{"id":23078,"date":"2026-05-21T06:21:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T06:21:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/trumps-war-on-trans-people-could-be-headed-to-a-screen-near-you\/"},"modified":"2026-05-21T06:21:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T06:21:13","slug":"trumps-war-on-trans-people-could-be-headed-to-a-screen-near-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/trumps-war-on-trans-people-could-be-headed-to-a-screen-near-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump\u2019s war on trans people could be headed to a screen near you"},"content":{"rendered":"
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President Donald Trump<\/a> and his allies at the Federal Communications Commission<\/a> want to take their war on LGBTQ people to a screen near you.<\/p>\n

The agency is weighing whether to add a warning label to television shows when transgender or nonbinary people are referenced in children’s programs. The FCC announced the proposed labeling in April<\/a>with the first round of public comments ending on May 22. The labels would be instituted by the TV Oversight Management Board, which sets ratings for programs.<\/p>\n

All of this is part of Republicans’ effort to demonize and ostracize transgender people by portraying them as a threat to children — a crusade the GOP is shamelessly waging as the Trump administration withholds portions of the Epstein files<\/a> and defends the president’s pardoning of Jan. 6 insurrectionists, including people who were later charged with child sex crimes<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The filing form to submit a public comment on the proposed warning label<\/a> is here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Since the FCC’s announcement, civil rights groups have been urging their supporters to voice their opposition. GLAAD, which was originally launched as the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, said in its call to action<\/a> that applying warning labels “to programs with transgender and nonbinary characters and stories incorrectly equates them to programming with coarse and crude language, sexual situations, or violence.”<\/p>\n

“This makes life harder for LGBTQ Americans,” the statement added. “It sends a message that the FCC can pressure the TVOMB to add even more ratings that stigmatize other diverse groups.”<\/p>\n

Journalists, such as Marisa Kabas in this MS NOW op-ed<\/a>have noted that efforts to demonize trans people have been an extremist tactic deployed by far-right groups for decades, including in Nazi Germany in the 1930s. The Museum of Jewish Heritage has documented the Nazis’ targeting of transgender people<\/a> as well.<\/p>\n

These historical examples serve as reminders of the ways that extremists have sought to shore up their power by falsely portraying trans people as threats to society. And they’re a warning to Americans not to fall for similar tricks.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Ja’han Jones is an MS NOW opinion blogger. He previously wrote The ReidOut Blog.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n

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