Over the past few years, transgender people – especially transgender youth – have been the target of escalating war from The GOP. As Robert Reich so astutely points out, “Republican leaders have mastered the art of manufacturing crises to divert the public’s attention from the real crisis of our era

Older generations and those less exposed to queer people are having a harder time accepting transgender and non-binary individuals, and their concerns about safety and privacy are often misguided, as transgender and non-binary teens are at greater risk of sexual assault if not allowed into the bathrooms that align with their gender identity.