State Laws Are ‘Leveraging Criminalization as a Tactic Against Trans People’

State Laws Are ‘Leveraging Criminalization as a Tactic Against Trans People’

At least 10 states have imposed new misdemeanor or felony penalties since 2022 — a stark increase in the use of criminal law to target trans people and their support networks.

State laws are ‘leveraging criminalization against trans people’

Real journalists wrote and edited this (not AI)—independent, community-driven journalism survives because you back it. Donate to sustain Prism’s mission and the humans behind it. State legislators have passed hundreds of anti-trans laws since 2020, and proposed even more bills. A growing segment of those laws create new criminal penalties that could now lead to jail or prison time in 10 states. That’s according to legal data from Movement Advanc…