"Every trans person has experienced this kind of discrimination when they are just trying to do their jobs and live their lives," said Delphine Luneau, a spokesperson for the Human Rights Campaign who is herself transgender. She thinks McBride was put in "an impossible situation," though one to which she and others can relate. "It's very reflective of the way transgender people are still dehumanized."
The whiplash of emotions follows several years of increasing violence against transgender Americans and attempts by red-state legislatures to restrict gender transition care or block trans girls from participating in sports.
Mace defended her action this week as "standing up for women, protecting their spaces." Johnson's office declined to explain how the new rule would be enforced.
What’s especially distressing, some trans women and men said Thursday, is McBride's announcement that she will 'follow the rules ... even if I disagree with them.' Acquiescing to such blatant disrespect, they worry, is a setback that could put their entire community at greater risk.
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