There are 492 bills that are in some part of progress across this country that are very specifically anti-trans. And so you might say, "Why do you need a beer can to talk about trans inclusion?" Well the reasons why you need corporations to step up and to start engaging is because 47 states in this country have anti-trans legislation in the works. 26 have passed. 422 are currently active. 44 have failed. Right? And that's 2023. We're talking about a small sub-set of the population. And what it really is is, it's that this, all of this anti-trans legislation is just gateway legislation, right? Like: "Let's set a precedent with the people that have the smallest numbers, the weakest of them all, let's take them out of the herd first." Right? "And then let's use that model as a precedent so that we can then get to the next level. And the next level. And the next level. Right? And when it's all said and done, it's like, "Oh, well how did -- how did we get like all of this? All of these laws changed to roll back the rights of people of color, queer people in general, all of these people?" Well, one, we started with that first kernel, "let's knock out these trans folks first, then let's get the rest of these gay folks, then let's get the folks at the intersection" [. . .]
-- Drew McCaskill on THE KAREN HUNTER SHOW.
