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Adam Russell Taylor My first exposure to the trans community came when I was 14 and on my first major international trip with family across Asia, ending in Thailand. My parents had heard how much drag shows were renowned in Thailand so they got tickets to a local show. Drag performers can be people of any gender or orientation, but as is common in Thailand, some of the performers in the show we saw were transgender women, or kathoey. Despite the misleading messages of many recent bills across the U.S. that claim all-ages drag shows target or sexualize children, my experience at the drag show was uplifting, not tramautizing. I mostly remember being blown away by the performers’ talent and poise. Bills targeting drag performances are just one part of an alarming surge of anti-LGBTQ+ legislation in the U.S., especially bills that target transgender or nonbinary people, most intensely targeting trans youth. So far this year, 70 anti-LGBTQ+ laws have been enacted across the U.S. In recent years, at least 20 states have banned or limited transgender student athletes’ sports participation and at least 18 states have enacted laws or policies that bar various forms of gender-affirming medical care for minors. For politicians like Florida governor and Republican presidential hopeful Ron DeSantis, these bills are designed to rally a voting base by stoking moral panic; for transgender people, especially transgender kids and their families, these laws can be a matter of life and death. Given the ways Christians have been (and often continue to be) at the forefront of movements that harm LGBTQ+ people, we need an equally active movement of Christians to support the rights and dignity of LGBTQ+ people, including transgender youth.
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