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Mara Keisling talks transgender legal battles

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NCTE Executive Director Mara Keisling recently sat down with Joel Cohen at TalksOnLaw to discuss some of the ongoing political battles for transgender access and equality in the United States. In part one of the interview — released last week — Keisling discussed the rise in anti-transgender legislation, how such bills impacts the daily lives of transgender people and how the community is fighting back.

With increases in transgender visibility in media and popular culture, more Americans find themselves confronted with what seems to them to be a new social phenomenon. This has bred conflict, both socially and politically, which has placed the transgender community smack in the middle of the ongoing “culture wars.”

Read more at NCTE’s Medium page.

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