Here are some of the most openly anti-LGBTQ+ Republicans in Congress
Nearly the entire House and Senate Republican caucuses oppose equal rights. These 17 lawmakers take bigotry to an even higher level.
By Will Fritz and Josh Israel - June 02, 2023LGBTQ+
'Twenty years ago, when I started in politics, obviously, our community was being used as a punching bag to juice Republican turnout,' the End Citizens United president recalled, 'And we're seeing that history repeat itself right now.'
By Will Fritz - May 31, 2023Secretive right-wing donors and foundations have given millions of dollars to prominent anti-trans groups.
By Nick Vachon and Matt Cohen - May 31, 2023Legislation restricting transgender people's access to health care, school sports, and bathrooms has surged in Republican-controlled states, backed by major anti-LGBTQ groups.
By Nick Vachon - May 25, 2023Health care providers will have to stop offering any ‘transition’-related care to anyone under 18 if Gov. Greg Abbott signs the bill.
By Will Fritz - May 18, 2023Republicans in the Missouri Legislature passed a bill banning gender-affirming care for minors on May 10.
By Will Fritz - May 18, 2023‘There are plenty of nonbinary [people] and trans men who are also having abortions and who need access and should be included in the conversation,’ Cazembe Murphy Jackson said.
By Rebekah Sager and Will Fritz - May 18, 2023Experts say Tucker Carlson had one of the largest audiences in American media and he used it to further conspiracy theories and bigoted views.
By Will Fritz - May 15, 2023The Supreme Court ruled in an opinion by Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson that the 5th Circuit was wrong to rule against Estrella Santos-Zacaria.
By Associated Press - May 13, 2023Kansas City’s new sanctuary status sets it apart as a Democratic-leaning city in a state with a Republican governor and GOP-controlled Legislature.
By Associated Press - May 12, 2023The Food and Drug Administration guidelines finalized Thursday ease decades-old restrictions designed to protect the blood supply from HIV.
By Associated Press - May 12, 2023The Safety in Private Spaces Act would allow trans people to be criminally charged for using certain bathrooms.
By Will Fritz - May 05, 2023The first transgender legislator elected in the state's history was barred from the House floor, and she'll now have to be reelected before she can return in 2025.
By Associated Press - May 04, 2023A county judge issued a temporary restraining order against Missouri’s Republican Attorney General preventing his emergency order from going into effect for at least another two weeks.
By Associated Press - May 02, 2023Montana Republicans banned Zephyr, a trans woman and freshman state legislator, from being in the House chamber after she spoke up against anti-trans legislation.
By Associated Press - May 02, 2023This is at least the third bill targeting transgender youth signed into law under Gov. Kevin Stitt.
By Associated Press - May 02, 2023Erin Reed says state legislators 'are continuing to increase the ways in which they target the community.'
By Will Fritz - April 28, 2023'The attack in Montana on Rep. Zephyr is an attack on all of us,' said Nebraska state Sen. Megan Hunt.
By Associated Press - April 27, 2023Gov. Ron DeSantis asked the board to ban classroom instruction on gender identity and sexual orientation through all grades.
By Associated Press - April 19, 2023The 'emergency regulation' issued by Andrew Bailey adds several hurdles patients must get past if they’re seeking gender-affirming care, including being screened for 'social contagion.'
By Will Fritz - April 14, 2023H.B. 1469, which would protect those who travel to Washington for health care services from legal repercussions in other states, now goes to Democratic Gov. Jay Inslee for his signature.
By Will Fritz - April 13, 2023North Dakota’s Republican Gov. Doug Burgum on Tuesday evening signed two transgender athlete bans into law, effectively prohibiting transgender girls and women from joining female sports teams in K-12 and college. Lawmakers in the House and Senate passed the bills with veto-proof majorities this year. If the governor had vetoed the bills or refused to […]
By Associated Press - April 13, 2023Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk once referred to marriage equality advocates as ‘sexual revolutionaries,’ and even Susan Collins wouldn’t vote for him.
By Will Fritz - April 12, 2023If Democrats win, they can restart the process of protecting same-sex marriage. If Republicans win, they will likely roll back equality for LGBTQ+ Virginians.
By Josh Israel - April 12, 2023Only half of more than 2,500 survey participants reported they were able to pay their monthly bills in full.
By 19th News - April 11, 2023The state Legislature overrode Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly’s veto of a bill restricting the rights of transgender athletes on Wednesday, one day after passing a bathroom ban.
By Associated Press - April 08, 2023Indiana’s law mandates trans youth stop receiving medication before 2024. Idaho’s law makes providing gender-affirming health care a felony.
By Associated Press - April 06, 2023Polling conducted by Data for Progress shows 72% of Democrats, 65% of independents and 55% of Republicans think there is too much legislation targeting LGBTQ rights.
By Will Fritz - April 05, 2023More than 100 demonstrations took place across the country on Friday in support of trans people.
By Will Fritz - April 04, 2023A proposal to codify protections from discrimination on the basis of sex and gender identity in federal law previously stalled in the House.
By 19th News - April 01, 2023Republicans are pushing laws nationwide to restrict transgender rights.
By Oliver Willis - March 31, 2023