for restrictive bathroom bills, it seems the GOP has found a way to break through on trans issues, using trans kids as its cudgel.According to the Human Rights Campaign,more than 250 anti-LGBTQ bills due in part to — you guessed it — the cost of college. The numbers are showing that Gen Z is asking a legitimate question: What is the price of a college education really worth in the U.S.?Student loan debt isdeepening the racial wealth gapStudies show it exacts apsychological toll on those trapped in its binds Republican-controlled legislatures in at least seven states — Arkansas, Alabama, Florida, Tennessee, Mississippi, Montana, and West Virginia — passed new laws But at the time of her coming out, Evie had no idea that her transition would lead her and her family to the center of a national political drama.