When Matt Walsh said it, what did his Twitter followers hear? Children are ‘but one phase in the overall war,’ Walsh said. He means he does not accept transgender adults either. And he is waging war on everyone.

When they can’t possibly be worse, they find a way. He’s still on that horse, and so is the whole Republican party. At CPAC, Trump warned that the country has plunged into a ‘filthy communist nightmare.’

This fall, it’ll hear arguments over the Tennessee ban on gender-affirming care. For each of us, our bodies mean dignity, autonomy, psychological and physical well-being, and social inclusion. Our bodies should not be politicized.