Shaping Opinion, Legislating Harm: Tracing Anti-Trans Discourse Across Media and Policy in the United States

• In Event: The Politics of Anti-Trans Mobilization

Brief Overview

This project investigates how anti-trans discourse circulates through the media ecosystem into US legislation that shapes public opinion, reinforces systemic harm, and attempts to legislate the erasure of transgender people from public life.

Authors

• Taylor J Agajanian, Northwestern University

• Thomas J Billard, Northwestern University

• Jay Nelson, Northwestern University