Metal Hennessy, a 19-year-old trans man who lives in Kansas, quoted one of his state’s most enduring(持久的；经久不衰的) exports – The Wizard of Oz(《绿野仙踪》，经典童话电影) – when describing the defeat of Roger Marshall, the incumbent(现任的；在职的) Republican senator, on Tuesday: “Ding dong, the witch is dead.”
住在堪萨斯州的19岁跨性别男子梅塔尔·亨尼西，在描述周二共和党现任参议员罗杰·马歇尔落败时，引用了该州最经久不衰的“出口产品”之一——《绿野仙踪》：“叮咚，女巫死了。”
This US midterm season, Kansans like Hennessy were subjected to a wave of anti-trans attacks as Marshall attempted to fight off(击退；抵抗) a challenge from Democratic and Methodist megachurch(大型教会) pastor Adam Hamilton. The AP reported that Republicans pump(投入（资金）；泵送)ed $7m into related ads, which aired 7,000 times in the state.
在这个美国中期选举季，像亨尼西这样的堪萨斯人遭遇了一波反跨性别攻击，因为马歇尔试图击退来自民主党人、卫理公会大型教会牧师亚当·汉密尔顿的挑战。美联社报道称，共和党向相关广告投入了700万美元，这些广告在该州播放了7000次。
Hennessy was not surprised that Republicans would target his community to win votes – earlier this year, a law took effect invalidating the driver’s licenses of trans people in the state and requiring them to use bathrooms in government buildings associated with their sex assigned at birth(出生时指定性别). Nor was Hennessy surprised the strategy failed.
亨尼西并不惊讶共和党会为了拉票而针对他的群体——今年早些时候，该州一项法律生效，宣布跨性别者的驾照无效，并要求他们在政府大楼使用与出生时指定性别相对应的卫生间。亨尼西也不惊讶这一策略失败了。