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LIVE: @joefryer hosts #TransAmerica, a one-hour #Pride special examining issues facing the transgender community, presented by @NBCNewsNow and @NBCOUT twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…
WATCH: This year alone, 8 states have passed anti-LGBTQ laws, several others are considering bills that will impact the community.

An overwhelming majority of those laws target transgender individuals.
#TransAmerica: Remembering transgender lives lost in 2021.
Meet Stella Keating, the first transgender teen to testify before the U.S. Senate.

Keating joins #TransAmerica to discuss her testimony and the Equality Act.
WATCH: MJ Rodriguez reflects on the impact of "Pose" #TransAmerica

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