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: New measures are moving toward redefining sex across entire state and legal codes to systematically exclude transgender and nonbinary people from legal recognition.

: In the United States alone, 767 bills impacting trans and gender-nonconforming people were under consideration by early 2026, with 34 already passed into law. The Cost of Visibility and the Weight of Stigma

Trans Lives & Positive Visibility - HRC - Human Rights Campaign

The current year has seen a significant evolution in how anti-transgender sentiment is codified into law. Rather than focusing solely on individual policy areas like sports or bathrooms, 2026 has introduced "gender regulation" or "sex definition" laws.