If You Read the G.O.P.’s Anti-Trans Policies, You’ll See What It Really Wants

Summary

The 2023 CPAC revealed a modern conservative movement unified by its opposition to transgender people, using rhetoric described as a "demonic assault" and "all or nothing" to eradicate transgenderism from public life. This rhetoric is translating into concrete legislative action aiming to criminalize and ban necessary care for trans individuals, making them a political target to push out of public life.