The Trump administration is considering a policy that is arguably the most significant federal attack on civil and political rights in at least a generation, one which, the New York Times reports, would define 1.4 million transgender Americans "out of existence". The Department of Health and Human Services is leading an effort to legally define gender under Title IX as a "biological, immutable condition, determined by genitalia at birth", removing federal recognition and thereby rights and protections for those who identify as a gender other than the one they were assigned at birth

This proposed policy -- along with a recent proposed ban on transgender individuals serving in the US military -- stands in stark contrast to the pride many Americans have expressed over the country's perceived world leadership on issues of LGBT rights.…  Seguir leyendo »