For years, the debate over trans rights has been dismissed as just another front in America’s so-called “culture wars.” And many people on both sides of the aisle either openly or secretly think that trans people are second-class citizens. But what’s happening in 2025 isn’t marginal or symbolic. It’s an all-out war on our lives–a war that is forcing trans people in red states to move up north or to coastal cities, and a war that is even forcing some of us to move overseas.

Already this year, more than 850 anti-LGBTQ+ bills have been introduced nationwide—making 2025 the most hostile legislative year in U.S. history. More than 120 have become law, and their targets are painfully clear: trans youth, trans parents, and trans adults who dare to live openly.

In Kansas, the “Help Not Harm Act”

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