""We have heard calls by members of congress to institutionalise all transgender people, comments referring to transgender people as mentally ill, and false suggestions by high-level political figures that transgender people are inherently violent and must be addressed as a national security threat," the signatories to the letter claimed. That language, along with a "rising number of legislative and administrative attacks" on the community, "is taking a real toll", they added."
""Transgender people are part of every community. They are veterans, teachers and doctors. They are parents, children and siblings. They are neighbours and friends. They are Democrats, Republicans and independents," the letter went on to say. "Attacks on the transgender community are attacks on every community. Transgender people deserve government officials who will lift them up, not attack them simply because of who they are.""
Two hundred twelve House Democrats, led by Mark Takano and Sarah McBride, sent an open letter to Speaker Mike Johnson calling for enforcement of House decorum rules to curb anti-trans rhetoric. The signatories cited calls to institutionalize transgender people, descriptions of transgender people as mentally ill, and claims that transgender people are inherently violent or a national security threat. The letter warned that such language and a rising number of legislative and administrative attacks are taking a real toll. Federal records recorded 463 gender-identity-motivated hate crimes last year. More than 1,000 anti-trans bills are under consideration nationwide, with 88 federal bills in 2024 and 647 failing to become law as of July.
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