The wall is cracking

The wall is cracking.

Over the last five years, politicians have escalated attacks on transgender people as a winning strategy. So far this year, legislatures have introduced 766 anti-transgender bills. But something may be changing.

Americans are increasingly focused on issues like the economy, housing costs, healthcare, and war. Most people are worried about paying their bills, not policing someone else’s gender identity. The culture war that once dominated headlines is competing with concerns that feel far more immediate to voters.

Courts are also pushing back. This week, a federal appeals court blocked enforcement of the Pentagon’s transgender military ban, finding that the policy was unconstitutional and targeted a politically unpopular group rather than serve a legitimate military purpose.

Public opinion remains complicated, but majorities of Americans continue to support basic nondiscrimination protections for transgender people. The political payoff of attacking transgender people may not be what it once was. A 2026 study commissioned by the Human Rights Campaign showed that “85% of Americans believe Transgender people should have the same rights and protection as everyone else.”

But this is not the time to breathe a sigh of relief.

The wall is cracking, not collapsing.

History shows that vulnerable communities are often scapegoated during times of uncertainty. As election season approaches, transgender people remain an easy target for politicians looking to distract voters from larger problems they cannot solve.

That is why now is the time to make our voices heard. To tell our stories. To organize. To vote. To advocate. To build relationships and challenge misinformation wherever it appears.

The cracks in the wall did not happen by accident. They exist because transgender people refused to disappear.

If the wall is going to fall, it will not be because justice arrives on its own. It will be because we keep pushing until fear and scapegoating can no longer hold it up.

The wall is cracking.

Keep pushing.