FILE - Jude Armstrong and fellow Benjamin Franklin High playwriting class students perform their play "The Capitol Project" on the steps of the Louisiana Capitol in Baton Rouge, La., March 27, 2024. Unlike recent years when there was an LGBTQ+ ally in the Louisiana governor's office, nothing stands in the way this year of legislation hostile to transgender people. Democratic former Gov. John Bel Edwards was able to block most such legislation in previous years through vetoes. Now conservative Republican Jeff Landry is in the governor's chair, and the legislation is advancing rapidly. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)