{"id":125438,"date":"2024-11-13T18:10:49","date_gmt":"2024-11-13T11:10:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=125438"},"modified":"2024-11-13T18:10:49","modified_gmt":"2024-11-13T11:10:49","slug":"transgender-students-flooding-crisis-hotlines-over-trump-plans-to-remove-protections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=125438","title":{"rendered":"Transgender students flooding crisis hotlines over Trump plans to remove protections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"prism-article-body\">\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC\">Transgender youth in the United States have been flooding crisis hotlines since the <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/election-2024\">election<\/a> of Donald Trump, who made <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-harris-transgender-politics-61cff97a64fac581ffc5f762be4c57d3\">anti-transgender themes<\/a> central to his campaign. Many teens worry about how their lives could change once he takes office.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy\">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 <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/title-ix-sexual-assault-transgender-sports-d0fc0ab7515de02b8e4403d0481dc1e7\">Title IX protections<\/a>, which affect school policies on students\u2019 use of pronouns, bathrooms and locker rooms. <\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy\">One ad that aired over 15,000 times crystallized Trump&#8217;s stance on rights for transgender and nonbinary Americans: \u201cKamala is for they\/them. President Trump is for you.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy\">For one Alabama teen, the ad seemed to paint transgender and nonbinary people as a threat to society. The weekend before Election Day, the 16-year-old teen, who identifies as nonbinary and uses the pronouns \u201che\u201d and \u201cthey,\u201d called a crisis hotline at the Rainbow Youth Project. The group that serves LGBTQ+ young people has received more than 5,500 calls to its crisis hotline in the past 10 days, up from the 3,700 calls it typically gets every month. <\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy\">The teen was in despair and struggling with suicidal thoughts, according to his mother, Carolyn Fisher. She said she hadn\u2019t realized the depth of her child&#8217;s depression and how painful it was for him to see political ads that felt like a personal attack.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy\">With the help of crisis counselors, Fisher said her teen has begun feeling better. But bullying at school has gotten worse, with some students telling her child Trump is going to make him \u201cgo back in the closet,\u201d Fisher said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy\">\u201dThe kids who have taunted him are now proud of themselves, and they rub it in,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy\">___<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy\">EDITOR\u2019S NOTE \u2014 This story includes discussion of suicide. If you or someone you know needs help, the national suicide and crisis lifeline in the U.S. is available by calling or texting 988. There is also an online chat at <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/988lifeline.org\/\">988lifeline.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy\">___<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy\">Opposition to transgender rights was a focal point of Trump\u2019s campaign: Republican ads attacking political opponents over transgender or LGBTQ+ issues have aired over 290,000 times on network TV since March 2023, according to data from the media tracking firm AdImpact. <\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy\">The messaging may have resonated with many Americans. More than half of voters overall \u2014 and the vast majority of Trump supporters \u2014 said support for transgender rights in government and society has gone too far, according to AP VoteCast, a survey of more than 120,000 voters nationwide.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy\">President Joe Biden&#8217;s administration expanded recognition of transgender rights just this year. Interpretation of <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/what-is-title-ix-e02d90d300218ebcbb9dd0344053e05c\">Title IX<\/a>, a landmark sex discrimination law, is largely up to the executive branch, although court rulings can affect enforcement. <\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy\">Originally passed in 1972, Title IX was first used as a women&#8217;s rights law. This year, Biden&#8217;s administration said the law forbids discrimination based on gender identity and sexual orientation, but Trump can undo that. Biden&#8217;s new guidance had limited implementation in any case: After a <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/transgender-rights-title-ix-schools-2093e480783d207ee4ce9ffa7c74e932\">spate of lawsuits<\/a>, courts had issued injunctions pausing the rule in 26 states. <\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy\">\u201cTitle IX will be a top priority. It is emblematic of all the culture war issues that have been created over the past few years surrounding gender identity versus sex,\u201d said Candice Jackson, a lawyer who led the Education Department\u2019s Office for Civil Rights in the first Trump administration. <\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy\">Trump also has said he would ask Congress to pass a bill stating there are \u201conly two genders\u201d and to ban hormonal or surgical intervention for transgender youth in all 50 states. <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kff.org\/other\/dashboard\/gender-affirming-care-policy-tracker\/\">Most Republican-controlled states<\/a> already have banned gender-affirming health care for transgender youth under age 18 or 19, and several have adopted policies limiting which school bathrooms trans people can use.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy\">While Biden\u2019s election-year guidance did not extend to <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/title-ix-sexual-assault-transgender-sports-d0fc0ab7515de02b8e4403d0481dc1e7\">transgender students in sports<\/a>, Trump has promised to end \u201cboys in girls\u2019 sports.\u201d The administration likely would \u201capproach these issues from a traditional understanding\u201d of what Title IX has meant, \u201cwith a biological, binary understanding of sex,\u201d said Bob Eitel, who served during the first Trump administration as a senior counselor to the education secretary.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy\">In the U.S., 3.3% of high school students <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/mmwr\/volumes\/73\/su\/su7304a6.htm?s_cid=su7304a6_e&amp;ACSTrackingID=USCDC_921-DM138032&amp;ACSTrackingLabel=MMWR%20Supplement%20%E2%80%93%20Vol.%2073%2C%20October%208%2C%202024&amp;deliveryName=USCDC_921-DM138032\">identify as transgender<\/a> and another 2.2% question their gender, according to a U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention survey released last month. <\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy\">The survey found 72% of transgender and gender-questioning teens experienced persistent feelings of sadness and hopelessness in the past year. These teens also reported higher rates of bullying at school compared with peers. About 1 in 4 transgender students said they had attempted suicide in the past year, the CDC said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy\">LGBTQ+ advocates are mobilizing to address the despair they see rising among transgender and nonbinary youth. The Rainbow Youth Project, for one, has increased virtual peer groups and town halls so LGBTQ+ youth can connect. Another organization, It Gets Better, has focused on reaching young people online through social media platforms like Twitch and YouTube to create supportive environments even if legal protections are rolled back, said Brian Wenke, the group\u2019s executive director.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy\">Across the country, particularly in conservative areas, LGBTQ+ youth are discussing whether it would be safer to live somewhere else.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy\">Jude Armstrong, a transgender high school senior in New Orleans, has <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/transgender-visibility-lgbtq-student-play-a30468fff90127c379eba7b8eccdaa56\">led protests<\/a> against Louisiana laws that regulated pronoun usage and discussions of gender and sexuality in the classroom. With the potential for federal changes on the horizon, Armstrong, 17, said he has thought of going to school in the United Kingdom, but worries about leaving behind the queer culture and history he loves at home.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy\">\u201cHow do you feel like you\u2019re protecting your own community when you\u2019re leaving that community and going to another country?\u201d he asked.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy\">Alejandro Jimenez, a sophomore at Texas State University, dreams of being a theater teacher in Texas. He knows how important it is for trans kids to see someone like them in the classroom. Now, he\u2019s not sure if he\u2019ll stay in his home state.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy\">Already, tensions have risen on his campus in a way that makes him feel unsafe. The day after the election, two protestors held up signs that said, \u201cHomo sex is sin\u201d and \u201cWomen are property.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy\">\u201cI feel it\u2019s my duty to stay here, but I\u2019m scared of being pushed out,\u201d said Jimenez, who is transgender.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy\">Under the new Trump administration, advocates worry efforts anywhere to accommodate transgender and nonbinary students could face scrutiny. Trump&#8217;s platform called for <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/www.donaldjtrump.com\/platform\">pulling federal funding<\/a> for any school pushing \u201cgender ideology, or other inappropriate racial, sexual, or political content on our children.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy\">\u201cIt sounds really dystopian to say that trying to be more inclusive could actually result in punishment from the federal government. But that is a risk,\u201d said Elana Redfield, federal policy director for the Williams Institute at the UCLA School of Law.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy\">With so much uncertainty, Eli, an 18-year-old trans college student in New York, stressed the importance of community, especially online for youth who feel concerned right now. <\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy\">\u201cYou are not alone,\u201d said Eli, an ambassador for It Gets Better, who asked to be identified only by his first name for safety reasons. \u201cWe will come out the other side. There are queer adults who have lived long and happy lives, and you will get there too.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy\">___<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy\">Linley Sanders contributed reporting from Washington.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy\">___<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN\">The Associated Press\u2019 education coverage receives financial support from multiple private foundations. AP is solely responsible for all content. 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