Nationwide Anti-Transgender Legislation Seeks to Divide

A group of attendees listen to a speaker during the #ProtectTransKids rally outside Orlando City Hall on Tuesday, June 1, 2021. Several dozen supporters and activists listened to speakers and chanted in protest of SB 1028, sweeping legislation signed into law by Gov. Ron DeSantis earlier that day banning transgender youth from participating in school athletics. (Lizzie Heintz/Orlando Sentinel)

According to both CNN and the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), 2021 holds a record as the year with the most anti-transgender legislation in states across the country. These bills, introduced into state houses of representatives and senate houses, aim to target the freedom of transgender people.