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Background <p>In 2023, there was a wave of anti-LGBTQIA + legislation across the USA and particularly in the state of Texas. Texas legislation like Senate Bill (SB) 12 banning public drag performances important to the community, SB 14 banning gender-affirming care for youth, and SB 15, forcing transgender and gender non-conforming people to participate in intercollegiate sports according to their sex assigned at birth, has created a chilling effect on transgender persons, migrants, educators, and researchers. House Bill 900 aims to remove books from K-12 schools which are deemed harmful to youth based on representations of sex and gender diversity, while SB 17 removed DEI considerations from university hiring.</p> Methods <p>This article is an analysis conducted in 2024 of this policy nexus at the US-Mexico Borderlands from a socio-ecological perspective.&#xa0;To center the voices of transgender people of color (TPC) from the Borderlands, we interview three TPC, including the second author, and ask about the potential impact these bills will have in their native region of El Paso, Texas.</p> Results <p>Results show that SB 14 and SB 17 were believed to be the most structurally oppressive bills, and interviewees reported a general fear of the impact that these bills will have in their local community.</p> Conclusions <p>The article concludes with a call to action for resistance through self-reflexive legislative initiatives from policymakers, scholarship that focuses on national solutions for TPC health inequities, student education, and community engagement. These analyses and recommendations are intended as a template for evaluating and addressing barriers to health equity for transgender persons in other geopolitical contexts.</p>

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Centering Transgender Voices at the US-Mexico “Borderlands”: A Call to Action

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  • 发表日期：

    2025年1月31日

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  • Brooke Merritt,
  • June Michelle Contreras

摘要

Background

In 2023, there was a wave of anti-LGBTQIA + legislation across the USA and particularly in the state of Texas. Texas legislation like Senate Bill (SB) 12 banning public drag performances important to the community, SB 14 banning gender-affirming care for youth, and SB 15, forcing transgender and gender non-conforming people to participate in intercollegiate sports according to their sex assigned at birth, has created a chilling effect on transgender persons, migrants, educators, and researchers. House Bill 900 aims to remove books from K-12 schools which are deemed harmful to youth based on representations of sex and gender diversity, while SB 17 removed DEI considerations from university hiring.

Methods

This article is an analysis conducted in 2024 of this policy nexus at the US-Mexico Borderlands from a socio-ecological perspective. To center the voices of transgender people of color (TPC) from the Borderlands, we interview three TPC, including the second author, and ask about the potential impact these bills will have in their native region of El Paso, Texas.

Results

Results show that SB 14 and SB 17 were believed to be the most structurally oppressive bills, and interviewees reported a general fear of the impact that these bills will have in their local community.

Conclusions

The article concludes with a call to action for resistance through self-reflexive legislative initiatives from policymakers, scholarship that focuses on national solutions for TPC health inequities, student education, and community engagement. These analyses and recommendations are intended as a template for evaluating and addressing barriers to health equity for transgender persons in other geopolitical contexts.