Transgender Americans brace for Trump presidency after campaign promoted anti-trans rhetoric [Video]

Transgender Americans are bracing for attacks from the White House and in their own neighbourhoods after Donald Trump’s U.S. election victory Tuesday, following a presidential campaign that promoted anti-trans rhetoric.

Trump repeatedly made false claims about trans people in speeches, while his presidential campaign spent millions on campaign ads with anti-trans messaging, despite trans people making up less than one per cent of the U.S. population.

“There’s no way to sugarcoat this. I’ve been fielding people who have wanted to end it all, in chats and messages to my inbox,” Erin Reed, a journalist and trans rights activist based in Maryland, told CBC News Wednesday. 

“The danger is real. Their feelings are valid, and this is just what we’re dealing with right now.”

Trump’s policy agenda includes a ban on trans participation in women’s sports and an end to federal funding for gender-affirming care.

In speeches and interviews, he has …