Entertainer Ts Madison calls out Republicans' anti-trans politics of fearhttps://www.advocate.com/news/people/ts-madison-trans-visibility-cnn 🔗Christopher Wiggins (29 March 2026)
Emmy Award-winning entertainer Ts Madison went on CNN Saturday with a clear message: at this moment in America, simply being visible as a transgender person is an act of defiance.
Speaking with Victor Blackwell ahead of Tuesday's Transgender Day of Visibility, Madison connected her own life to a broader political reality, where transgender people are increasingly at the center of national fights over policy, identity, and rights.
"Your visibility is your activism. Your presence is your advocacy," she said, adding that there is "no reason for us to be living in the shadows."
The interview comes as transgender Americans face a wave of new restrictions from this week's passage of Idaho's bill criminalizing transgender people's bathroom use to Kansas, where the government invalidated transgender drivers' licenses and ID cards.
"We're living in a climate right now where the erasure of trans people... seems as if it's been priority number one in this administration," she said.
