This year has been the year where this issue came to a head and we reached a critical mass. The most well-funded mainstream gay rights groups like the Human Rights Campaign, Lambda Legal Defense Fund have turned their attention to trans issues. Some of them have been uncomfortable with trans issues going back at least to Stonewall. Caitlin Jenner was on the cover of Vanity Fair last month; Laverne Cox from Orange is the New Black is the first transgender person to make the cover of VF.
With stunning speed, the status of trans youth has become the rallying cry of the Republican Party, from state legislatures to presidential campaigns.
Adam Nagourney, who covers West Coast cultural affairs for The New York Times, explains how that came to be, and why it’s proving such a potent issue.
Guest: Adam Nagourney, a West Coast cultural affairs correspondent for The New York Times.
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