In February 2022, Texas state legislature published statements equating gender-affirming therapy (GAT) to child abuse. This wasn’t an isolated incident, but in fact a single chapter of a series of functionally interchangeable manifestations of uninformed hostility springing forth across the country. The legislative movements in Texas, Florida, Arizona, Idaho, Mississippi, Tennessee, Alabama, and other states are motivated by intolerance and seek only to alienate those who are different from the ones enacting the policies. The policies target an already marginalized population,...