This year alone, over 460 bills targeting LGBTQ rights have been introduced in states across the country. Twenty-four states have now banned abortion or are likely to do so, cutting off millions from bodily autonomy and essential health care. This month, Missouri became the first state in the country to severely restrict gender-affirming care for people of all ages. What some Americans might not realize is that many of these crackdowns draw from a strikingly similar playbook used by autocrats in other countries. Understanding threats to our own democracy now demands that we see the connections to these tactics around...