In his OpEd in the New York Times, Jamelle Bouie states that in Republican-led states, conservative lawmakers have passed or introduced many laws that would give religious exemptions for discrimination against transgender people, prohibit the use of bathrooms consistent with their gender identity and limit the access to gender-affirming care.
"To deny equal respect and dignity to any part of the citizenry is to place the entire country on the road to tiered citizenship and limited rights, to liberty for some and hierarchy for the rest. "
"Put plainly, the attack on the dignity of transgender Americans is an attack on the dignity of all Americans. And like the battles for abortion rights and bodily autonomy, the stakes of the fight for the rights and dignity of transgender people are high for all of us. There is no world in which their freedom is suppressed and yours is sustained."
Mr. Bouie states again what we have stated for decades. Every individual hierarchy is interrelated with all others. When we use the common language of hierarchies, new alliances will emerge and we will transcend our differences. We are all in this together.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/10/opinion/trump-desantis-transgender-rights.html
