
Trans people like me are Americans too
CNN
As a trans woman, I am not an emblem of liberal ideology. Nor does my mere existence or presence equate to "sexual instruction" or an effort to "promote a lifestyle," writes Claire McCully. These Florida and Texas laws are an effort to demonize and exclude LGBTQ people from American life. So let us dispense with the fabricated political villain of "transgenderism," and focus instead on reality.
As a parent -- and a trans mother, daughter and sister -- I have an honest answer to DeSantis's disingenuous question.

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