2025-12-04
1 小时 17 分钟This is Nick Kristof.
I'm an opinion columnist for The New York Times, and I'm proud that for more than 100 years,
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To learn more, go to nytimes.com Over the last 20 years, America has become more socially liberal on almost every issue.
But transgender rights has lately become an exception,
a place where the culture war burns hot as public opinion shifts rightward.
On specific questions, like transgender participation in high school sports,
and general questions about what really defines sex and gender.
My own sense is that Americans still broadly support the liberties of transgender adults to live as they wish,
and may not support some of the moves the Trump administration is making to limit legal rights.
But I also think that many people have become extremely skeptical about all issues involving trans identifying kids.
And I also think there's a widespread sense that open debate on some of these fronts was discouraged.
That people with doubts or anxieties felt pressured not to raise them.
My guest this week, Chase Strangio, has been at the forefront of the activist push on these issues.
For instance, as the first openly transgender American to argue before the Supreme Court.
Our conversation is about legal strategy, political backlash, the Trump administration,
and where this cultural fight might go.