Protect trans kids

One of the earliest documented uses of the phrase came in February 2016, Caitlyn Jenner tweeted "Tell @SDGovDaugaard to protect trans kids by vetoing #HB1008," in reference to South Dakota House Bill 1008.

"[3][4] The phrase was also used in a high volume as a hashtag (#ProtectTransKids) on Twitter in the days following online rumors and official news reports of the Trump administration's impending rollback.

[14] Esther Byrd, a member of the Florida Board of Education praised a parent who reported a Tocoi Creek High School teacher as having worn a shirt with the phrase.

[17] In 2022, American journalist and LGBT rights activist Sue Kerr distributed over 700 signs with the "protect trans kids" phrase throughout Pittsburgh, after a local teenager was the target of transphobic slurs.

[19] In June 2023, a joint transgender rights advocacy effort by the St. Mark's Episcopal Cathedral in Seattle and the ACLU of Washington projected a light display reading "protect trans kids" on a church in Capitol Hill.

[24] Similarly, in February 2023, a member from the American folk rock music duo Indigo Girls wore a t-shirt with the phrase while performing on Tiny Desk Concerts.

[25] During the 2022 SheBelieves Cup, Catarina Macario and Andi Sullivan of the United States women's national soccer team (USWNT) wore athletic tape with the phrase around their wrists.

[34][35] Writing for National Review, Judson Berger opined that for "sponsors of [...] so-called 'anti-trans' bills" to succeed in passing legislation that calls for "restrictions on medical interventions for minors", they would perhaps have to "adopt, at least in spirit" the "Protect Trans Kids" phrase.

"[36] The opening text of the bill stated that doctors would be barred from "performing surgeries that sterilize or mutilate, or artificially construct tissue with the appearance of genitalia that differs from the child's biological sex.