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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Jocelyn Gecker and Sharon Lurye

Trump made anti-trans themes key to his campaign. Transgender teenagers are scared

Jude Armstrong and fellow Benjamin Franklin High playwriting class students perform their play, "The Capitol Project," on the steps of the Louisiana Capitol in Baton Rouge, La., March 27, 2024. - (Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

Transgender youth in America have been flooding crisis hotlines since the election of Donald Trump, who made anti-transgender themes central to his campaign.

During his presidential bid, Trump pledged to impose wide-ranging restrictions and roll back civil rights protections for transgender students. And his administration can swiftly start work on one major change: It can exclude transgender students from Title IX protections, which affect school policies on students’ use of pronouns, bathrooms and locker rooms.

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