CNN: Trump administration takes all-of-government approach to target transgender community

July 21. 2025

Senior Attorney for Policy & Education Kel O’Hara is quoted in a CNN article summarizing the Trump Administration’s attacks on transgender and nonbinary Americans over the past 6 months.

“I think these attacks on trans Americans are really just the canary in the coal mine for broader civil rights rollbacks. When we have the government stripping protections from one group, no one’s rights are secure,” said KelO’Hara, senior attorney for policy & education equity at Equal Rights Advocates, an organization that fights for gender justice in workplaces and schools.

“These attacks on transgender Americans, particularly transgender youth, they are using the community as a political pawn in a broader culture war and using that as a way to stage more sweeping attacks on marginalized communities.”

Read the article on CNN.com or via PDF.