Above: A recent protest against anti-transgender legislation in AlabamaFar-right hostility to transgender Americans has reached record proportions, at least in state legislatures around the nation.As of this week, 82 anti-trans bills have been introduced at the state level in 2021, the most in history, according to a count released Friday by the Human Rights Campaign.
The previous record was 79, set last year.About half of the 2021 bills would bar transgender athletes from participating in school sports designated for the gender with which they identify; those are aimed primarily at keeping trans girls and women from competing alongside cisgender females.