure/brandon-teena|access-date=August 18, 2022|website=Biography|language=en-us|archive-date=August 19, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220819104952/https://www.biography.com/crime-figure/brandon-teena|url-status=live}} Two men that Teena had thought were his friends were the assailants.{{Sfn|Beemyn|2014|p=29}} The reporting on Teena's murder was also transphobic, often misgendering him.{{Sfn|Beemyn|2014|p=29}}

Tyra Hunter was injured in 1995 in Washington, D.C. and the paramedics who responded stopped treating her and instead made fun of her because she was transgender.{{Sfn|Cronn-Mills|2015|p=61}} Hunter later died because of the injuries and no charges were made against the paramedics.{{Sfn|Cronn-Mills|2015|p=61}}

In 1996, a trans man, Robert Eads, discovered that he had ovarian cancer.{{Sfn|Cronn-Mills|2015|p=55}} Eads experienced medical discrimination with gynecologists refusing to treat him until 1997.{{Sfn|Cronn-Mills|2015|p=55}} The cancer, however, had progressed too far and Eads died in 1999.{{Sfn|Cronn-Mills|2015|p=55}}

To honor the memory of transgender people who have been lost to violence, Gwendolyn Ann Smith created the first Transgender Day of Remembrance in 1999.

{{See also|2020s anti-LGBT movement in the United States}}

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Government entities in the United States that create anti-transgender legislation and policies are using "medical gatekeeping" as a "tool whereby the state can use medical language and practice to barriers around gender affirming care."{{Sfn|Lockmiller|2023|p=751}} In 2021, professor Eric Stanley describes transgender people "props in the latest culture war," and goes on to describe how "anti-trans bills are rooted in an obsession with the idea of trans people's bodies."

When the federal Employment Non-Discrimination Act was proposed in 2007, it contained language protecting sexual orientation and gender identity.{{Cite journal|last=Weiss|first=Jillian|date=2011-10-01|title=Reflective Paper: GL Versus BT: The Archaeology of Biphobia and Transphobia Within the U.S. Gay and Lesbian Community|url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15299716.2011.620848|journal=Journal of Bisexuality|language=en|volume=11|issue=4|pages=498–502|doi=10.1080/15299716.2011.620848|s2cid=145289271|issn=1529-9716|access-date=2022-09-26|archive-date=2022-09-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220926183111/https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15299716.2011.620848|url-status=live|url-access=subscription}} However, the sponsors eventually removed gender identity protections because President George W. Bush said he would veto the bill if they were included.

Arkansas passed the 2015 Intrastate Commerce Improvement Act which prohibited local governments from enacting laws protecting LGBTQ people at greater levels than are already afforded at the state level.{{Cite journal|last=Pomeranz|first=Jennifer L.|date=January 2018|title=Challenging and Preventing Policies That Prohibit Local Civil Rights Protections for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer People|journal=American Journal of Public Health|language=en|volume=108|issue=1|pages=67–72|doi=10.2105/AJPH.2017.304116|issn=0090-0036|pmc=5719684|pmid=29161074}} Because Arkansas does not provide protections for LGBTQ people at the state level, this bans local governments from also protecting LGBTQ individuals as well. In addition, this act was passed right after Fayetteville, Arkansas worked to pass civil rights protections for LGBTQ people in the city.

In 2016, when a large number of "bathroom bills" were proposed in the country, the result was that all women faced harassment due to increased policing on who was using what bathroom.{{Cite web|last=Lopez|first=German|date=May 18, 2016|title=Women are getting harassed in bathrooms because of anti-transgender hysteria|url=https://www.vox.com/2016/5/18/11690234/women-bathrooms-harassment|access-date=June 23, 2022|website=Vox|language=en|archive-date=June 23, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220623225437/https://www.vox.com/2016/5/18/11690234/women-bathrooms-harassment|url-status=live}} In Kansas, a proposal was created that would give students $2,500 as a bounty for reporting trans people using unapproved restrooms.{{Cite web|last=Charles|first=Carl|date=May 20, 2016|title=Transphobia Hurts Us All, Especially Trans Women|url=https://www.aclu.org/blog/lgbtq-rights/transgender-rights/transphobia-hurts-us-all-especially-trans-women|access-date=June 23, 2022|website=American Civil Liberties Union|language=en|archive-date=June 23, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220623225437/https://www.aclu.org/blog/lgbtq-rights/transgender-rights/transphobia-hurts-us-all-especially-trans-women|url-status=live}} Washington State proposed a similar law which would allow students to sue their schools for $2,500 if they "encounter a trans person in the bathroom." In March 2016, North Carolina passed their bathroom bill, the Public Facilities Privacy & Security Act, which led to a national outcry and several large businesses threatening not to do business in the state.{{Cite web|last=Avery|first=Dan|date=December 8, 2020|title=LGBTQ rights fight reignited 4 years after N.C.'s 'bathroom bill' controversy|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/lgbtq-rights-fight-reignited-4-years-after-n-c-s-n1250390|access-date=July 27, 2022|website=NBC News|language=en|archive-date=July 27, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220727004319/https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/lgbtq-rights-fight-reignited-4-years-after-n-c-s-n1250390|url-status=live}} Later in 2016, a case, Franciscan Alliance v. Burwell, was filed which sought to have regulations protecting trans people accessing healthcare struck down.{{Cite web|last=Joshua|first=Block|date=September 16, 2016|title=A New Front in the Religious Right's Fight Against Transgender People|url=https://www.aclu.org/blog/lgbtq-rights/transgender-rights/new-front-religious-rights-fight-against-transgender-people|access-date=July 27, 2022|website=American Civil Liberties Union|language=en|archive-date=July 10, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220710190737/https://www.aclu.org/blog/lgbtq-rights/transgender-rights/new-front-religious-rights-fight-against-transgender-people|url-status=live}}

The Trump Administration reversed Title VII policies that protected transgender people based on sex, stating that these protections applied only to cisgender individuals.{{Sfn|Schroth|Erickson-Schroth|Foster|Burgess|2018|p=113}} On February 20, 2017, the Trump administration "withdrew guidance...stating federal law requires transgender students to have access to bathrooms and locker rooms matching their gender identity."{{Cite web|title=The Scale of Transphobia Online|url=https://www.brandwatch.com/reports/transphobia/|access-date=June 30, 2022|website=Brandwatch|language=en-US}} In July of the same year, President Trump announced a ban on transgender people serving in the United States military. In October 2018, Trump proposed a roll back of civil rights protections in healthcare for transgender people.

The first state to ban transfeminine athletes from participating in youth sports was Idaho. On March 30, 2020, the bill was signed by Governor Brad Little.{{Cite magazine|last=Kliegman|first=Julie|date=June 30, 2020|title=Idaho Banned Trans Athletes From Women's Sports. She's Fighting Back.|url=https://www.si.com/sports-illustrated/2020/06/30/idaho-transgender-ban-fighting-back|access-date=July 27, 2022|magazine=Sports Illustrated|language=en-us|archive-date=July 27, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220727002006/https://www.si.com/sports-illustrated/2020/06/30/idaho-transgender-ban-fighting-back|url-status=live}} During 2020, 16 other states also drafted bills that were similar to the one passed in Idaho. In 2020, the Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) filed a lawsuit to challenge Connecticut's rule allowing transgender students to participate in youth sports according to their gender identity.{{Cite news|last=Mitchell|first=Chelsea|date=July 11, 2022|title=I Was the Fastest Girl in Connecticut. But Transgender Athletes Made it an Unfair Fight.|url=https://adflegal.org/blog/i-was-fastest-girl-connecticut-transgender-athletes-made-it-unfair-fight|access-date=July 27, 2022|newspaper=Alliance Defending Freedom|language=en|archive-date=July 19, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220719204424/https://adflegal.org/blog/i-was-fastest-girl-connecticut-transgender-athletes-made-it-unfair-fight|url-status=live}} In 2021, the case was dismissed, though the ADF has said they will appeal the decision.

In 2021 and 2022, a "historic wave of bills" targeting transgender people were developed and proposed in state legislatures around the country.{{Cite news|last=Kindy|first=Kimberly|date=March 25, 2022|title=GOP lawmakers push historic wave of bills targeting rights of LGBTQ teens, children and their families|language=en-US|newspaper=Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/03/25/lgbtq-rights-gop-bills-dont-say-gay/|access-date=June 27, 2022|issn=0190-8286|archive-date=June 27, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220627234817/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/03/25/lgbtq-rights-gop-bills-dont-say-gay/|url-status=live}} This amounted to around 200 bills, all proposed by Republican lawmakers. Governor Tate Reeves signed a bill in 2021 that banned transgender students from participating in school sports that match their gender identities.{{Cite web|last=Pittman|first=Ashton|date=March 25, 2022|title=Ex-GOP Gov Candidate Calls For 'Firing Squad' For Trans Rights Supporters|url=https://www.mississippifreepress.org/22283/ex-gop-gov-candidate-calls-for-firing-squad-for-trans-rights-supporters-political-foes|access-date=August 17, 2022|website=Mississippi Free Press|language=en-US|archive-date=August 16, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220816223600/https://www.mississippifreepress.org/22283/ex-gop-gov-candidate-calls-for-firing-squad-for-trans-rights-supporters-political-foes/|url-status=live}} Governor Kristi Noem in March 2021 issued an executive order banning trans girls from girls' sports teams in South Dakota.{{Cite news|last=Strubinger|first=Lee|date=March 29, 2021|title=South Dakota Governor Bans Transgender Girls From Sports Teams By Executive Order|language=en|work=NPR|url=https://www.npr.org/2021/03/29/982474861/south-dakota-governor-bans-transgender-girls-from-sports-teams-by-executive-orde|access-date=July 27, 2022|archive-date=July 27, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220727224507/https://www.npr.org/2021/03/29/982474861/south-dakota-governor-bans-transgender-girls-from-sports-teams-by-executive-orde|url-status=live}} Arkansas passed a bill in April 2021 blocking youth from accessing gender-affirming care.{{Cite magazine|last=Bruner|first=Raisa|date=April 9, 2021|title=In Arkansas, Trans Youth Face the Country's Strictest Laws Yet|url=https://time.com/5953363/trans-youth-arkansas/|access-date=July 27, 2022|magazine=Time|language=en|archive-date=July 27, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220727224507/https://time.com/5953363/trans-youth-arkansas/|url-status=live}}

Legislators in Alabama created a bill in February 2022 that would require transgender students in grades K-12 to use the restroom matching the sex on their birth certificate.{{Cite news|last=|first=|date=February 23, 2022|title=Alabama lawmakers advance transgender students bathroom ban|language=en|work=NPR|url=https://www.npr.org/2022/02/23/1082486703/alabama-lawmakers-advance-transgender-students-bathroom-ban|access-date=June 22, 2022|archive-date=June 22, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220622182855/https://www.npr.org/2022/02/23/1082486703/alabama-lawmakers-advance-transgender-students-bathroom-ban|url-status=live}} April 2022, Alabama Governor Kay Ivey signed a bill that would make gender-affirming care for youth a felony.{{Cite news|last=Branigin|first=Anne|date=April 19, 2022|title=For Ala. families with trans kids, a countdown to decide their futures|language=en-US|newspaper=Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/04/19/alabama-trans-health-care-ban-families/|access-date=July 27, 2022|issn=0190-8286|archive-date=April 23, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220423135507/https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/04/19/alabama-trans-health-care-ban-families/|url-status=live}} Later, that bill was blocked from going into effect with a partial injunction from the state court.{{Cite web|last=Migdon|first=Brooke|date=June 29, 2022|title=In appeal, Alabama says access to gender-affirming care not 'deeply rooted in our nation's history'|url=https://thehill.com/changing-america/respect/equality/3541436-in-appeal-alabama-says-access-to-gender-affirming-care-not-deeply-rooted-in-our-nations-history/|access-date=August 19, 2022|website=The Hill|language=en-US|archive-date=August 19, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220819224039/https://thehill.com/changing-america/respect/equality/3541436-in-appeal-alabama-says-access-to-gender-affirming-care-not-deeply-rooted-in-our-nations-history/|url-status=live}} State attorneys in Alabama have vowed to appeal the ruling and believe that there is no constitutional right to gender affirming healthcare for children or adults.

In March 2022, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed the Florida Parental Rights in Education Act, which banned the ability to discuss sexual orientation or gender identity in a classroom setting for specific grades.{{Cite web|last=Mayer|first=Emma|date=March 28, 2022|title=What does the Don't Say Gay Bill mean? Controversial DeSantis law explained|url=https://www.newsweek.com/what-does-dont-say-gay-bill-mean-desantis-law-explained-1692694|access-date=July 12, 2022|website=Newsweek|language=en|archive-date=July 12, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220712165838/https://www.newsweek.com/what-does-dont-say-gay-bill-mean-desantis-law-explained-1692694|url-status=live}} In November 2021, Oklahoma Governor, Kevin Stitt, signed an executive order to prohibit changing gender identity on Oklahoma birth certificates.{{Cite web|last=Stitt|first=J. Kevin|date=8 November 2021|title=Executive Order 2021-24 |url=https://www.sos.ok.gov/documents/executive/2014.pdf|access-date=21 February 2024|website=State of Oklahoma}} Also in 2022, Iowa created a bill to prevent transgender youth from participating in sports matching their gender identity.{{Cite web|last=Berg-Brousseau|first=Henry|date=February 18, 2022|title=Bill Attacking Transgender Youth Threatens to Unravel Iowa's Progress Towards Equality|url=https://www.hrc.org/press-releases/bill-attacking-transgender-youth-threatens-to-unravel-iowas-progress-towards-equality|access-date=June 22, 2022|website=Human Rights Campaign|language=en-US|archive-date=June 22, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220622182855/https://www.hrc.org/press-releases/bill-attacking-transgender-youth-threatens-to-unravel-iowas-progress-towards-equality|url-status=live}}

In February 2022, Governor Greg Abbott declared transitioning and HRT to be "child abuse" and ordered Child Protective Services (CPS) to investigate parents who allowed their children to transition.{{Cite news|last=Ghorayshi|first=Azeen|date=February 23, 2022|title=Texas Governor Pushes to Investigate Medical Treatments for Trans Youth as 'Child Abuse'|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/23/science/texas-abbott-transgender-child-abuse.html|access-date=June 22, 2022|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=June 18, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220618124554/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/23/science/texas-abbott-transgender-child-abuse.html|url-status=live}} Texas Attorney General, Ken Paxton, started the attack by issuing an opinion that gender-affirming care was a form of child abuse.{{Cite web|last=Berlatsky|first=Noah|date=February 27, 2022|title=How Texas' war on trans youth feels when you have a trans child|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/texas-trans-youth-order-showcases-republican-abbot-s-cruelty-ncna1289984|access-date=June 22, 2022|website=NBC News|language=en|archive-date=June 22, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220622183504/https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/texas-trans-youth-order-showcases-republican-abbot-s-cruelty-ncna1289984|url-status=live}} Paxton also requested a list from the Texas Department of Public Safety of all people who "had switched the gender identifier on their Texas driver's license within the past two years."{{Cite web|last=Murney|first=Michael|date=2022-12-14|title=Report: Ken Paxton's office requested comprehensive list of trans Texans|url=https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/texas-ag-transgender-license-17653701.php|access-date=2022-12-14|website=Chron|language=en-US|archive-date=2022-12-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221214194348/https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/texas-ag-transgender-license-17653701.php|url-status=live}} The order from Abbott and Paxton also required that therapists report any clients receiving gender-affirming care.{{Cite web|last=Dey|first=Sneha|date=2022-03-01|title=Texas investigates parents of transgender teen, prompting the ACLU to sue|url=https://www.texastribune.org/2022/03/01/transgender-child-lawsuit-abbott/|access-date=2022-09-26|website=The Texas Tribune|language=en|archive-date=2022-09-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220926155535/https://www.texastribune.org/2022/03/01/transgender-child-lawsuit-abbott/|url-status=live}} In Dallas, one hospital stopped providing gender-affirming care at their facility after Abbott's directive was made public and Texas Children's Hospital also stopped providing HRT.{{Cite web|date=June 10, 2022|title=Texas Is Barred by Judge From Probing Trans Kids' Families (2)|url=https://news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-and-business/texas-judge-bars-investigations-into-transgender-kids-families|access-date=July 27, 2022|website=Bloomberg Law|language=en|archive-date=July 27, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220727001452/https://news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-and-business/texas-judge-bars-investigations-into-transgender-kids-families|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|last=Svitek|first=Patrick|date=2022-03-09|title=Fighting care for transgender kids shifts from a fringe issue to a litmus test for Texas Republicans|url=https://www.texastribune.org/2022/03/09/trangender-kids-texas-republicans/|access-date=2022-09-26|website=The Texas Tribune|language=en|archive-date=2022-09-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220926154537/https://www.texastribune.org/2022/03/09/trangender-kids-texas-republicans/|url-status=live}} Several families were investigated by CPS after the directive was ordered.{{Cite web|last=Klibanoff|first=Eleanor|date=2022-03-09|title=Parents of a trans child who reached out to Attorney General Ken Paxton over dinner are now under investigation for child abuse|url=https://www.texastribune.org/2022/03/08/paxton-transgender-child-abuse/|access-date=2022-09-26|website=The Texas Tribune|language=en|archive-date=2022-09-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220925121358/https://www.texastribune.org/2022/03/08/paxton-transgender-child-abuse/|url-status=live}} In June 2022, a judge from Travis County blocked these kinds of investigations into families with transgender kids. Due to these attacks on transgender children and youth, many families began to look for ways to leave the state.{{Cite web|last=Ernst|first=Sara Willa|date=April 26, 2022|title=Trans kids and their families are leaving Texas amid state efforts to charge parents with child abuse|url=https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/in-depth/2022/04/26/424023/trans-kids-and-families-are-leaving-texas-amid-state-efforts-to-charge-parents-with-child-abuse/|access-date=July 27, 2022|website=Houston Public Media|language=en-US|archive-date=July 27, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220727000946/https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/in-depth/2022/04/26/424023/trans-kids-and-families-are-leaving-texas-amid-state-efforts-to-charge-parents-with-child-abuse/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|last=Yurcaba|first=Jo|date=April 11, 2022|title=More Texas families with trans kids plan to flee the state|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-politics-and-policy/texas-families-trans-kids-plan-flee-state-rcna23633|access-date=July 27, 2022|website=NBC News|language=en|archive-date=July 27, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220727001452/https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-politics-and-policy/texas-families-trans-kids-plan-flee-state-rcna23633|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|last=Yarvis|first=Olivia|date=2022-08-22|title=Watch: With a "feeling of betrayal," one family flees Texas in search of safer climate for their transgender daughter|url=https://www.texastribune.org/2022/08/22/family-with-transgender-daughter-flees-texas/|access-date=2022-09-26|website=The Texas Tribune|language=en|archive-date=2022-09-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220925121435/https://www.texastribune.org/2022/08/22/family-with-transgender-daughter-flees-texas/|url-status=live}} A political strategist for Greg Abbott said that attacking transgender children is a "winning issue" for the governor as he runs for office again. By November of 2024, Paxton had sued three Texas doctors for allegedly prescribing HRT for minors after Texas banned gender affirming care.{{Cite web |last=Broussard |first=Kailey |date=2024-11-08 |title=AG Ken Paxton sues third doctor for allegedly providing gender-affirming care to minors |url=https://www.keranews.org/health-wellness/2024-11-08/attorney-general-texas-paxton-sues-doctor-collin-county-gender-affirming-care-minors |access-date=2024-11-20 |website=KERA News |language=en}}

In May 2022, a Title IX investigation took place at a Wisconsin school when several middle school students allegedly misgendered another student.{{Cite web|last=Fox|first=Madeline|date=June 3, 2022|title=Kiel School Board closes Title IX investigation over wrong pronouns that prompted threats of violence|url=https://www.wpr.org/kiel-school-board-closes-title-ix-investigation-over-wrong-pronouns-prompted-threats-violence|access-date=July 27, 2022|website=Wisconsin Public Radio|language=en|archive-date=June 29, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220629080148/https://www.wpr.org/kiel-school-board-closes-title-ix-investigation-over-wrong-pronouns-prompted-threats-violence|url-status=live}} The case received attention from conservative media outlets, including The Laura Ingraham Show.{{Cite web|last=Redman|first=Henry|date=June 3, 2022|title=Bomb threats end harassment investigation into student's misgendering, WILL celebrates win|url=https://wisconsinexaminer.com/2022/06/03/bomb-threats-end-harassment-investigation-into-students-misgendering-will-celebrates-win/|access-date=July 27, 2022|website=Wisconsin Examiner|language=en-US|archive-date=July 28, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220728190912/https://wisconsinexaminer.com/2022/06/03/bomb-threats-end-harassment-investigation-into-students-misgendering-will-celebrates-win/|url-status=live}} The investigation was dismissed after the school and much of the city of Kiel, Wisconsin received bomb threats.

In June 2022, the Texas Republican Party adopted bans for gender-affirming care as part of their party platform.{{Cite web|last=Murney|first=Michael|date=June 21, 2022|title=Texas GOP platform calls homosexuality 'an abnormal lifestyle choice,' endorses trans medical care bans for young people|url=https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Texas-GOP-endorses-trans-medical-care-bans-17255887.php|access-date=June 22, 2022|website=Chron|language=en-US|archive-date=June 21, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220621224550/https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Texas-GOP-endorses-trans-medical-care-bans-17255887.php|url-status=live}} Later, the Texas GOP claimed that drag shows are more of a threat to children than guns.{{Cite web|last=Sessions|first=Kennedy|date=June 7, 2022|title=Texas GOP: Drag Shows Are Hurting Children, Not Guns|url=https://texassignal.com/texas-gop-drag-shows-are-hurting-children-not-guns/|access-date=August 5, 2022|website=Texas Signal|language=en-US|archive-date=August 5, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220805234403/https://texassignal.com/texas-gop-drag-shows-are-hurting-children-not-guns/|url-status=live}} Michigan Republicans proposed a bill in June 2022 that would let parents sue any public school that allowed their children to see a drag show.{{Cite web|last=Oosting|first=Jonathan|date=June 30, 2022|title=Michigan Republicans want penalties for school drag shows, can't cite example|url=https://www.bridgemi.com/michigan-government/michigan-republicans-want-penalties-school-drag-shows-cant-cite-example|access-date=August 15, 2022|website=Bridge Michigan|language=en|archive-date=August 15, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220815174546/https://www.bridgemi.com/michigan-government/michigan-republicans-want-penalties-school-drag-shows-cant-cite-example|url-status=live}} DeSantis, in Florida, worked on taking away Medicaid coverage for gender-affirming care from transgender people of any age.{{Cite web|last=Caputo|first=Marc|date=June 2, 2022|title=DeSantis moves to ban transition care for transgender youths, Medicaid recipients|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/desantis-moves-ban-transition-care-transgender-youth-medicaid-recipien-rcna31736|access-date=July 27, 2022|website=NBC News|language=en|archive-date=March 26, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326015515/https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/desantis-moves-ban-transition-care-transgender-youth-medicaid-recipien-rcna31736|url-status=live}} Ohio passed a law in June that requires "genital inspections" if a girl or woman is suspected of being transgender.{{Cite web|last=Michael|first=Jason A.|date=June 24, 2022|title=Could Transphobic Ohio-Style Genital Inspections Become Law in Michigan, Too?|url=https://pridesource.com/article/could-transphobic-ohio-style-genital-inspections-become-law-in-michigan-too/|access-date=July 29, 2022|website=Pride Source|language=en-US|archive-date=July 29, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220729232456/https://pridesource.com/article/could-transphobic-ohio-style-genital-inspections-become-law-in-michigan-too/|url-status=live}}

In July 2022, attorneys general from twenty states, including Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Georgia, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, and West Virginia filed suit against the United States Department of Agriculture over their prohibition of discrimination against LGBTQ people receiving school meals. This included discrimination against gender identity. In Florida, state education officials told schools to "disregard recent guidance from the Biden administration" that would help protect transgender students under Title IX.{{Cite web|last=Andrew Atterbury|title=Florida warns schools against following Biden's LGBTQ student protections|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2022/07/28/florida-schools-disregard-federal-title-ix-guidance-00048505|access-date=August 5, 2022|website=POLITICO|date=28 July 2022|language=en|archive-date=August 4, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220804062518/https://www.politico.com/news/2022/07/28/florida-schools-disregard-federal-title-ix-guidance-00048505|url-status=live}} Florida Education Commissioner, Manny Diaz Jr., called the guidance regarding transgender protections "woke insanity." In mid-July, the GOP in the US House of Representatives supported bills that would target transgender athletes with the "Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act" sponsored by Greg Steube.{{Cite web|last=Brooks|first=Emily|date=July 13, 2022|title=House GOP embraces attack on trans athletes in women's sports|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/house/3556722-house-gop-embraces-attack-on-trans-athletes-in-womens-sports/|access-date=August 19, 2022|website=The Hill|language=en-US|archive-date=August 19, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220819224039/https://thehill.com/homenews/house/3556722-house-gop-embraces-attack-on-trans-athletes-in-womens-sports/|url-status=live}} Late in July 2022, Governor Ron DeSantis used a 1947 Florida Supreme Court Decision as guidance in his complaint over a drag show.{{Cite web|last=Yurcaba|first=Jo|date=July 28, 2022|title=Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis files complaint over a Miami drag show|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-politics-and-policy/florida-gov-ron-desantis-files-complaint-miami-drag-show-rcna40438|access-date=August 5, 2022|website=NBC News|language=en|archive-date=August 5, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220805045608/https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-politics-and-policy/florida-gov-ron-desantis-files-complaint-miami-drag-show-rcna40438|url-status=live}} DeSantis alleged that the drag venue violated a public nuisance law.

Marjorie Taylor Greene, a US Representative, introduced a bill called Protect Children's Innocence Act in August 2022 that would make providing gender-affirming care to minors a class C felony.{{Cite web|last1=Migdon|first1=Brooke|last2=Brooks|first2=Emily|date=August 19, 2022|title=Marjorie Taylor Greene introduces bill to make gender-affirming care for transgender youth a felony|url=https://thehill.com/changing-america/respect/equality/3607955-marjorie-taylor-greene-introduces-bill-to-make-gender-affirming-care-for-transgender-youth-a-felony/|access-date=August 19, 2022|website=The Hill|language=en-US|archive-date=August 19, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220819174639/https://thehill.com/changing-america/respect/equality/3607955-marjorie-taylor-greene-introduces-bill-to-make-gender-affirming-care-for-transgender-youth-a-felony/|url-status=live}} The bill specifies sending anyone who provides such care a prison sentence of 10 to 25 years and would also prohibit the use of federal funds for gender affirming care. This would effectively stop anyone who is using Affordable Healthcare Act plans from accessing gender affirming care.

In September 2022, high school students from the East Baton Rouge Parish Public Schools were told that they were attending a college fair for a school field trip.{{Cite web|last=Yang|first=Maya|date=2022-09-25|title=Louisiana school turned 'college fair' into transphobic church event, students say|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/sep/25/louisiana-school-college-fair-transphobic-church-event-students-say|access-date=2022-09-26|website=The Guardian|language=en|archive-date=2022-09-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220926003219/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/sep/25/louisiana-school-college-fair-transphobic-church-event-students-say|url-status=live}} Instead of a fair, they were taken to a church where transgender students faced bullying and discrimination. In October 2020, an intersex transgender woman was arrested after she filed a police report in Bexar County describing her alleged assault.{{Cite web|last=Kless|first=Troy|date=December 7, 2022|title=Community groups condemn alleged mistreatment of trans woman by BCSO|url=https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/community-groups-condemn-alleged-mistreatment-of-trans-woman-bexar-county-sheriffs-office/273-640dc988-8d5f-4f7f-8726-bb3336298fcc|access-date=2022-12-22|website=kens5.com|language=en-US|archive-date=2022-12-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221222004645/https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/community-groups-condemn-alleged-mistreatment-of-trans-woman-bexar-county-sheriffs-office/273-640dc988-8d5f-4f7f-8726-bb3336298fcc|url-status=live}} She was outed to the police, who later put her in the male block of the jail. As of December 2022, she and local community groups are asking for dropped charges and sensitivity training for the police. In November 2022, the Florida medical board restricted most gender-affirming care for minors. In December 2023, Monarch High School in Florida was fined $16,500 total for allowing a transgender athlete to compete in girls' volleyball.{{Cite web|last=|date=2023-12-12|title=Monarch High School fined and reprimanded in transgender student-athlete controversy|url=https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/monarch-high-school-fined-and-reprimanded-in-transgender-student-athlete-controversy/3182327/|access-date=2024-06-10|website=NBC 6 South Florida|language=en-US}} In 2022, Kentucky banned transgender girls from participating in sports, banning the only girl playing in the state at the time.{{Cite web |last=Strangio |first=Chase |date=2025-01-21 |title=Trump's Anti-Trans Attacks Won't Stop With Us |url=https://time.com/7208569/trumps-anti-trans-attacks-wont-stop-with-us/ |access-date=2025-01-21 |website=time.com|language=en}}

In preparation of the Texas legislative session in January 2023, Republican lawmakers pre-filed bills that will target transgender people and make gender-affirming care illegal for youth. By January 19, 2023, over 124 bills were introduced that would target LGBTQ and transgender people in the U.S.{{Cite news|date=19 January 2023|title=Over 120 Bills Restricting LGBTQ Rights Introduced Nationwide in 2023 So Far |work=ACLU|url=https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/over-120-bills-restricting-lgbtq-rights-introduced-nationwide-2023-so-far|access-date=7 March 2023|archive-date=7 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230307064604/https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/over-120-bills-restricting-lgbtq-rights-introduced-nationwide-2023-so-far|url-status=live}} In Florida, a number of transphobic bills were introduced in February 2023.{{cite news|last1=Nelson|first1=Rebekah|date=7 March 2023|title=Florida legislature has multiple bills impacting transgender, LGBTQ+ rights|agency=ABC Action News|url=https://www.abcactionnews.com/news/political/florida-legislature-has-multiple-bills-impacting-transgender-lgbtq-rights|access-date=7 March 2023|ref=florida2023|archive-date=7 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230307202418/https://www.abcactionnews.com/news/political/florida-legislature-has-multiple-bills-impacting-transgender-lgbtq-rights|url-status=live}} Bills filed targeted drag shows, gender-affirming care, libraries containing LGBTQ books, and one bill would prohibit teachers from using a students' preferred pronouns. In Tennessee early in March 2023, Governor Bill Lee signed a law banning minors from watching drag shows, despite his own participation in drag as a school boy.{{Cite news|last=Daly|first=Michael|date=2023-03-03|title=Picture of Transphobic, Cross-Dressing Governor Destined for Billboards|language=en|work=The Daily Beast|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/zachary-stamper-plans-billboards-of-tennessee-gov-bill-lee-dressed-as-girl|access-date=2023-03-07|archive-date=2023-03-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230307203729/https://www.thedailybeast.com/zachary-stamper-plans-billboards-of-tennessee-gov-bill-lee-dressed-as-girl|url-status=live}} On March 3, Florida submitted SB254 which would allow the state to take away children from parents who allow gender-affirming care for them, even if they live outside of the state.{{Cite web|last=Marcus|first=Josh|date=6 March 2023|title=Florida Republicans propose 'fascist' bill to remove trans kids from parents' custody|url=https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/florida-republicans-propose-fascist-bill-103110420.html|access-date=2023-03-07|website=Yahoo Life|language=en-US|archive-date=2023-03-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230307204228/https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/florida-republicans-propose-fascist-bill-103110420.html|url-status=live}} At the end of March 2023, Kentucky legislature overrode the governor's veto and put into law that bans gender affirming care in the state and requires doctors to de-transition minors who are already receiving care.{{Cite web|last=Krauth|first=Olivia|date=29 March 2023|title=Despite emotional pleas, one of country's strictest anti-trans bills becomes law in Kentucky|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/03/29/kentucky-legislature-overrides-veto-of-strict-anti-trans-bill/11564591002/|access-date=2023-03-31|website=USA TODAY|language=en-US|archive-date=2023-03-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230331003729/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/03/29/kentucky-legislature-overrides-veto-of-strict-anti-trans-bill/11564591002/|url-status=live}} In addition, schools may not allow conversations around gender or sexual identity for all grades.

In April 2023, Montana removed transgender lawmaker, Zooey Zephyr, from the floor and then proceeded to pass a bill banning gender affirming care for minors.{{Cite web|last=Hanson|first=Amy Beth|date=2023-04-28|title=After removing trans lawmaker, Montana becomes latest state to ban gender-affirming care for minors|url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/after-removing-trans-lawmaker-montana-becomes-latest-state-to-ban-gender-affirming-care-for-minors|access-date=2023-05-10|website=PBS NewsHour|language=en-us|archive-date=2023-05-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230509235327/https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/after-removing-trans-lawmaker-montana-becomes-latest-state-to-ban-gender-affirming-care-for-minors|url-status=live}} Idaho passed a law banning gender affirming care for minors with a punishment of up to 10 years in prison for any doctor providing gender affirming care.{{Cite web|last=Boone|first=Rebecca|date=2023-04-05|title=Idaho to ban gender-affirming care for transgender youth|url=https://apnews.com/article/transgender-health-care-ban-kids-idaho-d17ca5b1549509bb4b21ec26e2691968|access-date=2023-05-10|website=AP News|language=en|archive-date=2023-05-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510235351/https://apnews.com/article/transgender-health-care-ban-kids-idaho-d17ca5b1549509bb4b21ec26e2691968|url-status=live}}

In May 2023, Missouri passed a bill to restrict gender affirming care and sports participation for transgender minors.{{Cite web|last1=Kellogg|first1=Sarah|last2=Rosenbaum|first2=Jason|date=2023-05-10|title=Missouri legislature passes restrictions on transgender health care and sports participation|url=https://news.stlpublicradio.org/government-politics-issues/2023-05-10/missouri-legislature-passes-restrictions-on-transgender-health-care-and-sports-participation|access-date=2023-05-10|website=STLPR|language=en|archive-date=2023-05-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510231826/https://news.stlpublicradio.org/government-politics-issues/2023-05-10/missouri-legislature-passes-restrictions-on-transgender-health-care-and-sports-participation|url-status=live}} Oklahoma also passed a bill that month making it a felony to provide gender-affirming care to minors.{{Cite web|last=Murphy|first=Sean|date=2023-05-02|title=Oklahoma governor signs gender-affirming care ban for kids|url=https://apnews.com/article/oklahoma-transgender-medical-care-children-9b9ed20596bc9458df56832dcec13e65|access-date=2024-02-20|website=AP News|language=en}} Transgender people were arrested and removed from the Texas Capitol in May 2023 for protesting a ban on gender-affirming care for minors.{{Cite web|last=Baska|first=Maggie|date=2023-05-04|title=Texas police 'violently arrest' trans people protesting life-threatening bill|url=https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/05/04/texas-trans-healthcare-protest-arrests/|access-date=2023-05-10|website=PinkNews|language=en-US|archive-date=2023-05-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510232935/https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/05/04/texas-trans-healthcare-protest-arrests/|url-status=live}} Early in May 2023, the governor of Indiana, Eric Holcomb, signed a bill that would potentially out transgender students to their families.{{Cite web|last=Charron|first=Cate|date=4 May 2023|title=Indiana school pronoun bill signed into law amid worries it'll 'out' transgender kids|url=https://www.indystar.com/story/news/politics/2023/05/04/indiana-governor-eric-holcomb-signs-transgender-school-pronoun-bill/70175812007/|access-date=2023-05-10|website=The Indianapolis Star|language=en-US|archive-date=2023-05-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230504231748/https://www.indystar.com/story/news/politics/2023/05/04/indiana-governor-eric-holcomb-signs-transgender-school-pronoun-bill/70175812007/|url-status=live}} North Dakota governor, Doug Burgum, signed a bill in May 2023 that prohibits public schools and government entities from creating policies about pronouns.{{Cite web|date=8 May 2023|title=North Dakota governor outlaws pronoun policies in schools|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/north-dakota-governor-oks-law-to-ignore-transgender-pronouns/|access-date=2023-05-10|website=www.cbsnews.com|language=en-US|archive-date=2023-05-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230509115721/https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/north-dakota-governor-oks-law-to-ignore-transgender-pronouns/|url-status=live}}

In August 2023, Katy Independent School District (KISD) passed gender identity policies that many LGBTQ people and allies called an "attack" on non gender conforming students in the school.{{Cite web|last=Dunlap|first=Miranda|date=2023-08-29|title=Katy ISD board, undeterred by backlash, passes gender identity, student bathroom policy|url=http://houstonlanding.org/katy-isd-gender-identity-bathroom-policy-texas/|access-date=2024-03-14|website=Houston Landing|language=en-US}} KISD was one of the first school districts in the Houston area to pass guidelines that have negative effects on transgender students.{{Cite web|last=Dunlap|first=Miranda|date=2024-03-14|title='This school district has failed him': Trans Katy teen drops out after gender policy passes|url=https://www.texastribune.org/2024/03/14/texas-school-gender-policy-katy/|access-date=2024-03-14|website=The Texas Tribune|language=en}} In February 2024, Texas Governor, Greg Abbott responded negatively to a Joint Allegation Letter from the United Nations (UN) that outlines a "comprehensive assault on the rights of the queer community" in Texas.{{Cite news|last=Adamczeski|first=Ryan|date=27 February 2024|title=Texas Gov. Greg Abbott tells UN to 'go pound sand'|url=https://www.advocate.com/politics/texas-greg-abbott-un-lgbtq|access-date=2024-02-28|newspaper=Advocate.com|language=en}} Abbott only responded to the legal allegations by writing on X (formerly Twitter), "The UN can go pound sand."{{Cite web|last=Mayer|first=Chloe|date=2024-02-26|title=Greg Abbott says UN can "go pound sand" after LGBTQ+ backlash|url=https://www.newsweek.com/gay-transgender-rights-texas-greg-abbott-united-nations-letter-1873351|access-date=2024-02-28|website=Newsweek|language=en}}

In February 2024, Nassau County prohibited transgender athletes from competing with cisgender athletic teams through an executive order signed by Bruce Blakeman.{{Cite book|last=Blakeman|first=Bruce A.|url=https://www.nassaucountyny.gov/DocumentCenter/View/43897/EXEC-ORDER-2-24?bidId=|title=Executive Order - Number 2 (An Executive Order for Fairness for Women and Girls in Sports)|date=2024}} In March, New York Attorney General Letitia James ordered the county to cease and desist from violating the New York State Human Rights Law.{{Cite web|last=Migdon|first=Brooke|date=2024-04-04|title=Judge denies New York county executive request to block AG order to rescind transgender athlete ban|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/lgbtq/4575172-judge-denies-new-york-county-executive-request-to-block-ag-order-to-rescind-transgender-athlete-ban/|access-date=2024-04-05|website=The Hill|language=en-US}} Blakeman is seeking to overturn the ruling in order to continue to prohibit transgender athletes from equally using "more than 100 public venues" in the county.

During elections in Ohio, several transgender candidates faced issues running for office due to their name changes.{{Cite web|last=Trau|first=Morgan|date=2024-01-19|title=Ohio counties pick and choose trans candidates, leading to uneven application of law|url=https://www.news5cleveland.com/news/local-news/we-follow-through/ohio-counties-pick-and-choose-trans-candidates-leading-to-uneven-application-of-law|access-date=2024-04-05|website=News 5 Cleveland WEWS|language=en}} In January 2024, Ohio ruled that due to a 1990s law about listing all names a candidate has used on petitions to run for office, the transgender candidates had violated the law. Later, the county board of elections in Mercer County allowed the candidate to run "because no one knew about this obscure provision and because the board said she wasn't trying to mislead people," and Montgomery County followed suit. Stark County, however, disqualified the transgender candidate on the ballot due to her name change.{{Cite web|date=2024-04-04|title=Ohio trans candidates spur Democratic bill to protect them, GOP bill they say unfairly targets them|url=https://www.news5cleveland.com/news/local-news/we-follow-through/ohio-trans-candidates-spur-democratic-bill-to-protect-them-gop-bill-they-say-unfairly-targets-them|access-date=2024-04-05|website=News 5 Cleveland WEWS|language=en}}

Governor Kristi Noem of South Dakota warned the Board of Regents to stop allowing diversity initiatives in state Universities.{{Cite web|last=Beck|first=Margery A.|date=2024-05-24|title=Pronouns and tribal affiliations are now forbidden in South Dakota public university employee emails|url=https://apnews.com/article/pronouns-tribal-affiliation-south-dakota-66efb8c6a3c57a6a02da0bf4ed575a5f|access-date=2024-06-02|website=AP News|language=en}} This affected several faculty members who used their pronouns and tribal affiliations in official communications, such as email.

By the end of 2023, 22 states had passed bans on gender affirming care for minors.{{Cite news |last=Kanakia |first=Naomi |date=2024-04-07 |title="Wait Until You're Older" |url=https://slate.com/human-interest/2024/04/trans-kids-affirming-health-care-bans-parent-child-relationship.html |access-date=2024-11-20 |work=Slate |language=en-US |issn=1091-2339}} In early 2024, 10 states were considering bills that would restrict transgender and non-binary individuals for using public services.{{Cite web |last=Rummler |first=Orion |date=2024-01-24 |title=More states are pushing to stop legally recognizing trans people in public life |url=https://19thnews.org/2024/01/transgender-state-bills-legal-recognition/ |access-date=2024-11-20 |website=The 19th |language=en-us}}

In the spring of 2024, the Colorado Republican Party sent an email, listed as a "Call to Action," to members.{{Cite web|last=Clark|first=Kyle|date=2024-05-23|title=Colorado GOP calls for all children to be pulled from public schools|url=https://www.coloradopolitics.com/legislature/colorado-gop-calls-for-all-children-to-be-pulled-from-public-schools/article_8a8b21ae-1942-11ef-8dc4-f313290a8b60.html|access-date=2024-06-02|website=Colorado Politics|language=en}} In the email, the party strongly recommended that parents take their children out of public schools in order to "save Colorado children from progressive Democrats who want to turn more kids trans by requiring teachers to use 'pronouns' that do not make any sense and cause gender confusion."{{Cite web|last=Wiggins|first=Christopher|date=23 May 2024|title=Colorado GOP sends bigoted email about schools & trans kids|url=https://www.advocate.com/news/colorado-gop-email-trans-kids|access-date=2024-06-02|website=Advocate|language=en}}{{Cite web|last=Schoening|first=Darcy|date=2024|title=Will You Stand for Free Speech and Children?|url=https://us4.campaign-archive.com/?u=27121325a99aaafc5838ea407&id=fbdb555a37&e=e440c05dbc|access-date=2024-06-02|website=Colorado GOP}} This campaign was started after a law passed in the state protecting transgender students' rights.

Early in June 2024, two professors from the University of Texas filed a lawsuit against the federal government for protecting nonbinary students.{{Cite web|last1=Wagner|first1=Bayliss|last2=Kepner|first2=Lily|date=3 June 2024|title=Texas professors sue Biden administration over new Title IX abortion, gender identity rules|url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/texas-professors-sue-biden-administration-over-new-title-ix-abortion-gender-identity-rules/ar-BB1nysID|access-date=2024-06-13|website=USA Today}} The professors claim that the guidance for Title IX does not cover the use of "they" as a singular pronoun. A Texas judge, Reed O'Connor, blocked the Title IX protections by June 12 with an injunction, claiming that the Biden Administration "had overstepped its authority" in "requiring schools to respect trans and nonbinary students' pronouns and allow them access to the restrooms of their choice."{{Cite web|last=Wiggins|first=Christopher|date=2024-06-13|title=Anti-LGBTQ+ Texas judge rules against Biden's Title IX protections for transgender students|url=https://www.yahoo.com/news/anti-lgbtq-texas-judge-rules-052847476.html|access-date=2024-06-13|website=The Advocate|language=en-US|via=Yahoo! News}} In late June of 2024, the Texas Republican party celebrated when the Texas Supreme Court upheld the state's ban on gender affirming care for minors.{{Cite news |last=Kushwaha |first=Brooke |date=28 June 2024 |title=GOP Cheers Texas Supreme Court Decision Upholding Gender-Affirming Health Care Ban |url=https://www.chron.com/politics/article/texas-gender-affirming-care-19545344.php |access-date=28 June 2024 |work=Chron}} The state representative who wrote the ban "called the win 'gratifying' and further proof that the state of Texas could continue to regulate medical practices."

The 2024 Republican National Convention, held in mid July, was heavily anti-transgender.{{Cite web |last=Lebowitz |first=Megan |date=2024-07-16 |title=Anti-LGBTQ rhetoric plays a prominent role in first night of RNC |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/anti-lgbtq-rhetoric-plays-prominent-role-first-night-rnc-rcna162028 |access-date=2024-07-19 |website=NBC News |language=en}} During the convention, Republican members "verbally attacked transgender people multiple times."{{Cite web |last1=Sosin |first1=Kate |last2=Rodriguez |first2=Barbara |date=2024-07-19 |title=At the RNC, a party that called for unity also verbally attacked trans people |url=https://19thnews.org/2024/07/rnc-transgender-people/ |access-date=2024-07-19 |website=The 19th |language=en-us}} Some speeches given at the convention openly mocked or ridiculed transgender and non-binary people. These ideas are very much in line with Project 2025, supported by Donald Trump and far right politicians.{{Cite web |last=Ring |first=Trudy |date=21 June 2024 |title=What is Project 2025 and what does it mean for LGBTQ Americans? |url=https://www.advocate.com/politics/project-2025-anti-lgbtq |access-date=2024-07-19 |website=Advocate |language=en}} Project 2025 calls non-gender conforming ideas a "new woke gender ideology."{{Cite web |title=Project 2025's Sweeping Anti-LGBTQ+ Policies Would Roll Back the Clock on LGBTQ+ Equity Advancements |url=https://accountable.us/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Project-2025s-Sweeping-Anti-LGBTQ-Policies-Would-Roll-Back-The-Clock-On-LGBTQ-Equity-Advancements.pdf |access-date=19 July 2024 |website=Accountable.US}} The Project 2025 blueprint also calls for the elimination of protections for LGBTQ+ individuals under nearly every aspect of the US Federal Government.

In October of 2024, Odessa, Texas started placing a $10,000 bounty on any transgender person using a bathroom that aligns with their gender identity in the city.{{Cite web |last=Lazine |first=Mira |date=28 October 2024 |title=City puts $10,000 bounty of trans people's heads if they use a public restroom |url=https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/10/city-puts-10000-bounty-of-trans-peoples-heads-if-they-use-a-public-restroom/ |access-date=19 November 2024 |website=LGBTQ Nation}} The bounty is in addition to criminal penalties for using a restroom that aligns with gender identity. In November, the Odessa City Council overwhelmingly decided expand the law which allows any person (whether they are a citizen of Odessa or not) to sue for the $10,000 bounty.{{Cite web |last=Sprayregen |first=Molly |date=17 November 2024 |title=City that placed $10,000 bounty on trans people who use public restrooms makes law even worse |url=https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/11/city-that-placed-10000-bounty-on-trans-people-who-use-public-restrooms-makes-law-even-worse/ |access-date=19 November 2024 |website=LGBTQ Nation}} Opponents of the bounty and the law say that Odessa is making life more dangerous for queer people and because the bounty is "per occurrence," the law could cause local businesses and residents to be subject to large fines and unnecessary lawsuits.

During the 2024 Presidential election the Republican Party used transgender people as a "wedge issue," airing anti-transgender attack ads during "high-profile sports events."{{Cite web |last=Wiggins |first=Christopher |date=7 November 2024 |title=MSNBC's 'Morning Joe' blames trans folks for Trump's victory |url=https://www.advocate.com/election/msnbc-joe-scarborough-trump-transgender |access-date=2024-11-19 |website=Advocate |language=en}} Many of these ads contained misinformation and false claims. The ads also used images of transgender people and drag performers without getting these individuals' consent.{{Cite web |last=Migdon |first=Brooke |date=2024-10-30 |title=These are unwilling faces of Republican anti-trans ads |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4958731-meet-the-unwilling-faces-of-gop-anti-trans-ads-i-havent-been-able-to-sleep/ |access-date=2024-11-20 |website=The Hill |language=en-US}}

In November of 2024, Representative Nancy Mace introduced a bill to block transgender women from using Capitol Hill facilities that match their gender identity.{{Cite web |last=Brooke Migdon |first=Mychael Schnell |date=2024-11-18 |title=Nancy Mace introduces bill to bar trans women from Capitol restrooms |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4997024-mace-introduces-bill-transgender/ |access-date=2024-11-19 |website=The Hill |language=en-US}} Mace once claimed she was "pro-transgender rights," but went on to post anti-transgender rhetoric on her social media that November..{{Cite web |last=Byrd |first=Caitlin |date=2024-12-01 |title=Nancy Mace said she was pro-transgender rights. Now she's the face of bathroom politics. Why? |url=https://www.postandcourier.com/politics/why-mace-doubling-down-trans-bathroom-issue-politics/article_bbb933a4-ab6b-11ef-b561-2b5dc7a6f679.html |access-date=2024-12-02 |website=Post and Courier |language=en}} The new rule was pushed by Mace after the first transgender member of Congress was elected to office in November of 2024.{{Cite web |last=Byrd |first=Caitlin |date=2024-11-19 |title=Nancy Mace pushes DC bathroom rules, says first trans member of Congress 'doesn't get a say' |url=https://www.postandcourier.com/politics/nancy-mace-bathroom-bill-transgender/article_bf167360-a682-11ef-b1ac-c3a19384d4ef.html |access-date=2024-12-02 |website=Post and Courier |language=en}} The ban, announced by Speaker Mike Johnson, went into effect for Congress on Transgender Day of Remembrance.{{Cite web |last=McShane |first=Julianne |title=House Speaker Johnson announces transgender bathroom ban—on Trans Day of Remembrance |url=https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/11/congress-trans-bathroom-ban-johnson-mace/ |access-date=2024-12-02 |website=Mother Jones |language=en-US}} Mace says she will file a bill keeping transgender people from using restrooms that match their gender identity on any federal property.

Starting in 2025, new anti-transgender legislation has been proposed. In Oklahoma, the state legislature also began in early 2025 to look at rules, proposed by State Representative Molly Jenkins, that would allow only "biological females" to use women's restrooms in the state House.{{Cite web |last=Elkins |first=Jeff |date=2025-01-08 |title=Transgender bathroom rule debated as Oklahoma elects leaders |url=https://journalrecord.com/2025/01/08/transgender-bathroom-rule-debated-as-oklahoma-elects-leaders/ |access-date=2025-01-13 |language=en-US}} In Nebraska, Senator Kathleen Kauth, is pushing a bill that would "regulate" transgender people in any area the state has jurisdiction.{{Cite web |last=Whitney |first=Alex |date=2025-01-10 |title=New bill looks to regulate transgender individuals based on sex at birth across all state agencies |url=https://www.3newsnow.com/northeast-nebraska/new-bill-looks-to-regulate-transgender-individuals-based-on-sex-at-birth-across-all-state-agencies |access-date=2025-01-13 |website=KMTV 3 News Now Omaha |language=en}} Kauth named the bill, LB 89, aka the Stand With Women Act.

One of the first acts of the Second Trump administration on January 20, 2025 was to reduce protections and civil rights for LGBTQ people and especially transgender people.{{Cite news |last=Flowers |first=Blanca |last2=Trotta |first2=Daniel |date=21 January 2025 |title=Trump curtails protections around diversity, LGBTQ rights |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-sign-orders-ending-diversity-programs-proclaiming-there-are-only-two-sexes-2025-01-20/ |access-date=21 January 2025 |work=Reuters}} The administration will "only recognize a person's gender assigned at birth."{{Cite web |last=Zaru |first=Deena |last2=Steakin |first2=Will |date=20 January 2025 |title=Trump administration to acknowledge only a person's gender assigned at birth, officials say |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-administration-acknowledge-persons-gender-assigned-birth-officials/story?id=117894092 |access-date=2025-01-21 |website=ABC News |language=en}} Trump is preparing to ban transgender service members from serving in the military and finalized the ban in an executive order issued on January 27, 2025.{{Cite web |last=Detsch |first=Jack |date=2025-01-21 |title=Trump repeals rule allowing transgender troops to serve in military |url=https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/01/20/donald-trump-inauguration-day-news-updates-analysis/trump-repeals-transgender-troops-rule-00199577 |access-date=2025-01-21 |website=POLITICO |language=en}}{{Cite news |last=Simmons-Duffin |first=Selena |date=2025-01-28 |title=Trump issues order to ban transgender troops from serving openly in the military |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/01/28/nx-s1-5277106/trump-executive-order-transgender-military |access-date=2025-01-30 |work=NPR |language=en}} The Trump administration has called these repeals of civil rights "protections for women."{{Cite web |last=Ingle |first=Davis |date=2025-01-21 |title=Defending Women From Gender Ideology Extremism And Restoring Biological Truth To The Federal Government |url=https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/defending-women-from-gender-ideology-extremism-and-restoring-biological-truth-to-the-federal-government/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250121050010/https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/defending-women-from-gender-ideology-extremism-and-restoring-biological-truth-to-the-federal-government/ |archive-date=21 January 2025 |access-date=2025-01-21 |website=The White House |language=en-US}} Many of the executive orders use dehumanizing terminology when they describe gender-affirming care. On February 21, 2025, Trump threatened to take away federal funding for the state of Maine over issues related to transgender athletes and his recent executive orders.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=21 February 2025 |title='See you in court': Trump spars with Democratic governor at WH event |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/live-updates/trump-2nd-term-live-updates-white-house-employees/?id=118887140&entryId=119057246 |access-date=2025-02-22 |website=ABC News |language=en}}

Transgender people have already been affected by the changes{{Cite web |last=Saric |first=Ivana |date=2025-02-05 |title=All of the anti-trans executive orders Trump has signed |url=https://www.axios.com/2025/02/05/anti-trans-executive-orders-trump |access-date=2025-04-04 |website=Axios |language=en}} made by the 2nd Trump administration. US passport applications for transgender people were halted.{{Cite web |last=Theil |first=Michele |date=2025-01-31 |title=Trans Americans accuse Trump of 'travel ban': 'They will not give me any passport' |url=https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/01/31/trans-americans-passport-ban-trump-state-department/ |access-date=2025-02-01 |website=PinkNews {{!}} Latest lesbian, gay, bi and trans news {{!}} LGBTQ+ news |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Wong |first=Kathleen |title='I feel like I'm stuck here': Trans, nonbinary Americans' passports remain in limbo |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/news/2025/01/28/state-department-passport-gender-marker/77976486007/ |access-date=2025-02-01 |website=USA TODAY |language=en-US}} After the temporary halt, transgender people have been receiving their passports, but without correct gender markers and with expected delays.{{Cite web |last=France |first=Lisa Respers |date=2025-02-21 |title='Euphoria' star Hunter Schafer says passport gender marker change 'doesn't change anything about me or my transness' |url=https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/21/entertainment/hunter-schafer-passport-gender-marker/index.html |access-date=2025-02-22 |website=CNN |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Chen |first=Kat |date=2025-02-13 |title=What to Know About the New Policy on Passport Gender Markers |url=https://www.cntraveler.com/story/what-to-know-about-the-new-policy-on-passport-gender-markers |access-date=2025-02-22 |website=Condé Nast Traveler |language=en-US}} Transgender prisoners are also being affected with prisons planning to move these inmates to facilities that do not correspond to their gender identity.{{Cite news |last=Diaz |first=Jaclyn |date=2025-02-21 |title=Federal prisons prep to move trans inmates as early as next week |url=https://www.npr.org/2025/02/21/nx-s1-5305282/trans-inmates-federal-prison-policy-transfers |access-date=2025-02-25 |work=NPR |language=en}} This order would affect "about 16" transgender women who are imprisoned by the Bureau of Prisons.{{Cite web |last=Kunzelman |first=Michael |date=2025-02-04 |title=Judge blocks transfers of 3 transgender inmates to men's prison |url=https://apnews.com/article/transgender-women-prison-trump-executive-order-cebec2b005860ef175ddd44e9059b3a3 |access-date=2025-03-21 |website=AP News |language=en}}

Within the federal government, transgender people have been fired.{{Cite web |last=Billson |first=Chantelle |date=2025-03-03 |title=Trump just fired one of the highest-ranking trans women in the federal government |url=https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/03/03/trump-amy-paris-dei/ |access-date=2025-03-05 |website=PinkNews |language=en-US}} In late February 2025, the Trump administration ordered the Pentagon to identify and discharge transgender service members.{{Cite news |last=Stein |first=Chris |date=2025-02-27 |title=Trump administration memo orders Pentagon to identify and fire transgender members of US military |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/27/transgender-us-military-personnel-pentagon-memo-stood-down-trump-administration |access-date=2025-03-05 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}} By mid-March, the Veterans Administration (VA) stated that the department will stop providing health care covering gender dysphoria for veterans.{{Cite web |date=17 March 2025 |title=VA to phase out treatment for gender dysphoria - VA News |url=https://news.va.gov/press-room/va-to-phase-out-treatment-for-gender-dysphoria/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250412002736/https://news.va.gov/press-room/va-to-phase-out-treatment-for-gender-dysphoria/ |archive-date=12 April 2025 |access-date=2025-04-16 |website=VA News |language=en-US}} In April of 2025, the Trump Administration was warning the Smithsonian Institution to remove information about transgender people from the American Women's History Museum or they would lose federal funding.{{Cite web |last=Baum |first=S. |date=9 April 2025 |title=Trump orders Women's History Museum to remove trans people |url=https://www.advocate.com/politics/womens-history-museum-trans-trump |access-date=2025-04-16 |website=Advocate |language=en}}

Following on the heels of the Trump administration are individual states, where by February of 2025, there were 379 active anti-transgender bills in state legislatures.{{Cite web |title=2025 Anti-Trans Bills |url=https://translegislation.com/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250201183424/https://translegislation.com/ |archive-date=1 February 2025 |access-date=2025-02-01 |website=Trans Legislation Tracker}} As of February 2025, the state legislature of Iowa has been considering a bill that would remove civil rights protections from transgender people in the state.{{Cite web |last=Purpura |first=Pepper |date=2025-02-23 |title=Iowa House bill could remove civil rights protections for transgender Iowans |url=https://www.kcci.com/article/iowa-politics-house-bill-could-remove-civil-rights-protections-for-transgender-iowans-gender-identity/63875810 |access-date=2025-02-25 |website=KCCI |language=en}} In the same month, the state of Ohio started prohibiting transgender students from using restrooms that match their gender identity.{{Cite web |last=Henry |first=Megan |date=2025-02-24 |title=Ohio's transgender school bathroom ban begins this week as law takes effect |url=https://www.news5cleveland.com/news/state/ohios-transgender-school-bathroom-ban-begins-this-week-as-law-takes-effect |access-date=2025-02-25 |website=News 5 Cleveland WEWS |language=en}} Early in March, Indiana Governor Mike Braun signed an executive order banning transgender women in state sports and also prohibiting the use of certain types of language used at the state level.{{Cite web |last=Smith |first=Casey |date=6 March 2015 |title=Indiana governor signs executive orders aimed at 'extreme gender ideology' • Indiana Capital Chronicle |url=https://indianacapitalchronicle.com/briefs/indiana-governor-signs-executive-orders-aimed-at-extreme-gender-ideology/ |access-date=2025-03-21 |website=Indiana Capital Chronicle |language=en-US}}

In late February, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) changed their policy and will now allow specific and targeted surveillance of LGBTQ+ individuals.{{Cite web |last=Adamczeski |first=Ryan |date=26 February 2025 |title=DHS quietly axes ban on surveillance based on LGBTQ identity |url=https://www.advocate.com/politics/dhs-allows-surveillance-sexual-orientation |access-date=2025-02-28 |website=Advocate |language=en}} Agencies, like DOGE, can use government data it collects to create databases which identify transgender Americans.{{Cite web |last=Glawe |first=Justin |date=2025-03-21 |title=Why DOGE Having Your Social Security Data Is Dangerous |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/trump-musk-doge-social-security-data-danger-1235300974/ |access-date=2025-03-24 |website=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}} Elon Musk, the head of DOGE, has a history of transphobia.{{Cite web |last=McShane |first=Julianne |title=Tesla's in trouble. Elon blames...trans people? |url=https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/03/elon-musk-tesla-protests-transphobia/ |access-date=2025-03-24 |website=Mother Jones |language=en-US}}{{Cite news |last=Woodward |first=Alex |date=5 June 2023 |title=Elon Musk promotes anti-trans content as hate speech surges on his far-right platform |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/elon-musk-twitter-transgender-hate-speech-b2351923.html |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250305213320/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/elon-musk-twitter-transgender-hate-speech-b2351923.html |archive-date=2025-03-05 |access-date=2025-03-24 |work=The Independent |language=en-GB}} In March of 2025, he went on a public transphobic rant against his own daughter, Vivian Wilson.{{Cite web |last=Skinner |first=Paige |date=2025-03-20 |title=Elon Musk Goes On Transphobic Rant The Same Day His Estranged Daughter Speaks Out |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/elon-musk-goes-on-transphobic-rant-the-same-day-his-estranged-daughter-speaks-out_n_67dc672be4b0a815247582ae |access-date=2025-03-24 |website=HuffPost |language=en}}

The first arrest of a transgender person violating a bathroom law happened on March 19 in Tallahassee, Florida.{{Cite web |last=Schoenbaum |first=Hannah |date=2025-04-03 |title=Transgender student's arrest for violating Florida bathroom law is thought to be a first |url=https://apnews.com/article/florida-transgender-bathroom-arrest-be735cfe5eafa7f510692cfb3c58269e |access-date=2025-04-04 |website=AP News |language=en}} Marcy Rheintgen was arrested in the Florida State Capitol when she attempted to use the women's restroom.{{Cite web |last=Padgett |first=Donald |date=1 April 2025 |title=Trans woman arrested in Florida for using women's restroom |url=https://www.advocate.com/news/trans-woman-arrested-bathroom-florida |access-date=2025-04-04 |website=Advocate |language=en}} In March of 2025, the Mississippi Library Commission ordered its libraries to delete databases that include information and history relating to "Gender identity."{{Cite web |last=Today |first=Michael Goldberg and Candice Wilder Mississippi |date=2025-04-08 |title=Mississippi libraries ordered to delete academic research in response to state laws |url=https://www.djournal.com/mississippi-today/mississippi-libraries-ordered-to-delete-academic-research-in-response-to-state-laws/article_763caa7c-6e26-4761-a05b-212896e59202.html |access-date=2025-04-10 |website=Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal |language=en}}

In 2001, the Daily News ran a column by John Leo which complained about transgender people, suggesting that they had a mental disorder.{{Cite news|last=Leo|first=John|date=March 3, 2001|title=Change Treatment – Not Gender|page=17|work=Daily News|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/107725096/daily-news/|access-date=August 16, 2022|via=Newspapers.com|archive-date=August 16, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220816205152/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/107725096/daily-news/|url-status=live}} Leo argued against the idea that securing civil rights and gender-affirming care for transgender people was good for them. Instead he wanted them to get psychiatric treatment. Leo called the word transphobia "a new word of indignant accusation."

In 2019, Ditch the Label published an analysis of 10 million online social media and forum posts from a time period starting around 2016. This analysis revealed a large amount of transphobic language and ideas being shared in the United States. Many of the transphobic ideas and commentary have been shared on Facebook, which left-leaning media watchdog Media Matters called "one of the biggest bad actors" in this area.{{Cite web|last=Compton|first=Julie|date=November 22, 2019|title='Frightening' online transphobia has real-life consequences, advocates say|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/frightening-online-transphobia-has-real-life-consequences-advocates-say-n1089456|access-date=July 11, 2022|website=NBC News|language=en|archive-date=July 11, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220711182910/https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/frightening-online-transphobia-has-real-life-consequences-advocates-say-n1089456|url-status=live}} The Daily Wire was also involved in spreading misinformation about transgender people online during this time, using transphobia to increase engagement with their website.{{Cite web|last=Fitzsimons|first=Tim|date=September 27, 2019|title=A viral fake news story linked trans health care to 'thousands' of deaths|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/viral-fake-news-story-linked-trans-healthcare-thousands-deaths-n1059831|access-date=July 11, 2022|website=NBC News|language=en|archive-date=March 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210315203100/https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/viral-fake-news-story-linked-trans-healthcare-thousands-deaths-n1059831|url-status=live}}

The Westboro Baptist Church protested at Morehouse College in 2019 when the school allowed trans men to enroll for the first time.{{Cite web|date=May 20, 2019|title=Westboro Baptist protests Morehouse over transgender policy|url=https://www.foxnews.com/us/westboro-baptist-protests-morehouse-over-transgender-policy|access-date=July 27, 2022|website=Fox News|language=en-US|archive-date=July 27, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220727222229/https://www.foxnews.com/us/westboro-baptist-protests-morehouse-over-transgender-policy|url-status=live}}

During the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) held in 2021, Caitlyn Jenner found herself attacked by attendees who deadnamed her and called her names.{{Cite web|last=Shoaib|first=Alia|date=July 11, 2021|title=Transphobic abuse hurled at Caitlyn Jenner at CPAC conference, called a 'sick freak' and deadnamed|url=https://news.yahoo.com/transphobic-abuse-hurled-caitlyn-jenner-095436808.html|access-date=August 20, 2022|website=Yahoo! News|language=en-US|archive-date=August 20, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220820184541/https://news.yahoo.com/transphobic-abuse-hurled-caitlyn-jenner-095436808.html|url-status=live}}

Environmental group, Deep Green Resistance (DGR) has members with "a history of making disturbing transphobic statements."{{Cite web |last=Taft |first=Molly |date=2022-02-09 |title=The Environmental Movement Isn't Ready for Transphobia |url=https://gizmodo.com/the-environmental-movement-isn-t-ready-for-transphobia-1848505309 |access-date=2024-06-21 |website=Gizmodo |language=en}} Groups working with DGR in 2022 to halt mining in Nevada, specifically at the Thacker Pass Lithium Mine, severed their ties with them due to the rampant transphobia in the group.

Dave Chappelle's 2021 Netflix special, The Closer, contained jokes that some considered transphobic.{{Cite web|last=Vaziri|first=Aidin|date=July 7, 2022|title=Dave Chappelle defends jokes about transgender people in surprise Netflix special|url=https://datebook.sfchronicle.com/movies-tv/dave-chappelle-says-critics-of-transphobic-jokes-really-sincerely-hurt-me-in-surprise-netflix-special|access-date=August 20, 2022|website=Datebook {{!}} San Francisco Arts & Entertainment Guide|language=en-US|archive-date=August 21, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220821180411/https://datebook.sfchronicle.com/movies-tv/dave-chappelle-says-critics-of-transphobic-jokes-really-sincerely-hurt-me-in-surprise-netflix-special|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|last=Romano|first=Aja|date=October 23, 2021|title=What Dave Chappelle gets wrong about trans people and comedy|url=https://www.vox.com/culture/22738500/dave-chappelle-the-closer-daphne-dorman-trans-controversy-comedy|access-date=August 20, 2022|website=Vox|language=en|archive-date=August 21, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220821180407/https://www.vox.com/culture/22738500/dave-chappelle-the-closer-daphne-dorman-trans-controversy-comedy|url-status=live}} Chappelle's live shows continue to receive protests from people who oppose the way he has talked about transgender people.{{Cite web|last=Ramos|first=John|date=July 26, 2022|title=Transgender community, supporters protest Dave Chappelle show in Santa Rosa|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/dave-chappelle-transgender-santa-rosa-luther-burbank-protest/|access-date=August 20, 2022|website=CBS Bay Area|language=en-US|archive-date=August 20, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220820052217/https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/dave-chappelle-transgender-santa-rosa-luther-burbank-protest/|url-status=live}} Netflix employees asked the company to recognize that "transphobic content causes harm."{{Cite web |last=Kimball |first=Whitney |date=2021-10-18 |title=Netflix Employees Protesting Transphobia Present Their Demands Ahead of Walkout |url=https://gizmodo.com/netflix-employees-protesting-transphobia-present-their-1847887988 |access-date=2024-06-21 |website=Gizmodo |language=en}} The company's trans employee resource group sent demands to Netflix management and planned to organize a walkout in response to the continued support of Chappelle. A protest was held on October 20, 2021 in Los Angeles where employees of Netflix supporting trans rights held a rally that included Joey Soloway as a speaker.{{Cite web |last=Carras |first=Christi |date=2021-10-20 |title=Protesters demand accountability from Netflix after Chappelle backlash spurs walkout |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2021-10-20/netflix-employee-walkout-dave-chappelle-special |access-date=2024-06-21 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}} Chappelle fans also appeared at the protest, carrying their own signs supporting the comedian and his content.

In March 2022, Senator Marsha Blackburn used the confirmation hearing of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to bring up "transgender issues," asking whether transgender women should be allowed to compete in sports with cisgender women.

When Jeopardy! champion, Amy Schneider, threw the first pitch at Oracle Park in June 2022, Fox Sports cut away from her and showed a first pitch from NASCAR driver Kurt Busch instead.{{Cite web|last=Li|first=David K.|date=June 13, 2022|title=Fox Sports doesn't show 'Jeopardy' champ Amy Schneider throwing out first pitch|url=https://news.yahoo.com/fox-sports-doesnt-show-jeopardy-212606880.html|access-date=June 21, 2022|website=Yahoo! News|language=en-US|archive-date=June 21, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220621190030/https://news.yahoo.com/fox-sports-doesnt-show-jeopardy-212606880.html|url-status=live}} The cut from the first pitch was pointed out on Twitter where it was seen as transphobic.{{Cite web|last=Furdyk|first=Brent|date=June 19, 2022|title='Jeopardy!' Champ Amy Schneider Threw Out The First Pitch At Giants Game For Pride Day, But Fans Wonder Why It Didn't Air On TV|url=https://etcanada.com/news/906982/jeopardy-champ-amy-schneider-threw-out-the-first-pitch-at-giants-game-for-pride-day-but-fans-wonder-why-it-didnt-air-on-tv/|access-date=June 22, 2022|website=ET Canada|language=en-US|archive-date=June 22, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220622002243/https://etcanada.com/news/906982/jeopardy-champ-amy-schneider-threw-out-the-first-pitch-at-giants-game-for-pride-day-but-fans-wonder-why-it-didnt-air-on-tv/|url-status=dead}} Fox Sports says that "first pitches are never aired as part of their game broadcasts," and showing Busch was part of a "promotional package for an upcoming NASCAR race." Sports Illustrated argued that no matter the reason for showing Busch instead of Schneider, the "optics" of the situation did not paint Fox Sports in a good light.{{Cite magazine|last=Traina|first=Jimmy|date=June 15, 2022|title=Fox Sports Has Only Itself to Blame for Amy Schneider First Pitch Controversy|url=https://www.si.com/extra-mustard/2022/06/15/fox-sports-amy-schneider-kurt-busch-first-pitch|access-date=June 22, 2022|magazine=Sports Illustrated|language=en-us|archive-date=June 22, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220622002723/https://www.si.com/extra-mustard/2022/06/15/fox-sports-amy-schneider-kurt-busch-first-pitch|url-status=live}} As more sports companies have shown support for transgender athletes, increases in "hate and transphobia" have been observed anecdotally by athletes such as skater, Jeffrey Cheung.{{Cite web|last=Pitcher|first=Laura|date=2024-02-12|title=The Trans Skaters of America's Growing Queer Skate Scene|url=https://www.thecut.com/article/inside-americas-trans-and-queer-skateboarding-scene.html|access-date=2024-03-06|website=The Cut|language=en}}

In May 2022, State Farm faced attacks from conservative activists over their GenderCool Project which would donate children's books with LGBTQ themes to schools and libraries.{{Cite news|last=Bella|first=Timothy|date=May 24, 2022|title=State Farm drops support of LGBTQ kids books after conservative furor|language=en-US|newspaper=Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2022/05/24/state-farm-lgbtq-childrens-books/|access-date=July 12, 2022|issn=0190-8286|archive-date=May 25, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220525155139/https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2022/05/24/state-farm-lgbtq-childrens-books/|url-status=live}} The project was meant to "raise awareness around what it means to be transgender, inclusive and nonbinary." Due to the backlash, State Farm dropped the project.

In June 2022, pride month, The Daily Wire commentator Matt Walsh released a documentary called What Is a Woman?.{{Cite web|last=Rafter|first=Darcy|date=2022-06-02|title=Matt Walsh's 'What Is A Woman?' doc kicks off Pride Month|url=https://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2022/06/02/what-is-a-woman-documentary/|access-date=2022-06-02|website=HITC|language=en-GB|archive-date=2022-06-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220602182636/https://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2022/06/02/what-is-a-woman-documentary/|url-status=live}} Walsh is also the publisher of the children's book Johnny the Walrus, which allegorically compares being transgender to pretending to be a walrus.{{Cite web|last=Migdon|first=Brooke|date=2021-12-09|title=Amazon bestseller compares being trans to pretending to be a walrus|url=https://thehill.com/changing-america/respect/diversity-inclusion/585135-amazon-bestseller-compares-being-trans-to|url-status=live|access-date=2021-12-10|website=The Hill|language=en|archive-date=2021-12-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211210093357/https://thehill.com/changing-america/respect/diversity-inclusion/585135-amazon-bestseller-compares-being-trans-to}} Media Matters reported that on the first day of pride month alone there were eight instances of transgender people being disparaged on Fox News, especially transgender swimmer Lia Thomas.{{Cite web|last=Bollinger|first=Alex|date=2022-06-07|title=Fox News audaciously claims to 'celebrate Pride Month' as its coverage attacks LGBTQ people|url=https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/06/fox-news-audaciously-claims-celebrate-pride-month-coverage-attacks-lgbtq-people/|website=LGBTQ Nation|access-date=2022-12-06|language=en|archive-date=2022-12-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221206032915/https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/06/fox-news-audaciously-claims-celebrate-pride-month-coverage-attacks-lgbtq-people/|url-status=live}}

In August 2022, right-wing Twitter account Libs of TikTok falsely claimed that Boston Children's Hospital was performing hysterectomies and other gender affirming surgeries on "young girls."{{Cite web|last=Reyes|first=Yacob|date=August 12, 2022|title=PolitiFact - No, Boston Children's Hospital doesn't provide hysterectomies for children|url=https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/aug/12/tweets/no-boston-childrens-hospital-doesnt-provide-hyster/|access-date=August 15, 2022|website=PolitiFact|language=en-US|archive-date=August 15, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220815171908/https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/aug/12/tweets/no-boston-childrens-hospital-doesnt-provide-hyster/|url-status=live}} The false claim was picked up by many, becoming viral and reaching high-profile conservatives such as Stephen Miller. Other high-profile celebrities who have promoted Libs of TikTok included Joe Rogan, Donald Trump Jr., and Tucker Carlson.{{Cite web|last=Berman|first=Nora|date=2022-08-29|title=Libs of Tiktok is fueling a pogrom against trans youth|url=https://forward.com/opinion/515868/libs-of-tiktok-is-fueling-a-pogrom-against-trans-youth/|access-date=2022-09-30|website=The Forward|language=en|archive-date=2022-09-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220930222318/https://forward.com/opinion/515868/libs-of-tiktok-is-fueling-a-pogrom-against-trans-youth/|url-status=live}}

In September 2022, Matt Walsh made accusations against Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) in Tennessee, saying that doctors "drug," "castrate," and "mutilate" children.{{Cite web|last1=Quinlan Houghtaling|first1=Ellie|date=2022-09-21|title=Vanderbilt Medical Clinic Shuts Down Its Website After Transphobic Attacks|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/vanderbilt-hospital-shuts-down-its-website-after-transphobic-attacks|website=The Daily Beast|access-date=2022-10-13|language=en|archive-date=2022-10-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221005133431/https://www.thedailybeast.com/vanderbilt-hospital-shuts-down-its-website-after-transphobic-attacks|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|last=Knox|first=Luke|date=2022-09-22|title=Right-Wing Posts Target Trans Health Clinic at Vanderbilt|url=https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2022/09/22/right-wing-posts-target-trans-health-clinic-vanderbilt|access-date=2022-10-13|website=Inside Higher Ed|language=en|archive-date=2022-10-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221009023942/https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2022/09/22/right-wing-posts-target-trans-health-clinic-vanderbilt|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|last=Knox|first=Liam|date=2022-09-26|title=Attack on Vanderbilt Clinic Has Ripple Effects|url=https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2022/09/26/trans-health-clinic-weathers-political-firestorm|access-date=2022-10-13|website=Inside Higher Ed|language=en|archive-date=2022-10-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221009095247/https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2022/09/26/trans-health-clinic-weathers-political-firestorm|url-status=live}} Walsh also asserted that VUMC performed gender-affirming care because it is a "money-maker," threatened doctors who refused to perform the procedures with "consequences," and "enforced compliance" within patients hesitant with receiving the procedures. Tennessee Republicans, including Governor Bill Lee, called for an immediate investigation of the clinic.{{Cite web|last1=Stockard|first1=Sam|last2=Wadhwani|first2=Anita|title=Republican lawmakers plan to strip Vanderbilt Hospital of child transgender surgeries|url=https://tennesseelookout.com/2022/09/21/republican-lawmakers-plan-to-strip-vanderbilt-hospital-of-child-transgender-surgeries/|website=Tennessee Lookout|date=22 September 2022|access-date=2022-10-13|language=en|archive-date=2022-10-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221012200558/https://tennesseelookout.com/2022/09/21/republican-lawmakers-plan-to-strip-vanderbilt-hospital-of-child-transgender-surgeries/|url-status=live}} Walsh stated he was meeting with lawmakers to pass a bill that would shut the clinic down.{{Cite magazine|last=Gira Grant|first=Melissa|date=2022-09-28|title=Doxxed Doctors, Library Bomb Threats, and Attacks on Pride Centers: A Week in Escalating Anti-LGBTQ Violence|magazine=The New Republic|url=https://newrepublic.com/article/167882/rising-right-wing-lgbtq-threats-violence-tiktok-tucker-carlson|access-date=2022-10-13|issn=0028-6583|archive-date=2022-10-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221014221131/https://newrepublic.com/article/167882/rising-right-wing-lgbtq-threats-violence-tiktok-tucker-carlson|url-status=live}} In response to the accusations, VUMC shut down the webpage for their transgender clinic and said that Walsh "misrepresent[ed] facts" about the care provided. Later, VUMC was asked by Tennessee state investigators to turn over the patient healthcare documents of individuals "seeking transgender health care."{{Cite web|last=Smithson|first=Daniel|date=13 June 2024|title=Vanderbilt hospital 'betrayed' transgender patients when releasing records during AG's probe, report says|url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/vanderbilt-hospital-betrayed-transgender-patients-when-releasing-records-during-ag-s-probe-report-says/ar-BB1oaTNl|access-date=2024-06-13|website=WSMV Nashville}} These reports, which were given to Tennessee State Attorney General, Jonathan Skrmetti, contained "sensitive medical data." A class-action lawsuit, filed in July 2023, describes how the state of Tennessee has been "negatively targeting the transgender community for years." Skrmetti has publicly supported anti-transgender laws in other states and started targeting VUMC after Walsh criticized the organization in 2022.

In Nashville, Tennessee on October 21, 2022, The Daily Wire organized a rally titled "The Rally to End Child Mutilation" in protest to gender-affirming care for minors. Between 1,500 and 3,000 people attended, which included supporters, protesters, and Tennessee senators and representatives.{{Cite web|last1=Gluck|first1=Frank|last2=Friedman|first2=Adam|last3=Shoup|first3=Craig|date=2022-10-21|title=GOP legislative leaders say they'll introduce ban to end gender-affirming care for minors in Tennessee|url=https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/2022/10/21/nashville-protest-rally-gender-affirming-care-minors-tennessee-capitol/69579695007/|access-date=2022-10-22|website=The Tennessean|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|date=2022-10-21|last=West|first=Emily|title=Thousands rally near State Capitol to end medical care for transgender kids|url=https://www.newschannel5.com/news/gender-affirming-rallies-happening-in-downtown-nashville|access-date=2022-10-22|website=News Channel 5 Nashville (WTVF)|language=en|archive-date=2022-10-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221021222828/https://www.newschannel5.com/news/gender-affirming-rallies-happening-in-downtown-nashville|url-status=live}}

After the 2023 Nashville school shooting, perpetrated by a transgender shooter, there was an increase in transphobia on public platforms.{{Cite web|last=DeMillo|first=Andrew|date=2023-04-04|title=Transgender people face rhetoric and disinformation after shooting, amid new legislation|url=https://www.kcra.com/article/transgender-people-rhetoric-disinformation-after-shooting-as-new-laws-passed/43490706|access-date=2023-05-10|website=KCRA|language=en}} Transgender people in Tennessee faced backlash, though many pushed back, saying it is more important to restrict gun access.{{Cite news|last=Allen|first=Jonathan|date=2023-03-31|title=Trans Tennesseans face backlash after school shooting|language=en|work=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/us/after-school-shooting-some-trans-tennesseans-face-backlash-2023-03-31/|access-date=2023-05-11|archive-date=2023-05-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511000049/https://www.reuters.com/world/us/after-school-shooting-some-trans-tennesseans-face-backlash-2023-03-31/|url-status=live}}

MMA fighter, Alana McLaughlin responded to the transphobic attacks made on transgender people by Jake Shields in April 2023.{{Cite web|last=Pekios|first=Craig|date=2023-04-27|title=Trans Fighter Alana McLaughlin Responds to Jake Shields' Calls for Execution of Transgender Allies|url=https://middleeasy.com/mma-news/jake-shields-transgender-allies-public-execution/|access-date=2023-05-10|website=MiddleEasy|language=en-US|archive-date=2023-05-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510232329/https://middleeasy.com/mma-news/jake-shields-transgender-allies-public-execution/|url-status=live}} Shields has said that allies of transgender people should "face public execution." A law passed in North Dakota, banning gender affirming care for minors, went into effect in April 2023.{{Cite web|last=Dura|first=Jack|date=6 June 2024|title=Judge won't block North Dakota's ban on gender-affirming care for children|url=https://www.msn.com/|access-date=2024-06-10|website=The Associated Press}} As of June 2024, the ban continues to be upheld for most minors in the state.

In the lead up to Pride in April 2023 a commercial for Bud Light featuring the actress Dylan Mulvaney caused a boycott by transphobic conservatives against the company.{{cite web|last=Stewart|first=Emily|date=April 12, 2023|title=The Bud Light boycott, explained as much as is possible|url=https://www.vox.com/money/2023/4/12/23680135/bud-light-boycott-dylan-mulvaney-travis-tritt-trans|access-date=April 27, 2023|website=Vox|archive-date=April 26, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230426130119/https://www.vox.com/money/2023/4/12/23680135/bud-light-boycott-dylan-mulvaney-travis-tritt-trans|url-status=live}}

The week before Pride in late May 2023, Target released their Pride collection featuring products to celebrate the LGBTQ+ community. Subsequently, conservative anti-LGBTQ groups spread misinformation{{cite web|url=https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-target-swimsuits-transgender-pride-collection-892500330955|title=Target's Pride collection features 'tuck-friendly' swimsuits for adults, not kids|date=25 May 2023|website=Associated Press|access-date=2 June 2023|archive-date=1 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230601145522/https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-target-swimsuits-transgender-pride-collection-892500330955|url-status=live}} about some of the products and after receiving threats against stores and employees from anti-LGBTQ groups, the company decided to remove some merchandise and move their Pride displays into the back of some stores, causing a heavy backlash by GLAAD and other LGBTQ advocacy groups requesting that Target return the merchandise and release a statement in support of the LGBTQ+ community.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/25/business/target-pride-lgbtq-companies-backlash.html|title=Brands Embracing Pride Month Confront a Volatile Political Climate|date=25 May 2023|website=New York Times|access-date=2 June 2023|archive-date=1 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230601164412/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/25/business/target-pride-lgbtq-companies-backlash.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.vox.com/politics/2023/5/25/23737338/target-abprallen-pride-boycott-bud-light-trans-controversy-stock-price|title=Target giving in to conservative pressure on Pride is not a great sign|date=25 May 2023|website=Vox|access-date=2 June 2023|archive-date=1 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230601222934/https://www.vox.com/politics/2023/5/25/23737338/target-abprallen-pride-boycott-bud-light-trans-controversy-stock-price|url-status=live}} In July 2023, former Levi's President and gymnast, Jennifer Sey, mocked Megan Rapinoe for supporting transgender athletes.{{Cite web|last=Wulfsohn|first=Joseph|date=2023-07-14|title=Former gymnastics champ Jennifer Sey laughs at Megan Rapinoe's comments on trans athletes: 'Denying reality'|url=https://www.foxnews.com/media/former-gymnastics-champ-jennifer-sey-laughs-megan-rapinoes-comments-trans-athletes-denying-reality|access-date=2024-04-05|website=Fox News|language=en-US}} Rapinoe said out that women's sports are being "weaponized" by supposed transgender people taking advantage of the system. Sey also criticized Bud Light for using Mulvaney in their ads.

Sey created a line of athletic clothing in March 2024 called XX-XY Athletics which she says is intended "to help protect women and girls from being forced to compete and share locker rooms with transgender athletes."{{Cite web|last=Danziger|first=Pamela N.|date=25 March 2024|title=Ex-Levi's President Jennifer Sey Launches XX-XY Athletics For Women's Sports|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/pamdanziger/2024/03/25/ex-levis-president-jennifer-sey-launches-xx-xy-athletics-to-protect-womens-sports/|access-date=2024-04-05|website=Forbes|language=en}} A team of anti-transgender activists have joined her, including Chloe Cole, Adam Coleman, Riley Gaines, Tabia Lee, and Paula Scanlan. Also in March 2024, conservative blogger, Michael Shellenberger and anti-transgender group, Genspect, leaked reports about transgender care that were taken out of context and some of which contained false claims.{{Cite web|last=Gingerich|first=Mia|date=2024-04-03|title=San Fransicko author Michael Shellenberger laid out a plan to attack the scientific consensus behind gender-affirming care. Some mainstream outlets took the bait.|url=https://www.mediamatters.org/sinclair-broadcast-group/san-fransicko-author-michael-shellenberger-laid-out-plan-attack-scientific|access-date=2024-04-05|website=Media Matters for America|language=en}} Shellenberger believes that transgender people are mentally ill, unnatural and are part of "foundational woke ideologies." His newsletter "has increasingly focused on the supposed threats that trans people pose to society, including to women's sports, women in general, the family and Western civilization."{{Cite news|last=Ho|first=Soleil|date=20 November 2023|title=Michael Shellenberger is one of the most influential writers in S.F. Here's what he says about trans people|url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/article/michael-shellenberger-sf-trans-issues-18488990.php|access-date=2024-04-05|work=San Francisco Chronicle|language=en}} In May 2024, Gaines used social media to show her support of a crowd booing the win of a transgender athlete in the Oregon School Activities Association (OSAA) women's 200 meter run.{{Cite web|last=Lavietes|first=Matt|date=2024-05-21|title=Transgender teen booed after winning girls' track race at state championship|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/transgender-teen-booed-winning-girls-track-race-state-championship-rcna153383|access-date=2024-06-02|website=NBC News|language=en}} A Florida employee, and parent of a transgender athlete, at Monarch High School is still waiting as of June 2024 to find out if she will be suspended for a potential violation of the Fairness in Women's Sports Act.{{Cite web|last=Travis|first=Scott|date=2024-06-04|title=Mom of Florida transgender athlete is recommended for firing|url=https://www.yahoo.com/news/mom-florida-transgender-athlete-recommended-193300456.html|access-date=2024-06-10|website=Yahoo News|language=en-US}}

The Woman's Club of Fort Worth faced controversy when they accepted a transgender woman to the organization in November 2023.{{Cite web|last=Bahari|first=Sarah|date=2024-05-15|title=Fort Worth women's club admitted a transgender woman, resignations followed|url=https://www.dallasnews.com/news/2024/05/15/after-fort-worth-womens-club-admitted-a-transgender-woman-resignations-followed/|access-date=2024-06-13|website=Dallas News|language=en}} This led to nine members resigning and the group stating that they are currently not prepared to "formally address the matter of admitting transgender women."

In early 2024, Best Buy was contacted by the National Center for Public Policy Research (NCPPR), a conservative think tank, over donations the company had made to LGBTQ groups, such as The Trevor Project and GLAAD.{{Cite web|last1=Lavietes|first1=Matt|last2=Sopelsa|first2=Brooke|date=2024-03-29|title=Best Buy offers to screen LGBTQ nonprofit donations after conservative pressure, filing shows|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/best-buy-offers-screen-lgbtq-nonprofit-donations-conservative-pressure-rcna145603|access-date=2024-04-05|website=NBC News|language=en}} NCPPR accused Best Buy of donating to groups they believe are "seeking to mutilate the reproductive organs of children before they finish puberty," and that donations to LGBTQ groups was out of the scope of an electronics company. After NCPPR went after Best Buy, the company agreed to "screen" their donations and their pages supporting LGBTQ people were taken down. Because NCPPR is a shareholder of Best Buy, they were able to threaten monetary sanctions against the company and they filed a complaint with the SEC.

Video game streamer, Nickmercs, has explicitly and publicly come out as anti-trans in 2024, saying "There's no such thing as trans people."{{Cite web |last=Negron |first=Sage |date=2024-06-12 |title=NICKMERCS doubles down months after accusations of transphobia: 'I've said my piece' |url=https://dotesports.com/streaming/news/nickmercs-doubles-down-months-after-accusations-of-transphobia-ive-said-my-piece |access-date=2024-06-21 |website=Dot Esports |language=en-US}} In April of 2024, police were called on a transgender high school student attending her high school prom in Jackson County, Alabama because she wore a dress and would not change into pants.{{Cite web |last=Power |first=Shannon |date=2024-04-10 |title=Transgender teen denied entry to prom for wearing dress |url=https://www.newsweek.com/transgender-teen-prom-dress-alabama-lgbtq-1888839 |access-date=2024-11-20 |website=Newsweek |language=en}} Also in April of 2024, anti-transgender activists claimed that transgender women have an advantage in darts, esports, hot dog eating contests, and poker.{{Cite news |last=Sprayregen |first=Molly |date=11 April 2024 |title=Right-wingers claim trans women have unfair advantage in hot dog-eating contests |url=https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/04/right-wingers-claim-trans-women-have-unfair-advantage-in-hot-dog-eating-contests/ |access-date=20 November 2024}}

After Trump won the 2024 Presidential Election, Caitlyn Jenner lauded his win publicly on Twitter where she faced both agreement, and transphobic comments from other Twitter users.{{Cite news |last=Hudson |first=David |date=7 November 2024 |title=Caitlyn Jenner praises Trump's victory and is rewarded with MAGA transphobia in return |url=https://www.intomore.com/impact/politics/caitlyn-jenner-praises-trumps-victory-and-is-rewarded-with-maga-transphobia-in-return/ |access-date=20 November 2024 |work=Into}} Early in 2025, Meta severely loosened restrictions on its "Hateful Conduct" policy which now allows users to accuse LGBTQ, and especially transgender people, as having a mental illness or being "abnormal."{{Cite news |last=Knibbs |first=Kate |title=Meta Now Lets Users Say Gay and Trans People Have 'Mental Illness' |url=https://www.wired.com/story/meta-immigration-gender-policies-change/ |access-date=2025-01-13 |work=Wired |language=en-US |issn=1059-1028}}

A school in Middleborough, Massachusetts faced controversy when parents complained that a book featuring a transgender character was read out loud to a fifth grade class.{{Cite web |last=Bowles |first=Sandy Qadros |date=10 January 2025 |title=Book about transgender boy read to class sparks debate |url=https://nemasket.theweektoday.com/article/book-about-transgender-read-fifth-graders-sparks-debate/73570 |access-date=2025-01-13 |website=Nemasket |language=en}} The book, Calvin by J.R. Ford and Vanessa Ford, is rated as appropriate for preschool-aged children. Parents spoke at a meeting after the book was read in class and there was mixed support. Some parents felt that they should be notified "when sensitive topics are going to be discussed with students," but others in the community stated that "no one's existence should be up for debate or deemed sensitive content."

Because of the executive orders issued early in the Second Trump administration, many hospitals providing gender affirming care had to re-evaluate their programs.{{Cite web |last=Rodriguez |first=Adrianna |date=4 February 2025 |title=These hospitals suspended transgender care amid Trump's executive order. But can they do that? |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2025/02/04/transgender-hospitals-gender-affirming-care/78204417007/ |access-date=2025-02-05 |website=USA TODAY |language=en-US}} By early February 2025, several hospitals were issuing statements that they had ended such care for their patients. A community health clinic in Los Angeles was also impacted by the executive orders which stopped grant funds supporting transgender patients.{{Cite news |last=Hwang |first=Kristen |date=2025-02-04 |title=LA clinics lose funding for transgender health care as Trump executive orders take hold |url=https://calmatters.org/health/2025/02/trump-executive-order-transgender-health/ |access-date=2025-02-05 |work=CalMatters |language=en-US}} The Children's Hospital Los Angeles halted their gender affirming care after the executive orders.{{Cite web |last=Reyes |first=Emily Alpert |date=2025-02-19 |title=Children's Hospital L.A. keeps limits on transgender care amid challenges to Trump order |url=https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-02-19/childrens-hospital-la-transgender-care-pause-trump-order |access-date=2025-02-22 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}

Businesses in Iowa who previously supported civil rights for transgender people have been silent this year as the state legislature moves forward on anti-transgender legislation.{{Cite web |last=Gruber-Miller |first=Stephen |date=27 February 2025 |title=Businesses helped defeat Iowa's past efforts to end trans rights. This time, they're quiet. |url=https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/2025/02/27/iowa-businesses-principal-silent-on-gop-bills-repealing-transgender-civil-rights-protections/80478365007/ |access-date=2025-02-28 |website=The Des Moines Register |language=en-US}}

After the 2025 Potomac River mid-air collision, right-wing commentator, Matthew S. Wallace, was one of several people on social media who claimed without evidence that a transgender pilot caused the crash.{{Cite web |last=Ring |first=Trudy |date=11 April 2025 |title=Trans Black Hawk pilot sues right-winger for defamation |url=https://www.advocate.com/news/transgender-pilot-defamation-lawsuit |access-date=2025-04-16 |website=Advocate |language=en}} In February of 2025, Stanford University complied with the Trump administration's executive orders on transgender athletes, banning trans women from their women's sports teams.{{Cite web |last=Artandi |first=Laura |date=2025-02-28 |title=University to comply with Trump administration rule change for trans athletes |url=https://stanforddaily.com/2025/02/28/university-to-comply-with-trump-administration-changes-rules-for-trans-athletes/ |access-date=2025-03-05 |website=The Stanford Daily |language=en-US}}

In October 2002, transgender teen, Gwen Araujo, was beaten and then strangled at a house party in Newark.{{Cite web|last=Fraley|first=Malaika|date=2016-10-14|title=Gwen Araujo murder 14 years later: Transgender teen's killers face parole|url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2016/10/14/the-murder-of-gwen-araujo/|access-date=2022-10-04|website=The Mercury News|language=en-US|archive-date=2022-10-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221006034901/https://www.mercurynews.com/2016/10/14/the-murder-of-gwen-araujo/|url-status=live}} Her assault took place after she was discovered to be transgender and the men responsible used the "trans panic" defense in their murder trial. Latisha King, a non-gender conforming student, aged 15, was shot twice by a 14 year old fellow student who felt that she had disrespected him.{{Sfn|Salamon|2018|pp=1, 10}} King was "taunted and teased for the way she lived her gender, for its style."{{Sfn|Salamon|2018|p=139}}

CeCe McDonald was assaulted outside a bar in 2011 in Minneapolis.{{Sfn|Cronn-Mills|2015|pp=63–64}} When a fight broke out, McDonald was stabbed and one of her attackers was killed during the fight.{{Sfn|Cronn-Mills|2015|p=64}} McDonald was charged with second-degree murder, despite having acted in self-defense.{{Sfn|Cronn-Mills|2015|p=64}} She accepted a plea agreement and spent two years in a men's prison.{{Sfn|Cronn-Mills|2015|p=64}}

Kiwi Farms was created in 2013 in order to target people who are neurodivergent or members of the LGBTQ+ community.{{Cite web|last=Roth|first=Emma|date=September 4, 2022|title=Cloudflare blocks Kiwi Farms due to an 'immediate threat to human life'|url=https://www.theverge.com/2022/9/4/23336772/cloudflare-blocks-kiwifarms-immediate-threat-human-life|access-date=September 6, 2022|website=The Verge|language=en|archive-date=September 4, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220904180910/https://www.theverge.com/2022/9/4/23336772/cloudflare-blocks-kiwifarms-immediate-threat-human-life|url-status=live}} Users of Kiwi Farms would find people on the internet to stalk, dox, and harass.{{Cite web|last=Pless|first=Margaret|date=July 19, 2016|title=Kiwi Farms, the Web's Biggest Community of Stalkers|url=https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2016/07/kiwi-farms-the-webs-biggest-community-of-stalkers.html|access-date=September 6, 2022|website=Intelligencer|language=en-us|archive-date=August 31, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220831184007/https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2016/07/kiwi-farms-the-webs-biggest-community-of-stalkers.html|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|last1=Menn|first1=Joseph|last2=Lorenz|first2=Taylor|date=September 3, 2022|title=Under pressure, security firm Cloudflare drops Kiwi Farms website|language=en-US|newspaper=Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/09/03/cloudflare-drops-kiwifarms/|access-date=September 6, 2022|issn=0190-8286|archive-date=September 4, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220904111844/https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/09/03/cloudflare-drops-kiwifarms/|url-status=live}} The "site has been blamed for the deaths of several victims," many of whom were transgender.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=June 27, 2021|title=The Brilliant SNES Emulator Author Known As Near Has Died|url=https://kotaku.com/the-brilliant-snes-emulator-creator-known-as-near-has-d-1847182851|access-date=September 6, 2022|website=Kotaku|language=en-us|archive-date=June 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210627225413/https://kotaku.com/the-brilliant-snes-emulator-creator-known-as-near-has-d-1847182851|url-status=live}}

In 2019, 25 transgender or gender nonconforming people died after they were subjected to acts of violence.{{Cite web|title=A National Epidemic: Fatal Anti-Transgender Violence in America|url=https://www.hrc.org/resources/a-national-epidemic-fatal-anti-trans-violence-in-the-united-states-in-2019|access-date=July 27, 2022|website=Human Rights Campaign|language=en-US|archive-date=July 25, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220725154955/https://www.hrc.org/resources/a-national-epidemic-fatal-anti-trans-violence-in-the-united-states-in-2019|url-status=live}} 2021 became one of the "deadliest on record in America," for transgender and gender nonconforming people in the United States with 29 deaths by June and at least 50 by the end of the year.{{Cite web|last=Natividad|first=Ivan|date=June 25, 2021|title=Why is anti-trans violence on the rise in America?|url=https://news.berkeley.edu/2021/06/25/why-is-anti-trans-violence-on-the-rise-in-america/|access-date=July 27, 2022|website=Berkeley News|language=en-US|archive-date=July 29, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220729212410/https://news.berkeley.edu/2021/06/25/why-is-anti-trans-violence-on-the-rise-in-america/|url-status=live}}{{Cite magazine|last=Madeleine|first=Carlisle|date=December 30, 2021|title=Anti-Trans Violence and Rhetoric Reached Record Highs Across America in 2021 |url=https://time.com/6131444/2021-anti-trans-violence/|access-date=July 27, 2022|magazine=Time|language=en|archive-date=July 27, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220727224407/https://time.com/6131444/2021-anti-trans-violence/|url-status=live}} In February 2021, Alexus Braxton was brutally killed in her apartment in Miami.{{Cite web|last=Truesdell|first=Jeff|date=16 February 2021|title=Transgender Woman Is Killed in 'Vicious and Violent Attack' in Her Miami Apartment|url=https://people.com/crime/florida-transgender-woman-killed-violent-vicious-attack-apartment/|access-date=2024-04-09|website=People|language=en}}

Children's Medical Center Dallas was forced to close their gender affirming program for trans children and teens in November 2021 after protests and harassment from anti-transgender activists.{{Cite web|last=Harper|first=Karen Brooks|date=2021-11-20|title=Dallas health care program for transgender kids formally dissolved after becoming target of conservative criticism|url=https://www.texastribune.org/2021/11/19/texas-transgender-children-health-care-program-genecis/|access-date=2022-09-26|website=The Texas Tribune|language=en|archive-date=2022-09-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220926154534/https://www.texastribune.org/2021/11/19/texas-transgender-children-health-care-program-genecis/|url-status=live}}

The Tenacious Unicorn Ranch, an all-transgender farm in Colorado, faced alleged armed threats on March 6, 2021.{{Cite web|last=Zitser|first=Joshua|date=August 19, 2022|title=How the trans alpaca ranchers of Custer County, Colorado, are forging a new frontier|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/custer-county-trans-alpaca-ranchers-are-forging-a-new-frontier-2022-8|access-date=September 6, 2022|website=Business Insider|language=en-US|archive-date=September 10, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220910120357/https://www.businessinsider.com/custer-county-trans-alpaca-ranchers-are-forging-a-new-frontier-2022-8|url-status=live}} After this event, Kiwi Farms facilitated further harassment of the ranchers online. In 2022, the Kiwi Farms forum had over 800 posts targeting the ranch.

On March 24, 2022, former Mississippi legislator, Robert Foster, used Twitter to express his opinion that allies of transgender people should be "lined up against [a] wall before a firing squad to be sent to an early judgment." Foster did not apologize for his tweet, instead saying that the law should be changed to allow such executions. In June 2022, Mark Burns, a pastor and a candidate running in South Carolina, said that allies, teachers, and parents who support LGBTQ+ rights should be arrested and executed.{{Cite web|last=Padgett|first=Donald|date=June 14, 2022|title=Pro-Trump Candidate Calls for Executing Parents of LGBTQ+ Kids|url=https://www.advocate.com/news/2022/6/14/pro-trump-sc-candidate-mark-burns-calls-executing-allies-lgbtq-kids|access-date=August 18, 2022|website=Advocate|language=en|archive-date=August 18, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220818000720/https://www.advocate.com/news/2022/6/14/pro-trump-sc-candidate-mark-burns-calls-executing-allies-lgbtq-kids|url-status=live}}

In June 2022, a drag brunch in Arlington, Texas was targeted by alleged Proud Boys,{{Cite web|last=Berlin|first=Samantha|date=June 14, 2022|title=Alleged Proud Boys threaten violence outside drag brunch in bodycam video|url=https://www.newsweek.com/alleged-proud-boys-threaten-violence-outside-drag-brunch-bodycam-video-1715694|access-date=August 5, 2022|website=Newsweek|language=en|archive-date=August 5, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220805112705/https://www.newsweek.com/alleged-proud-boys-threaten-violence-outside-drag-brunch-bodycam-video-1715694|url-status=live}} as was a California library that same month.{{Cite news|last=Bellware|first=Kim|date=June 13, 2022|title=Proud Boys Disrupt Drag-Queen Reading Event, Prompting Hate-Crime Probe|newspaper=The Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/06/13/proud-boy-drag-queen/|access-date=August 15, 2022|archive-date=July 6, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220706180235/https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/06/13/proud-boy-drag-queen/|url-status=live}} At the San Francisco Bay Area event, "The [Proud Boys] were described as extremely aggressive with a threatening violent demeanor causing people to fear for their safety." The Proud Boys may have been tipped off by Libs of TikTok.

In July 2022, a cafe in Chicago that was planning to host a drag performance was vandalized.{{Cite web|date=July 23, 2022|title=UpRising Bakery Drag Show: Man charged with vandalizing cafe that planned to host drag performance|url=https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/uprising-bakery-drag-show-man-charged-with-vandalizing-cafe-that-planned-to-host-drag-performance|access-date=August 5, 2022|website=FOX 32 Chicago|language=en-US|archive-date=August 5, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220805234305/https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/uprising-bakery-drag-show-man-charged-with-vandalizing-cafe-that-planned-to-host-drag-performance|url-status=live}} Libs of TikTok was also involved in a campaign to target Jewish summer camps in California that accepted transgender children.{{Cite news|last=Hajdenberg|first=Jackie|date=July 8, 2022|title=Jewish summer camp suffers 'social media offensive' over trans inclusion|url=https://jweekly.com/2022/07/08/a-jewish-camp-is-reassuring-families-amid-a-social-media-offensive-over-its-inclusion-of-trans-children/|access-date=August 19, 2022|website=J.|language=en-US|archive-date=August 19, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220819225952/https://jweekly.com/2022/07/08/a-jewish-camp-is-reassuring-families-amid-a-social-media-offensive-over-its-inclusion-of-trans-children/|url-status=live}} The camps had to take additional "steps to ensure security."

In the same month, 20-year-old transgender man Noah Ruiz was assaulted by three men while camping in Camden, Ohio. After being advised to use the women's restroom, despite identifying as male, he was angrily confronted by a woman in the bathroom before she stormed out. Upon exiting, he was approached by three men, who proceeded to beat him up while reportedly using homophobic slurs. When Preble County sheriff's deputies arrived, Ruiz was arrested for "disorderly conduct and obstructing official business"; The Preble Country Sheriff claimed they were not aware of the assault, and that Ruiz was highly intoxicated and belligerent. Ruiz was able to file an assault report with the sheriff's office, demanding the men to be held accountable.{{Cite web|last=Jayanth|first=Amber|date=2022-07-08|title=Transgender Butler County man says group beat him up over restroom use|url=https://www.fox19.com/2022/07/08/transgender-butler-county-man-says-group-beat-him-up-using-wrong-restroom/|access-date=2022-07-14|website=fox19.com|language=en|archive-date=2022-07-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220714183459/https://www.fox19.com/2022/07/08/transgender-butler-county-man-says-group-beat-him-up-using-wrong-restroom/|url-status=live}}

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Boston Children's Hospital (BCH) staff received "violent threats" in August 2022 after Libs of TikTok incorrectly claimed that children were receiving hysterectomies.{{Cite web|last=Sobey|first=Rick|date=August 17, 2022|title=Boston Children's Hospital doctors facing violent threats after far-right groups spread 'misinformation'|url=https://www.bostonherald.com/2022/08/17/boston-childrens-hospital-doctors-facing-violent-threats-after-far-right-groups-spread-misinformation/|access-date=August 17, 2022|website=Boston Herald|language=en-US|archive-date=August 17, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220817162146/https://www.bostonherald.com/2022/08/17/boston-childrens-hospital-doctors-facing-violent-threats-after-far-right-groups-spread-misinformation/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|last=Bebinger|first=Martha|date=August 17, 2022|title=Boston Children's Hospital deluged in harassment campaign|url=https://www.wbur.org/news/2022/08/16/boston-childrens-hospital-harassment-transgender-surgery|access-date=August 17, 2022|website=www.wbur.org|language=en|archive-date=August 17, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220817020618/https://www.wbur.org/news/2022/08/16/boston-childrens-hospital-harassment-transgender-surgery|url-status=live}} The Children's National Hospital was also targeted in late August by Libs of TikTok, which also falsely claimed the hospital was performing hysterectomies on children.{{Cite news|last=Jamison|first=Peter|date=August 27, 2022|title=Children's hospital threatened after Libs of TikTok recording on trans hysterectomies|language=en-US|newspaper=Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/08/26/childrens-national-hospital-trans-hysterectomies/|access-date=September 3, 2022|issn=0190-8286|archive-date=August 31, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220831182919/https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/08/26/childrens-national-hospital-trans-hysterectomies/|url-status=live}} The National hospital received both bomb and death threats on social media. Both Facebook and Twitter have not suspended Libs of TikTok, despite the large volume of harassment BCH has received because of the targeting.{{Cite web|date=August 19, 2022|title=Meta and Twitter Refuse Action on 'Libs of TikTok' Posts As Doctors and Staff of Boston Children's Hospital Receive Death Threats|url=https://www.glaad.org/blog/meta-and-twitter-refuse-action-libs-tiktok-posts-doctors-and-staff-boston-childrens?response_type=embed|access-date=August 19, 2022|website=GLAAD|archive-date=September 15, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220915220909/https://www.glaad.org/blog/meta-and-twitter-refuse-action-libs-tiktok-posts-doctors-and-staff-boston-childrens?response_type=embed|url-status=live}} Fox News and The Daily Caller both ran stories using the false information Libs of TikTok spread. Children's hospitals in Pittsburgh and Phoenix were also targeted.{{Cite news|last=Venhuizen|first=Harm|date=August 27, 2022|title=D.C. Children's Hospital Harassed Over Trans Youth Services|work=US News Online|url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nsm&AN=AP5a355153f6766277eef8ab6ff416a43b&site=ehost-live|url-access=subscription|access-date=September 3, 2022|via=EBSCOhost|archive-date=September 3, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220903173725/https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nsm&AN=AP5a355153f6766277eef8ab6ff416a43b&site=ehost-live|url-status=live}} On August 30, a bomb threat caused the hospital to go into lockdown and another threat, phoned in on September 9, brought in the police to investigate.{{Cite web|last=DiGiammerino|first=Thea|date=10 September 2022|title=New Threat Brings Police to Boston Children's Hospital|url=https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/boston-childrens-hospital-bomb-threat/2830295/|access-date=2022-09-20|website=NBC Boston|language=en-US|archive-date=2022-09-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220920115139/https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/boston-childrens-hospital-bomb-threat/2830295/|url-status=live}} A woman from Westfield, Massachusetts was arrested on September 15 for charges of making one of the bomb threats to BCH.{{Cite web|last=Cotter|first=Sean Philip|date=2022-09-15|title=Woman arrested in Boston Children's Hospital bomb threat, FBI says|url=https://www.bostonherald.com/2022/09/15/woman-arrested-in-boston-childrens-hospital-bomb-threat-fbi-says/|access-date=2022-09-20|website=Boston Herald|language=en-US|archive-date=2022-09-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220920163137/https://www.bostonherald.com/2022/09/15/woman-arrested-in-boston-childrens-hospital-bomb-threat-fbi-says/|url-status=live}} The FBI reported that there have been "well over a dozen" such threats made to BCH.{{Cite web|last1=Zadronzny|first1=Brandy|last2=Collins|first2=Ben|last3=Winter|first3=Tom|date=15 September 2022|title=FBI charges Massachusetts woman with Boston Children's Hospital bomb threat|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/internet/fbi-charges-massachusetts-woman-boston-childrens-hospital-bomb-threat-rcna47973|access-date=2022-09-20|website=NBC News|language=en|archive-date=2022-09-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220920001943/https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/internet/fbi-charges-massachusetts-woman-boston-childrens-hospital-bomb-threat-rcna47973|url-status=live}} On September 18, 2022, "Billboard Chris," an anti-LGBT activist from Canada, organized a protest of the hospital's gender affirming care program outside of BCH.{{Cite web|last=Maher|first=Emily|date=2022-09-18|title=Tensions high during demonstrations outside Children's Hospital|url=https://www.wcvb.com/article/boston-children-s-hospital-protesters-police/41270521|access-date=2022-09-20|website=WCVB|language=en|archive-date=2022-09-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220919123939/https://www.wcvb.com/article/boston-children-s-hospital-protesters-police/41270521|url-status=live}} Between 100 and 200 counter-protesters came to support the transgender care at the hospital, outnumbering the protesters.{{Cite web|last=Sudborough|first=Susannah|date=18 September 2022|title=Fewer than 10 anti-trans protesters met by 100s of counter-protesters at Boston Children's Hospital|url=https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2022/09/18/anti-transgender-healthcare-protesters-boston-childrens-hospital/|access-date=2022-09-20|website=Boston.com|language=en-US|archive-date=2022-09-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220919225607/https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2022/09/18/anti-transgender-healthcare-protesters-boston-childrens-hospital/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|last=Zokovitch|first=Grace|date=2022-09-18|title=Counter protestors amass around anti-transgender rally at Boston Children's Hospital|url=https://www.bostonherald.com/2022/09/18/counter-protestors-amass-around-anti-transgender-rally-at-boston-childrens-hospital/|access-date=2022-09-20|website=Boston Herald|language=en-US|archive-date=2022-09-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220919065243/https://www.bostonherald.com/2022/09/18/counter-protestors-amass-around-anti-transgender-rally-at-boston-childrens-hospital/|url-status=live}} The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), the American Medical Association (AMA), and the Children's Hospital Association (CHA) have asked U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland to "investigate the organizations, individuals, and entities coordinating, provoking, and carrying out bomb threats and threats of personal violence against children's hospitals and physicians across the U.S."{{Cite web|date=2022-10-03|title=Groups Urge DOJ to Investigate Transgender Care Attacks|url=https://www.medpagetoday.com/special-reports/features/101030|access-date=2022-10-15|website=www.medpagetoday.com|language=en|archive-date=2022-10-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221015210005/https://www.medpagetoday.com/special-reports/features/101030|url-status=live}}

When Tucker Carlson on Fox News covered the accusations against Vanderbilt University Medical Center, he showcased photos of the doctors' faces along with their names. VUMC reported harassment against their doctors from far-right groups on Reddit and 4chan, calling for them to be either arrested or murdered. These groups also called for "Nazi-inspired intimidation tactics" such as book burnings.

A cisgender woman named Jay was harassed in a Las Vegas casino bathroom in October 2022 by another woman who mistook her for being transgender due to her short haircut. The woman followed Jay into the bathroom and was "ranting about people's gender identities" for several minutes outside her stall. Upon exiting, the woman interrogated her about her gender identity and threatened to have police arrest her. The woman was kicked out of the casino, but no charges were pressed, and she was later allowed back in. Jay recorded the incident and uploaded it to TikTok, where it went viral. The video was later removed by the site for "grooming behavior," to which Jay contested. She commented on how no bystanders tried to help her, calling it "the most upsetting part" of the whole incident.{{Cite web|last=Billson|first=Chantelle|date=2022-10-31|title=Cis woman harassed by 'transphobe' who followed her into female toilet because she has short hair|url=https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/10/31/cis-woman-harassed-transphobe-female-toilet-short-hair/|website=PinkNews|access-date=2022-11-03|language=en|archive-date=2022-11-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221103113816/https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/10/31/cis-woman-harassed-transphobe-female-toilet-short-hair/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|last=Billson|first=Chantelle|date=2022-11-01|title=Cis woman opens up about being harassed in female toilet because bigot thought she was trans|url=https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/11/03/cis-woman-transphobe-toilet/|website=PinkNews|access-date=2022-11-03|language=en|archive-date=2022-11-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221103113808/https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/11/03/cis-woman-transphobe-toilet/|url-status=live}}

On November 19, 2022, the Colorado Springs Club Q shooting took the lives of 5 people and injured 25 others.{{Cite web|last=Hicks|first=Catherine|date=2022-11-21|title=Club Q: Shooting before Transgender Remembrance Day|url=https://www.fox21news.com/club-q-shooting/club-q-shooting-before-transgender-remembrance-day/|access-date=2022-12-14|website=FOX21 News Colorado|language=en-US|archive-date=2022-12-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221214195605/https://www.fox21news.com/club-q-shooting/club-q-shooting-before-transgender-remembrance-day/|url-status=live}} The club was considered a safe place for transgender people in the city. During the December 14, 2022, Congressional hearing, LGBTQ+ shooting survivors shared their fears about the "rising hate" towards their community, especially towards people who are transgender or who perform in drag.{{Cite web|last=Woodward|first=Alex|date=14 December 2022|title=Club Q mass shooting survivors testify to Congress against anti-LGBT+ violence: 'We are being slaughtered'|url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/club-q-mass-shooting-survivors-testify-to-congress-against-anti-lgbt-violence-we-are-being-slaughtered/ar-AA15hH14|access-date=2022-12-14|website=MSN|language=en-US|archive-date=2022-12-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221214195606/https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/club-q-mass-shooting-survivors-testify-to-congress-against-anti-lgbt-violence-we-are-being-slaughtered/ar-AA15hH14|url-status=live}} In December 2022, a transgender teacher who had been a target of Fox News stories faced bomb threats.{{Cite web|last=Breaux|first=Collin|date=2022-12-09|title=Sheriff's Department Investigates Anti-LGBTQ Bomb Threats Made Against Capo Unified School District|url=https://www.thecapistranodispatch.com/sheriffs-department-investigates-anti-lgbtq-bomb-threats-made-against-capo-unified-school-district/|access-date=2023-03-31|website=The Capistrano Dispatch|language=en-US|archive-date=2023-03-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230331004254/https://www.thecapistranodispatch.com/sheriffs-department-investigates-anti-lgbtq-bomb-threats-made-against-capo-unified-school-district/|url-status=live}}

During the March 2023 Conservative Political Action Conference, Daily Wire contributor Michael Knowles stated that "transgenderism should be eradicated from public life entirely."{{Cite web|date=2023-03-04|title=CPAC speaker sparks alarm with call for trans people to be 'eradicated'|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/cpac-transgenderism-daily-wire-michael-knowles-b2294252.html|access-date=2023-03-05|website=The Independent|language=en|archive-date=2023-03-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230304201901/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/cpac-transgenderism-daily-wire-michael-knowles-b2294252.html|url-status=live}} Knowles' comments sparked outrage, and were characterized as genocidal by various media figures and outlets.{{Cite news|last=Hawkinson|first=Katie|date=2023-03-04|title=Michael Knowles Says Transgenderism Must Be 'Eradicated' at CPAC|language=en|work=The Daily Beast|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/michael-knowles-calls-for-eradication-of-transgender-people-at-conservative-political-action-conference|access-date=2023-03-05|archive-date=2023-03-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230305020321/https://www.thedailybeast.com/michael-knowles-calls-for-eradication-of-transgender-people-at-conservative-political-action-conference|url-status=live}} In August 2023, Libs of TikTok shared an edited video of a school librarian in Tulsa, Oklahoma which led to "several consecutive days of bomb threats to schools in the district."{{Cite web|date=2024-02-20|title=Oklahoma banned trans students from bathrooms. Now a bullied student is dead|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/nex-benedict-dead-oklahoma-b2499332.html|access-date=2024-02-21|website=The Independent|language=en}} During the summer of 2023, a Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputy allegedly assaulted a transgender man and later plead guilty in court for the incident.{{Cite web |last=Blakinger |first=Keri |date=2024-12-19 |title=L.A. sheriff's deputy pleads guilty to beating transgender man who flipped him off |url=https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-12-18/l-a-county-sheriffs-deputy-pleads-guilty-to-beating-transgender-man?utm_source=reddit.com |access-date=2025-01-06 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}

On February 3, 2024, Mark Robinson, current Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina and candidate for Governor, threatened trans women with arrest over bathroom use{{cite news|title=Trans women should be arrested over bathroom use: NC Gov candidate Mark Robinson|first=Nick|last=Robertson|date=February 12, 2024|newspaper=The Hill|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4464245-trans-women-should-be-arrested-over-bathroom-use-nc-gov-candidate-mark-robinson/|access-date=2024-02-21}} and suggested that they "find a corner outside somewhere".{{cite news|title=Trans women should be arrested over bathroom use, N.C. gubernatorial candidate says|first=Jonathan|last=Edwards|date=February 12, 2024|newspaper=The Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/02/12/north-carolina-governors-race-transgender-bathroom/|access-date=2024-02-21}}

On February 7, 2024, a sixteen-year-old non-binary student was beaten inside the girls' restroom at the Owasso High School.{{Cite web|last=|date=2024-02-20|title=Non-binary teen beaten to death at Oklahoma high school|url=https://dallasvoice.com/non-binary-teen-beaten-to-death-at-oklahoma-high-school/|access-date=2024-02-20|website=Dallas Voice|language=en-US}} The student, Nex Benedict, received "months of intensifying bullying" which started after Oklahoma passed legislation in 2023 that outlawed students from using bathrooms that match their gender identity.{{Cite web|last=Wiggins|first=Christopher|date=20 February 2024|title=Oklahoma transgender student dies after assault at school|url=https://www.advocate.com/news/transgender-student-death-raichik-walters|access-date=2024-02-20|website=Advocate|language=en}} After being assaulted by three female students in the girls' restroom, a teacher intervened, but did not call an ambulance for Benedict. The day after the incident, Benedict collapsed in their living room and was taken to the hospital. They were declared deceased at the hospital, and the medical examiner ruled the cause of death as suicide.{{Cite web|last=Von Quednow|first=Cindy|date=2024-03-14|title= Nonbinary teen Nex Benedict died by suicide, according to medical examiner|url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/13/us/nonbinary-teen-nex-benedict-manner-of-death/index.html|access-date=2025-02-06|website=CNN|language=en-US}}

In early June 2024, a Minnesota father of a transgender student called for criminal charges to be pressed on students that harassed and assaulted his daughter.{{Cite web|last=Duster|first=Chandelis|date=2024-06-07|title=Father of transgender teen attacked in school says attackers should face criminal charges|url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/07/us/cobalt-sovereign-minnesota-transgender-student-reaj/index.html|access-date=2024-06-13|website=CNN|language=en}} His daughter was using the bathroom where she was bullied and then sustained a compound fracture during the ensuing fight. The school, Hopkins High, did not treat the incident "as an emergency," despite the injuries sustained by his daughter.

In November of 2024, two transgender women were confronted and attacked by a transphobic group of people in Minneapolis.{{Cite web |last=Rissman |first=Kelly |date=2024-11-18 |title=Crowd cheered as two transgender women were attacked in Minneapolis, advocates say |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/transgender-women-attacked-minneapolis-rail-station-b2649250.html |access-date=2024-11-19 |website=The Independent |language=en}} The women sustained injuries from the group of attackers and activists in the area are worried about additional violence against transgender people.

CeCé Telfer told CNN that since Trump took office again in 2025, that she no longer feels safe.{{Cite web |last=Ramsay |first=Amanda Davies, Aleks Klosok, George |date=2025-02-18 |title=Transgender athlete CeCé Telfer says abusive rhetoric has become 'more in my face' since Trump's inauguration |url=https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/18/sport/cece-telfer-donald-trump-transgender-sports-spt-intl/index.html |access-date=2025-02-22 |website=CNN |language=en}} She said that she would like to ask Trump, "I need some explanation as to why you want to completely eradicate us from society when we've done nothing wrong."

In March of 2025, Libs of TikTok shared a video on its social media account featuring a transgender Texas teacher discussing her gender identity.{{Cite web |last=Yurcaba |first=Jo |date=2 April 2025 |title=A trans teacher in Texas resigns after being targeted by conservatives online |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/trans-teacher-texas-resigns-targeted-conservatives-online-rcna199156 |access-date=2025-04-03 |website=NBC News}} The Libs of TikTok account also shared the name of the school of the teacher.{{Cite web |last=Bahari |first=Sarah |date=2025-04-02 |title=Transgender teacher at North Texas district resigns after viral video spurs threats |url=https://www.dallasnews.com/news/education/2025/04/02/transgender-teacher-at-north-texas-district-resigns-after-viral-video-spurs-threats/ |access-date=2025-04-03 |website=Dallas News |language=en}} Because of the video, the teacher was forced to resign because the school received death threats and harassment. In addition, politician Brian Harrison called for her to be fired.{{Cite news |last=Garcia |first=Ariana |date=2 April 2025 |title=Trans teacher in Texas resigns after video goes viral |url=https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/trans-teacher-texas-20254552.php |access-date=3 April 2025 |work=Chron}}

In early April 2025, Abbie Wilson, a disc golfer, protested the inclusion of a transgender athlete in the Music City Open in Nashville.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2025-04-04 |title=Abbie Wilson Protests Transgender Inclusion at Disc Golf Event |url=https://www.transvitae.com/abbie-wilson-protests-transgender-inclusion-at-disc-golf-event/ |access-date=2025-04-16 |website=Transvitae |language=en-US}}

Compared to cisgender Americans, transgender people are up to 25 times more likely to face the risk of abuse, assault or suicide.{{Cite web |last=Roehr |first=Bob |date=7 April 2016 |title=How to Shift Anti-Transgender Attitudes |url=https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-to-shift-anti-transgender-attitudes/ |access-date=2024-07-19 |website=Scientific American |language=en}} Transgender people are subject to minority stress.{{Cite journal|last1=Arayasirikul|first1=Sean|last2=Wilson|first2=Erin C.|last3=Raymond|first3=Henry F.|date=September 2017|title=Examining the Effects of Transphobic Discrimination and Race on HIV Risk Among Transwomen in San Francisco|journal=AIDS and Behavior|language=en|volume=21|issue=9|pages=2628–2633|doi=10.1007/s10461-017-1728-3|issn=1090-7165|pmc=5563490|pmid=28220311}} This type of stress is created through stigma, prejudice, and discrimination. Many transgender people face bullying and harassment in many different venues in their lives.{{Cite web|title=Victim Issues: Internalized Transphobia and Shame {{!}} Responding to Transgender Victims of Sexual Assault|url=https://ovc.ojp.gov/sites/g/files/xyckuh226/files/pubs/forge/tips_internalize.html|access-date=July 29, 2022|website=Office for Victims of Crime|archive-date=December 25, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211225191950/https://ovc.ojp.gov/sites/g/files/xyckuh226/files/pubs/forge/tips_internalize.html|url-status=live}} Transphobia is manifested through a "hostile political climate" and by marginalizing transgender individuals in society.{{Cite book|url=https://assets2.hrc.org/files/assets/resources/2018AntiTransViolenceReportSHORTENED.pdf|title=Dismantling a Culture of Violence: Understanding Anti-Transgender Violence and Ending the Crisis|publisher=Human Rights Campaign Foundation|access-date=2022-07-29|archive-date=2022-08-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220808174630/http://assets2.hrc.org/files/assets/resources/2018AntiTransViolenceReportSHORTENED.pdf|url-status=live}} Stigma against transgender people can lead to increased depression and anxiety.{{Cite journal |last1=Kinney |first1=M. Killian |last2=Pearson |first2=Taylor E. |last3=Ralston Aoki |first3=Julie |title=Improving "Life Chances": Surveying the Anti-Transgender Backlash, and Offering a Transgender Equity Impact Assessment Tool for Policy Analysis |journal=The Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics |date=2022 |volume=50 |issue=3 |pages=489–508 |doi=10.1017/jme.2022.89 |issn=1073-1105 |pmc=9679585 |pmid=36398638}} Chronic exposure to stressors can cause "biological weathering" that cause physical health issues. Transgender people who testified against anti-transgender bills in the Texas Capitol found the long hearings "exhausting and upsetting." Some transgender people have to file lawsuits over laws, such as bathroom bills, which restrict their civil rights.{{Cite web|last=Owen|first=Greg|date=9 September 2022|title=Trans students in Oklahoma are suing the state over its transphobic "bathroom bill"|url=https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/09/trans-students-oklahoma-suing-state-transphobic-bathroom-bill/|access-date=2022-10-04|website=LGBTQ Nation|archive-date=2022-10-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221003221436/https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/09/trans-students-oklahoma-suing-state-transphobic-bathroom-bill/|url-status=live}} The effect of such laws is to "push" transgender people "out of public and civic life." During the 2nd Trump administration, transgender people have been having difficulty receiving their passports, affecting their everyday lives and ability to travel.

The legal actions and politics that have been passed against transgender youth have caused negative mental health outcomes for many young people and all transgender individuals.{{Cite web|last=LaMagdeleine|first=Izz Scott|date=August 4, 2021|title=What is gender-affirming medical care for transgender children? Here's what you need to know.|url=https://www.texastribune.org/2021/08/04/gender-affirming-care-transgender-texas/|access-date=July 29, 2022|website=The Texas Tribune|language=en|archive-date=July 29, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220729115601/https://www.texastribune.org/2021/08/04/gender-affirming-care-transgender-texas/|url-status=live}} This can include high rates of suicidal ideation. Even if the bills do not pass, the stress of seeing the measures debated causes issues for many people.{{Cite web|last=Munce|first=Megan|date=May 24, 2021|title=Texas GOP's bills targeting transgender children have exacted a mental health toll, even if they don't become law|url=https://www.texastribune.org/2021/05/23/texas-transgender-legislation-sports-health-care/|access-date=July 29, 2022|website=The Texas Tribune|language=en|archive-date=July 29, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220729232455/https://www.texastribune.org/2021/05/23/texas-transgender-legislation-sports-health-care/|url-status=live}} Crisis calls to The Trevor Project have seen high rates in states like Texas in 2022. In 2017, there was also an increase in calls to the crisis hotline after Texas considered a bathroom bill that year. Some families are looking to move out of states that have passed transphobic legislation. A 2015 study found that 90 percent of young transgender people were rejected in some way by their families.{{Sfn|Jimenez|2023|p=140}} When their families are not supportive of them, "trans young people seek out alternative forms of support and affirmation."{{Sfn|Jimenez|2023|p=140}} When young trans people are allowed to socially transition, it eases both anxiety and depression for them.{{Sfn|Jimenez|2023|p=141}} Transphobia creates both "stigma and discrimination" which has a negative effect on transgender youth.{{Sfn|Jimenez|2023|p=143}} Around 78 percent of transgender students in grades K through 12 described various types of harassment from other students, teachers, or school staff.{{Sfn|Cronn-Mills|2015|p=61}} Transgender youth who had gone through conversion therapy had a markedly increased rate of suicide attempts compared to LGBT youth who did not experience this type of abuse.

Many transgender people have difficulty accessing health care. Transgender women "experience critical barriers to healthcare and significant health inequities due to their minoritized status."{{Sfn|Loeb|Murray|Cooney|Poteat|2024|p=2}} According to a 2008 study conducted by the National Center for Transgender Equality, around 19 percent of the respondents reported being refused care by healthcare professionals because they were transgender.{{Sfn|Cronn-Mills|2015|p=51}} A study in 2015 found that health insurance denied coverage of gender affirming surgery to 55% of transgender adults attempting to access that care.{{Sfn|Lockmiller|2023|p=751}} During the COVID-19 pandemic, transgender people were left out demographically because public health organizations rarely collect data on sexual or gender minorities (SGM).{{Sfn|Sell|Krims|2021|p=1621}}

Transgender and gender diverse people may also avoid accessing healthcare due to their "fear of mistreatment" and lack of provider knowledge.{{Cite journal|last1=Stroumsa|first1=Daphna|last2=Shires|first2=Deirdre A|last3=Richardson|first3=Caroline R|last4=Jaffee|first4=Kim D|last5=Woodford|first5=Michael R|date=April 2019|title=Transphobia rather than education predicts provider knowledge of transgender health care|url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/medu.13796|journal=Medical Education|language=en|volume=53|issue=4|pages=398–407|doi=10.1111/medu.13796|pmid=30666699|hdl=2027.42/148342|s2cid=58643722|issn=0308-0110|hdl-access=free|access-date=2022-09-26|archive-date=2022-09-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220926182401/https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/medu.13796|url-status=live}} In 2011, a study found that medical students only receive on average five hours of "LGBT-related content" during their years in school.{{Sfn|Schroth|Erickson-Schroth|Foster|Burgess|2018|p=99}} Transgender individuals accessing health care while in prison have "filed numerous lawsuits detailing substandard care and withholding of transition-related care."{{Sfn|Schroth|Erickson-Schroth|Foster|Burgess|2018|p=103}} Biases and lack of education on transgender topics by healthcare providers often leads to transgender women not seeking health care, even if they have insurance.{{Sfn|Loeb|Murray|Cooney|Poteat|2024|p=15}} In other cases, family members have also blocked transgender individuals access to gender affirming care.{{Sfn|Lockmiller|2023|pp=750–751}} Many transgender children hide their gender identities from their families due to "parent adopting transphobic and cisnormative beliefs and actions."{{Sfn|Lockmiller|2023|p=755}} Transgender patients may also avoid necessary health screenings because of their anxiety in dealing with reactions from healthcare providers who may be ignorant of transgender issues or may display transphobic tendencies.{{Cite journal|last1=Lisy|first1=Karolina|last2=Kerr|first2=Lucille|last3=Jefford|first3=Michael|last4=Fisher|first4=Christopher|date=June 2023|title='Everything's a fight': A qualitative study of the cancer survivorship experiences of transgender and gender diverse Australians|journal=Cancer Medicine|language=en|volume=12|issue=11|pages=12739–12748|doi=10.1002/cam4.5906|issn=2045-7634|pmc=10278464|pmid=37071476|id={{ProQuest|2827224503}}}} Because of many of these factors, many transgender adults seek access to hormones from non-licensed sources.{{Cite news |date=26 November 2020 |title=Under-insured Transgender Americans Turn to Riskier Sources for Gender-Affirming Hormones |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A642473749/ITOF?u=txshrpub100124&sid=bookmark-ITOF&xid=75f947e2 |url-access=subscription |access-date=26 June 2024 |work=Women's Health Weekly |page=708 |via=Gale General Onefile}} In some situations, transphobic campaigns can prevent anyone from accessing health care. During a targeted campaign against Boston Children's Hospital, patients were unable to reach providers by phone.

Transphobia in the United States can also lead to higher rates of unemployment and discrimination in the workplace.{{Cite journal|last1=Mizock|first1=Lauren|last2=Woodrum|first2=T. Dawson|last3=Riley|first3=Julie|last4=Sotilleo|first4=Erica A.|last5=Yuen|first5=Nelly|last6=Ormerod|first6=Alayne J.|date=2017-07-03|title=Coping with transphobia in employment: Strategies used by transgender and gender-diverse people in the United States|url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15532739.2017.1304313|journal=International Journal of Transgenderism|language=en|volume=18|issue=3|pages=282–294|doi=10.1080/15532739.2017.1304313|s2cid=152049930|issn=1553-2739|access-date=2022-09-26|archive-date=2022-09-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220926181823/https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15532739.2017.1304313|url-status=live|url-access=subscription}}{{Sfn|Schroth|Erickson-Schroth|Foster|Burgess|2018|p=98}}{{Cite web|last=Anderson-Minshall|first=Jacob|date=27 November 2017|title=Corporate America: Get Ready for Trans Employees|url=https://www.advocate.com/current-issue/2017/11/27/corporate-america-get-ready-trans-employees|access-date=2024-06-18|website=Advocate|language=en}} Transgender and gender diverse people have twice the unemployment rates in the US when compared to the general population. The National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE) found in a 2015 survey that the unemployment rate for transgender people in the US was three times the rate of cisgender people.{{Sfn|Schroth|Erickson-Schroth|Foster|Burgess|2018|p=117}} The same survey described that 15% of trans people who were employed faced various levels of harassment on the job, ranging from verbal to physical assault.{{Sfn|Schroth|Erickson-Schroth|Foster|Burgess|2018|p=117}} Because many transgender people face employment discrimination, they are more likely to experience insecurity in housing.{{Sfn|Rogers|2023|p=113}} The NCTE survey found that almost 1/3 of transgender respondents experienced homelessness.{{Sfn|Rogers|2023|p=113}}

Transgender athletes face the reality that from one day to the next they may be prohibited from participating in their chosen activity. Ending a sports career can be damaging for an athlete's mental health. Framing the issue of trans women in sports as "biological males competing against girls" is how opponents both misgender and "deny the humanity of transgender girls."

Conservative American politicians have used transphobia to increase and mobilize their base of voters. Transphobic rhetoric among politicians and in the media has been successful in causing Americans to lessen their support for transgender people. After Donald Trump won the presidential race in November of 2024, it led to the Democratic Party to rethink their stance on transgender rights. As moderate and centrist Democratic politicians evaluated the 2024 electoral races, many believed that Democratic support for transgender issues may have cost them the election.{{Cite news |last1=Wu |first1=Nicholas |last2=Diaz |first2=Daniella |last3=Garrity |first3=Kelly |date=13 November 2024 |title=Dems torn over transgender issue: Centrists worry that party is 'reading the public wrong' |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2024/11/13/democrats-moderates-transgender-issues-strategy-00189123 |access-date=19 November 2024 |work=Politico}} Because the Republican Party ran so many anti-transgender attack ads, Democratic party supporters also blamed transgender people for their electoral losses in November of 2024. Casting blame on transgender people for losing the election puts them in harms' way and also spreads misinformation.{{Cite web |last=Casey |first=John |date=11 November 2024 |title=Joe, Mika, and their ilk are endangering the lives of transgender human beings |url=https://www.advocate.com/voices/morning-joe-transphobia-trump-election#toggle-gdpr |access-date=2024-11-19 |website=Advocate |language=en}} Transgender people are increasingly facing backlash and erosion of their civil rights under the second Trump administration. Germany has issued a warning for transgender and nonbinary citizens visiting the United States because of the Trump administration's policies on transgender people.{{Cite web |last=Wiggins |first=Christopher |date=5 March 2025 |title=Germany warns trans & nonbinary people about travel to U.S. |url=https://www.advocate.com/news/germany-warns-transgender-travelers-us |access-date=2025-03-09 |website=www.advocate.com |language=en}}

Cisgender people can experience the effects of transphobia. Human Rights Watch reported in 2001 that "many students are wrongly perceived as transgender, yet such persons are similarly subject to persecution."{{Sfn|Shelley|2008|p=87}} In August 2022, a school investigated a girl who "outclassed" the rest of her peers in a high school sporting event.{{Cite web|last=Cortez|first=Marjorie|date=August 18, 2022|title=After a girl beat their daughters in sports, Utah parents triggered investigation into whether she was transgender|url=https://www.deseret.com/utah/2022/8/17/23310668/school-investigates-female-athlete-transgender-complaint|access-date=August 20, 2022|website=Deseret News|language=en|archive-date=August 19, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220819211715/https://www.deseret.com/utah/2022/8/17/23310668/school-investigates-female-athlete-transgender-complaint|url-status=live}} The parents of the girls who placed second and third complained to the Utah High School Activities Association (UHSAA) where they "questioned the winner's gender." UHSAA investigated the girl, opening up her enrollment records back to kindergarten, all without informing the student or her family. States that have passed anti-transgender laws find that many cisgender athletes often become wrongly accused of being transgender.{{Cite web |last=Armour |first=Nancy |title=NCAA can't cave to anti-transgender hysteria and fear like NAIA did |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/columnist/nancy-armour/2024/04/25/ncaa-transgender-athletes-consider-ban-naia/73449121007/ |access-date=2024-11-19 |website=USA TODAY |language=en-US}}

In July 2023, a cisgender woman, Michelle Dionne Peacock, was allegedly murdered in Indiana by a transphobic man.{{Cite web|last=Factora|first=James|date=2023-07-12|title=Two Cisgender People Were Killed in Separate Attacks Motivated by Transphobia|url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/two-cisgender-people-were-killed-210630385.html|access-date=2023-07-14|website=Yahoo Entertainment|language=en-US|archive-date=2023-07-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230714162712/https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/two-cisgender-people-were-killed-210630385.html|url-status=dead}} Her killer believed that Peacock was "a male acting like a woman," and despite complaints that she was being harassed, "nothing was done." Cisgender women are at risk of transphobic violence if they do not conform to gender stereotypes.{{Cite web |last=Alfonseca |first=Kiara |date=24 August 2023 |title=Killing, harassment spotlight transphobia's impact on all people: advocates |url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/transphobia-impact-gender-stereotypes-advocates/story?id=102129254 |access-date=2024-06-28 |website=ABC News |language=en}} In situations where people with disabilities need care from someone of the opposite gender, their lives can be complicated by bathroom bills. In Odessa, Texas as of October 2024, any person who goes into a restroom that does not match their gender assigned at birth is subject to a $10,000 bounty, even if they are aiding a person with a disability.

Recently, hate violence has increased in the United States.{{Cite web|date=July 28, 2021|title=Groundbreaking Analysis of Hate Crime Laws Finds Limitations and Opportunities in the Face of Rising Hate Violence|url=https://transequality.org/blog/groundbreaking-analysis-of-hate-crime-laws-finds-limitations-and-opportunities-in-the-face-of|access-date=July 27, 2022|website=National Center for Transgender Equality|language=en|archive-date=July 27, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220727225717/https://transequality.org/blog/groundbreaking-analysis-of-hate-crime-laws-finds-limitations-and-opportunities-in-the-face-of|url-status=live}} The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) started to document acts of "fatal violence" against transgender and gender nonconforming people in the United States in 2013. The National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs found in 2013 that 72% of "hate-crime murder victims were trans women, and almost all were women of color."{{Sfn|Schroth|Erickson-Schroth|Foster|Burgess|2018|p=117}} In 2015, 46% of transgender adults reported "oral harassment" and 9% reported that they had been assaulted.{{Sfn|Schroth|Erickson-Schroth|Foster|Burgess|2018|p=98}} Most of the victims of this transphobic violence are Black gender non-conforming and trans women.{{Cite web|last=Forestiere|first=Annamarie|date=September 23, 2020|title=America's War on Black Trans Women|url=https://harvardcrcl.org/americas-war-on-black-trans-women/|access-date=July 27, 2022|website=Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review|language=en-US|archive-date=July 27, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220727135848/https://harvardcrcl.org/americas-war-on-black-trans-women/|url-status=live}}{{Sfn|Kline|Acosta|Cuevas|Quiroga|2022|p=64}}{{Sfn|Schroth|Erickson-Schroth|Foster|Burgess|2018|p=98}} Black transgender people are also more likely to face discrimination.{{Cite web|last=Rathjen|first=Reese|date=September 16, 2011|title=New analysis shows startling levels of discrimination against Black transgender people|url=https://www.thetaskforce.org/new-analysis-shows-startling-levels-of-discrimination-against-black-transgender-people/|access-date=August 15, 2022|website=National LGBTQ Task Force|archive-date=April 29, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210429072215/https://www.thetaskforce.org/new-analysis-shows-startling-levels-of-discrimination-against-black-transgender-people/|url-status=live}} In Chicago, fewer deaths of transgender women than homicides overall are solved by police.{{Cite web|date=June 30, 2022|title=Daywatch: Killings of transgender women of color often unsolved in Chicago|url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/daywatch-killings-of-transgender-women-of-color-often-unsolved-in-chicago/ar-AAZ2ikn|access-date=August 16, 2022|website=MSN|language=en-US|archive-date=August 16, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220816195604/https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/daywatch-killings-of-transgender-women-of-color-often-unsolved-in-chicago/ar-AAZ2ikn|url-status=live}} Transgender people are far more likely to be the victims of violent crime, as much as "four times more likely than cisgender people."{{Cite web|last=Rude|first=Mey|date=March 23, 2021|title=Trans People Four Times as Likely to Face Violent Crime as Cis|url=https://www.advocate.com/crime/2021/3/23/trans-people-four-times-likely-face-violent-crime-cis|access-date=August 20, 2022|website=Advocate|language=en|archive-date=September 22, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220922035050/https://www.advocate.com/crime/2021/3/23/trans-people-four-times-likely-face-violent-crime-cis|url-status=live}} Trans women are twice as likely than other trans people to experience sexual assault than other victims of violence.{{Sfn|Schroth|Erickson-Schroth|Foster|Burgess|2018|p=117}} Hate crimes against LGBTQ students doubled across the country between 2015-2019 and again between 2021 and 2022.{{Cite news|last1=Meckler|first1=Laura|last2=Natanson|first2=Hannah|last3=Harden|first3=John D.|date=2024-03-12|title=In states with laws targeting LGBTQ issues, school hate crimes quadrupled|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2024/03/12/school-lgbtq-hate-crimes-incidents/|access-date=2024-03-14|newspaper=The Washington Post|language=en}} Overall, since 2021, the rates of violent and deadly incidents for transgender people has increased since groups began to track the numbers. In states that have passed anti-transgender legislation, the rise in hate crimes was even higher, according to The Washington Post.

Students, ranging from elementary to college, are reporting a recent increase in bullying for being part of the LGBTQ community or for being non-gender conforming. Young LGBTQ people face social stigma and often family rejection.{{Sfn|Schroth|Erickson-Schroth|Foster|Burgess|2018|p=117}}

Despite the increases in violence, the true statistics are not fully understood. The data being used to track hate crimes against transgender and non-gender conforming people is not consistently reported due to differences in the way that some cities in the United States categorize victims of these crimes. In addition, not every organization reports hate crimes to the FBI. Many transgender people also do not report their own harassment for fear of greater repercussions in their lives, including stalking and doxing.{{Cite web |last=Americo |first=Lara |date=2025-01-07 |title=I Set Out to Report on Violence Against Trans People. No One Wanted to Talk |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/reporting-on-transgender-violence_n_676eb55ae4b03f311afda2a2 |access-date=2025-01-13 |website=HuffPost |language=en}}

Transgender people also face violence in encounters with law enforcement.{{Sfn|Schroth|Erickson-Schroth|Foster|Burgess|2018|p=118}} In a 2015 report, it was reported that in 58% of interactions between trans individuals and law enforcement there were various forms of harassment, ranging from misgendering, to violence or sexual assault.{{Sfn|Schroth|Erickson-Schroth|Foster|Burgess|2018|p=118}}

Because of the threats of violence the Tenacious Unicorn Ranch faced, they had security on their property. All staff carried guns and visitors were provided bulletproof vests.

Threats made against children's hospitals that provide gender affirming care affect a wide range of people.{{Cite web|last=Levesque|first=Brody|date=2022-10-03|title=Health care orgs ask Feds investigate trans healthcare threats|url=https://www.losangelesblade.com/2022/10/03/health-care-orgs-ask-feds-investigate-trans-healthcare-threats/|access-date=2022-10-04|website=Los Angeles Blade: LGBTQ News, Rights, Politics, Entertainment|language=en-US|archive-date=2022-10-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221004202345/https://www.losangelesblade.com/2022/10/03/health-care-orgs-ask-feds-investigate-trans-healthcare-threats/|url-status=live}}{{Cite news |last=Parks |first=Casey |date=9 March 2025 |title=Doctors who treat trans patients say threats worsened after Trump's orders |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/03/09/doctors-transgender-safety-threats-trump/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250309105051/https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/03/09/doctors-transgender-safety-threats-trump/ |archive-date=9 March 2025 |access-date=9 March 2025 |work=The Washington Post}} During a 2022 lockdown due to transphobic threats, a mother was unable to visit her newborn in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). Threats of violence are also made to medical professionals who care for transgender people, especially young people.

Some transphobic conspiracy theories share antisemitic themes. White nationalists believe that Jews and transgender people are jointly plotting to commit a "white genocide." Both groups are portrayed as "elites" which are "controlling society" and need to be removed from it by any means necessary. The Occidental Observer wrote that the transgender rights movement was a "form of Jewish warfare."

It is also possible to see how tactics that were historically used to spread antisemitism and hatred of Jews can also be applied to other groups, including transgender people.{{Cite journal |last=Zimmerman |first=Mitchell |date=7 June 2023 |title=Anti-trans Politicians are Following the Nazi Playbook |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/GOOERR546291981/OVIC?u=txshrpub100124&sid=bookmark-OVIC&xid=f78a0c23 |journal=Gale Opposing Viewpoints Online Collection |via=Gale in Context}} Using rhetoric designed to both dehumanize and cause fear for a small population allows right wing politicians to use transgender people as a scapegoat for larger societal problems.

In Canada and the United States in the early 2020s, several conservative and far-right media outlets and personalities promulgated the litter boxes in schools hoax, stating that some schools were providing litter boxes in bathrooms to students who identified as cats or furries, in response to several school districts enacting accommodations for transgender students. Many news outlets and academic researchers have debunked the litter box claims as false.{{Cite news|last1=Kingkade|first1=Tyler|last2=Goggin|first2=Ben Goggin|last3=Zadrozny|first3=Brandy|author-link3=Brandy Zadrozny|date=October 14, 2022|title=How an urban myth about litter boxes in schools became a GOP talking point|work=NBC News|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/misinformation/urban-myth-litter-boxes-schools-became-gop-talking-point-rcna51439|access-date=October 14, 2022|archive-date=October 14, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221014123357/https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/misinformation/urban-myth-litter-boxes-schools-became-gop-talking-point-rcna51439|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|last=Paz|first=Isabella Grullón|date=January 23, 2022|title=Litter Boxes for Students Who Identify as Furries? Not So, Says School Official|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/23/us/politics/michigan-litter-box-school.html|access-date=September 5, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220831140527/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/23/us/politics/michigan-litter-box-school.html|archive-date=August 31, 2022|issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite magazine|last=Wade|first=Peter|date=September 3, 2022|title=Litter Boxes and Election Lies: Marjorie Taylor Greene's Unhinged Trip to the Trump Rally|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/marjorie-taylor-greene-trump-pensylvania-litter-boxes-1234586647/|magazine=Rolling Stone|language=en-US|access-date=September 5, 2022|archive-date=September 26, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220926135020/https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/marjorie-taylor-greene-trump-pensylvania-litter-boxes-1234586647/|url-status=live}}

There has also been a recent attempt "to shift the blame to the trans community itself for the violence" enacted against them and others.{{Sfn|Ftacek|2021|p=492}} Anti-transgender activists have also tried to claim that transgender people are becoming more violent because 10 mass shooters out of 4,400 in the last decade in the US have identified as transgender.{{Cite news |date=31 March 2023 |title=Fact Check: Majority of US mass shooters are cis men, not transgender or non-binary people |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/fact-check/majority-of-us-mass-shooters-are-cis-men-not-transgender-or-non-binary-people-idUSL1N363273/ |access-date=20 November 2024 |work=Reuters Fact Check}}

Misinformation about transgender people has been deliberately spread by various people in order to create a "Misinformation-Legislation Pipeline."{{Sfn|Lockmiller|2023|p=750}} Opinion pieces, and poorly researched and biased information are often used as the basis for targeted legislation banning gender-affirming care to transgender people.{{Sfn|Lockmiller|2023|p=752}} This type of false information is used by politicians to ban this type of care for transgender people, despite the lack of medical science backing the claim.{{Sfn|Lockmiller|2023|pp=751–752}} Politicians are using any "currently available evidence" they can find to back their claims, despite lack of medical research behind the claims.{{Sfn|Lockmiller|2023|p=752-753}} Media and news outlets that are not careful about vetting medical evidence can help spread medical misinformation to the public.{{Sfn|Lockmiller|2023|p=755-756}}

Anti-transgender activists, such as Moms for Liberty, believe that schools and public institutions are actively indoctrinating minors to think they are transgender.{{Cite news |last=Hatch |first=Jenavieve |date=10 April 2024 |title=A mom of a nonbinary teen became an anti-trans activist, fracturing a California family |url=https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/article285961211.html |access-date=20 November 2024 |work=The Sacramento Bee}} Many of these activists use "parents' rights" as a way to prevent gender affirming care for their own children and others' children.

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• Bathroom bill
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• History of transgender people in the United States
• Homophobia
• Lavender scare
• Legal status of transgender people#United States
• LGBT grooming conspiracy theory
• LGBT rights in the United States
• Trans bashing
• Transgender military ban in the United States
• Transgender people and military service
• Transgender people in sports
• Transphobia
• Transphobia in Norway
• Transphobia in the United Kingdom
• Gender-critical feminism
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• "[https://www.hrw.org/report/2021/11/18/i-just-try-make-it-home-safe/violence-and-human-rights-transgender-people-united 'I Just Try to Make it Home Safe': Violence and the Human Rights of Transgender People in the United States]." Published November 18, 2021, by Human Rights Watch

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