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Anti-transgender bills are latest version of conservatives' longtime strategy to rally their base

  • Written by Alison Gash, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Oregon
imageA rally at the Alabama Statehouse on March 30, 2021, to draw attention to and protest anti-transgender legislation introduced in Alabama.Julie Bennett/Getty Images

On April 6, 2021, despite Republican Gov. Asa Hutchinson’s veto, Arkansas became the first state to prohibit physicians from providing gender-affirming medical care like hormone...

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