Dr. Susan Lacy had been caring for transgender patients for several years in Tennessee when, in 2023, everything changed. In the span of a few months, the Republican-governed state banned healthcare providers from treating minors for gender dysphoria.

Conservative groups have for years sought to reduce the government’s sway over parents’ childrearing choices, particularly when it comes to decisions about school and health care.

I think we all need to take a break from thinking and talking about trans people.” It’s lightly off message coming from the co-director with the ACLU’s LGBT & HIV Project, who, on December 4, will become the first openly transgender attorney to argue a case before the Supreme Court.

South Carolina U.S. Representative Nancy Mace told CBS News last year that she was "pro-transgender rights" and "pro-LGBTQ."

Nancy Mace's political stunt targeting Sarah McBride's bathroom use comes just a year after Mace said "I'm pro-transgender rights. I'm pro-LGBTQ."

The Republican has become the face of the party’s anti-trans crusade, misgendering and mocking a new colleague.