The anti-trans campaign is not a culture war. It is a civil rights battle

[Jessica_Rose]

Letters to the Editor: 'The anti-trans campaign is not a culture war. It is a civil rights battle'

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/letters-to-the-editor-the-anti-trans-campaign-is-not-a-culture-war-it-is-a-civil-rights-battle/ar-AA1AtFkr?ocid=windirect&cvid=92e60298bd4f416a89774b79be91dab0&ei=25

Jane Engle (March 2025)

Imagine you are transgender and face, nationally or in certain states:

- Being forced to either break the law or risk harassment, arrest or even assault while using a public bathroom.

- Being denied the right to be addressed by the name you choose.

- Being kicked out of the U.S. military.

- Being denied access to healthcare that is the standard of care, even as an adult.

- Being denied, in Iowa, protection from discrimination in employment, housing, education, public services and more because you are trans.

- Being required to list your birth sex on your passport and driver's license, which outs you as transgender to everyone, which at best could cause delays when you travel.

- Being unable to freely access books about yourself and people like yourself at the public library.

- Having your very existence denied by the federal government and all references to people like you removed from government websites.

The anti-trans campaign is not a culture war. It is a civil rights battle. For years, government bullies have been test-driving various forms of legal persecution on transgender Americans to see what they can get away with. (So far, a lot.) And Newsom, as well as far too many other Americans, is panicking over a handful of transgender athletes? Please, wake up.