adrianne shropshire, susan del percio, online with chris hayes starts now. starts now good evening from new york, i m chris hayes, one of the most frightening trends in american politics in recent months has been the prioritization, across the country, of conservatives and republicans from state to state targeting lgbtq folks. it s one of the, if not the unifying policy priorities in the modern republican party 2023. it s especially pronounced at the state level. the american civil liberties union says it s tracking nearly 400 anti lgbtq bills across the country. tennessee, to name one state, in particular, is home to multiple examples of this particular noxious trend. there is a new law criminalizing many types of drag performance. is 12th night fond of? that will find out. a bill working its way through the legislature which would allow state clerks to refuse to officiate gay marriages if they so choose. but it s not just the states. we are seeing this disturbing trend of
north carolina s been republican governor pat mcmurray signed what was colloquially known as the bathroom bill, aloft force trans individuals to use the bathroom of the generally were assigned at birth rather the cinder they identify as. the law caused an uproar. it was a monumental controversy. a bunch of high-profile company severed ties with the state including paypal, which canceled plans with the officers there. ncaa pills overdone camp championship games. nba moved its 2017 all-star game a, including bruce springsteen, canceled concert for the state. and then that year, pat mccorvey lost to democrat roy cooper. in a state that democrats have struggled when. pulling out the election showed that legislation played a big role. roy cooper repealed of the most objectional parts of the bathroom bill. even as recently as a year or two ago, still being cited as a classic example of republican