A Wave of Anti-Transgender Legislation

<p>Just four months into 2021 and there have already been more than 80 bills, introduced in mostly Republican-controlled legislatures, that aim to restrict transgender rights, mostly in sports and medical care.</p><p>But what’s the thinking behind the laws, and why are there so many?</p><p>We look into the motivation behind the bills and analyze the impact they could have.</p><p>Guest: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/by/dan-levin?smid=pc-thedaily">Dan Levin</a>, who covers American youth for The New York Times’s National Desk.</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/newsletters/signup/NTTD?smid=pc-thedaily">Sign up here</a> to get The Daily in your inbox each morning. And for an exclusive look at how the biggest stories on our show come together, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/newsletters/the-daily?module=inline">subscribe to our newsletter</a>. </p><p>Background reading: </p><ul><li>Lawmakers in a growing number of Republican-led states are advancing and passing bills to bar transgender athletes in girls’ sports,<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/29/us/politics/transgender-girls-sports.html?searchResultPosition=9"> a culture clash that seems to have come out of nowhere</a>.</li></ul><p>For more information on today’s episode, visit <a href="http://nytimes.com/thedaily?smid=pc-thedaily">nytimes.com/thedaily</a>. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday.</p>