Combatting a Campaign of Erasure: Upholding the Rights of Trans People to Exist and Thrive

This panel explores the growing centralization of power in state legislatures through gerrymandering and efforts to strip authority from those best positioned to provide checks on that power. These developments have coincided with the U.S. Supreme Court’s push to return key issues to state control, prompting progressives to turn to state constitutions and laws in response to harmful federal policies. What can we learn from states facing these antidemocratic power grabs—and how can progressives restore meaningful checks and balances at every level of government?

Featuring:

Kylar W. Broadus, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Public Speaker, Strategist, Legislative, Policy, Management

Alana Jochum, State Policy Director, Advocates for Trans Equality (A4TE)

William McGinty, Assistant Attorney General, Washington State Office of the Attorney General

Shawn Meerkamper, Managing Attorney, Transgender Law Center

Moderator:

Christopher Wright Durocher, Senior Director of Policy and Program, American Constitution Society