Gwendolyn Herzig, a transgender pharmacist, went to the Arkansas statehouse last month to testify in support of providing transgender youth with gender-affirming health care.

Herzig hoped lawmakers would take her expert background into consideration as they debated a law that would allow anyone who received gender-affirming care from a doctor as a minor to sue for malpractice for up to 30 years after they turn 18.

Instead, she was met with transphobia.

You said youre a trans woman, Republican state Rep. Matt McKee said. Do you have a penis?

Herzig later told NBC News that the experience was probably the most publicly humiliating thing Ive ever gone through.

The medical malpractice suit is just one of the anti-LGBTQ measures Arkansas has considered recently. In January, Republicans introduced an extreme bill that would have criminalized adult-oriented performances including those where performers exhibit a gender identity that is different from the performers gender assigned at birth in public where children could view them.

Republican co-sponsors of the bill eventually removed language specifically targeting drag performers after public pushback , and a law criminalizing public adult performances went into effect this week.

Nationwide, there are about 351 anti-LGBTQ bills in state legislatures right now, according to the American Civil Liberties Union. The proposed measures, which are all sponsored by Republicans and come at a time when the GOP has been consumed by anti-LGBTQ hysteria, attempt to criminalize drag performances, bar trans youth from playing sports at school, and ban health care for transgender children and adults.

Some anti-LGBTQ bills have already worked their way through state legislatures just this week, Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves (R) signed a law that bans gender-affirming care for trans youth.

This Republican Party is playing politics with peoples lives and theyre painting a clear picture of what their priorities are, said Heather Williams, the interim president of the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee.

An Avalanche Of Bills

Tennessee is poised to become the first state to criminalize drag performances, a move that LGBTQ people and advocates say has the potential to criminalize transgender and nonbinary people as well as limit Pride celebrations.

Republican Gov. Bill Lee has signaled that hell sign into law HB3/SB9 , which would outlaw adult cabaret performers which include topless and exotic dancers, as well as male or female impersonators in public where a minor could see them.

The language is so broad that LGBTQ advocates are worried the law could also be used to arrest transgender people just living their lives.

Trans and nonbinary people will now have to wonder if they will be accused of being male or female impersonators, Chris Sullivan, the executive director of the Tennessee Equality Project, a nonprofit organization dedicated to LGBTQ rights, told HuffPost. It makes you think twice about going to the grocery store.