How the Transgender Movement Lost the Power to End Debate
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/08/23/how-transgender-movement-lost-power-end-debate/?_bhlid=34b9c4725ec462487343518d5c1e79d96b585d8b
Transgender activists once used maximalist legal arguments to force their worldview on American society, but now they’re arguing defensively.
Activists are accusing the government of trying to silence them and take away their health care benefits. To some degree, this strategy represents a legal response to President Donald Trump’s reelection, but it also reveals an important cultural development.
“The social and cultural permission gatekeepers on the Left have sort of lost the battle on whether or not you can speak out on these issues and have a different opinion than the Left and continue to function in civil society,” Hiram Sasser, executive general counsel for First Liberty Institute, tells the Daily Signal.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/08/23/how-transgender-movement-lost-power-end-debate/?_bhlid=34b9c4725ec462487343518d5c1e79d96b585d8b
Transgender activists once used maximalist legal arguments to force their worldview on American society, but now they’re arguing defensively.
Activists are accusing the government of trying to silence them and take away their health care benefits. To some degree, this strategy represents a legal response to President Donald Trump’s reelection, but it also reveals an important cultural development.
“The social and cultural permission gatekeepers on the Left have sort of lost the battle on whether or not you can speak out on these issues and have a different opinion than the Left and continue to function in civil society,” Hiram Sasser, executive general counsel for First Liberty Institute, tells the Daily Signal.
How the Transgender Movement Lost the Power to End Debate
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/08/23/how-transgender-movement-lost-power-end-debate/?_bhlid=34b9c4725ec462487343518d5c1e79d96b585d8b
Transgender activists once used maximalist legal arguments to force their worldview on American society, but now they’re arguing defensively.
Activists are accusing the government of trying to silence them and take away their health care benefits. To some degree, this strategy represents a legal response to President Donald Trump’s reelection, but it also reveals an important cultural development.
“The social and cultural permission gatekeepers on the Left have sort of lost the battle on whether or not you can speak out on these issues and have a different opinion than the Left and continue to function in civil society,” Hiram Sasser, executive general counsel for First Liberty Institute, tells the Daily Signal.