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As of July, lawmakers in 21 states had introduced bills that focus on restricting gender-affirming medical care for transgender youth, such as hormone blockers, and 29 states had introduced bills banning transgender youth from sports.

But this sea change has brought with it an enormous amount of confusion and resistance. There’s an explosion of young people identifying as gender nonconforming in some way or another, and others are coming out as transgender or nonbinary throughout their lives, from childhood to old age. It’s hard to think of anything changing more quickly in our society right now than our understanding of gender. See /privacy for privacy and opt-out information. For full access to print, digital and audio editions, as well as exclusive live events, subscribe to The Economist at /uspod. You can now find every episode of Checks and Balance in one place and sign up to our weekly newsletter. John Prideaux hosts with Idrees Kahloon and Jon Fasman. What can one state tell us about the national picture? And The Economist’s Stevie Hertz heads into the Philadelphia suburbs to find out how voters are feeling with less than 100 days to go until the midterms. We go back to a sea-change moment in Pennsylvania’s electoral landscape.

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Local journalist John Micek gives an update on the horse race. But away from the memes and internet stunts, what do voters actually want?

For now the campaign is largely happening online, with Democrat John Fetterman staying off the trail due to a health scare, and Republican Dr Oz failing to take advantage of the open lane. The second part of our occasional series on the race for Pennsylvania’s open Senate seat.