{"id":33054,"date":"2026-04-15T14:45:45","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T18:45:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom2\/the-observer\/anti-trans-laws-in-the-united-states\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T14:45:45","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T18:45:45","slug":"anti-trans-laws-in-the-united-states","status":"publish","type":"the-observer","link":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/the-observer\/anti-trans-laws-in-the-united-states\/","title":{"rendered":"Anti-trans laws in the United States"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Politics is like a pendulum; it goes from one extreme to another, and if you\u2019re lucky eventually it will slow down, and you\u2019ll end up somewhere in the center. Right now, it is hard to see the center, with all the right-wing rhetoric and a resurgence in anti-trans rhetoric and laws. 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