Idaho bill banning public funds for gender-affirming care goes to Senate
Opponents of House Bill 668 said bill is discriminatory, could lead to more lawsuits
By Mia Maldonado, Idaho Capital Sun - March 14, 2024Opponents of House Bill 668 said bill is discriminatory, could lead to more lawsuits
By Mia Maldonado, Idaho Capital Sun - March 14, 2024Last year, lawmakers approved the Reproductive Health Protection Act, which shields health care providers in Maryland from liability if they help out-of-state patients obtain an abortion, as long as the services provided are legal under Maryland law.
By Danielle J. Brown, Maryland Matters - February 16, 2024GOP lawmakers are continuing to advance anti-trans proposals under the guise of protecting women and minors despite the threat of a veto from Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs.
By Gloria Rebecca Gomez, Arizona Mirror - February 14, 2024Hundreds of activists rallied in the Iowa Capitol rotunda Monday evening as lawmakers held a public hearing on Gov. Kim Reynolds’ bill defining of “male” and “female” in Iowa Code and excluding transgender people from sex-segregated spaces. House File 2389 has already passed through the committee process, and is available for debate by the House of […]
By Robin Opsahl, Iowa Capital Dispatch - February 12, 2024Recent state and local legal maneuvers signal that Texas’ conservative movement could be wading into a complicated Constitutional morass the country hasn’t dealt with since before the Civil War.
By Eleanor Klibanoff, Texas Tribune and William Melhado, Texas Tribune - February 09, 2024For years, Parkinson has been a part of the D.C. Republican establishment.
By Jesse Valentine - February 06, 2024Rep. Dwayne Yunker, R-Grants Pass, was appointed to fill a vacancy in the state House in December
By Julia Shumway, Oregon Capital Chronicle - January 31, 2024Added as an amendment in committee, a public hearing on the proposal has not taken place in the Senate this year
By Annelise Hanshaw, Missouri Independent - January 24, 2024Debate highlights rancor between hardline Freedom Caucus and larger House GOP Caucus
By Skylar Laird, South Carolina Daily Gazette - January 18, 2024The bills, which would ban gender-affirming care for trans youth and sports participation for trans girls and women, will likely be vetoed by Gov. Tony Evers.
By Will Fritz - October 16, 2023The Commonwealth Policy Center, which wants to ban abortion in Kentucky, sent mailers supporting Republican Daniel Cameron.
By Emily Singer - October 11, 2023'The leadership of the Biden-Harris Administration is needed now more than ever,' Human Rights Campaign President Kelley Robinson said.
By Oliver Willis - October 11, 2023The Biden White House has condemned social media harassment of a Department of the Interior staffer.
By Will Fritz - October 10, 2023One bill would ban best-practice care for trans minors.
By Will Fritz and Rebekah Sager - October 06, 2023A high school student painted the mural last year after winning an art contest.
By Will Fritz - September 22, 2023A three-judge panel of the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals overturned an injunction that had been placed on the Alabama law by a federal district judge.
By Will Fritz - August 22, 2023The ruling will force families of trans youth to take their children out of state for health care.
By Will Fritz - August 01, 2023Vance's bill would criminalize the provision of puberty blockers and hormone treatments to most people under the age of 18.
By Will Fritz - July 19, 2023The Ohio secretary of state joins a competitive GOP primary to challenge incumbent Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown.
By Josh Israel - July 17, 2023Two hundred and twenty-one GOP lawmakers also voted to bar gender-affirming health care.
By Josh Israel - July 14, 2023Secretive right-wing donors and foundations have given millions of dollars to prominent anti-trans groups.
By Nick Vachon and Matt Cohen - May 31, 2023‘Going through the wrong puberty, every day your body is a little bit farther from what feels like you,’ one trans teenager said. ‘And eventually, you don’t even recognize yourself in the mirror.’
By Associated Press - March 29, 2023Republican lawmakers want to cut taxes for the rich, ban books from schools, and pass anti-abortion legislation.
By Emily Singer - February 15, 2023The new House majority leader broke campaign promises and has authored just one minor law.
By Josh Israel - December 23, 2022California is believed to be the first state to have approximately 1 in 10 of their state lawmakers who are members of the LGBTQ+ community.
By Associated Press - November 22, 2022Healey and her running mate, Kim Driscoll, were also one of the two all-women gubernatorial tickets that won election this year.
By Associated Press - November 09, 2022As a state senator, the GOP nominee for governor has consistently supported legislation that would roll back rights for LGBTQ people in the Keystone State.
By Nick Vachon - November 08, 2022Republican Washington U.S. Senate candidate Tiffany Smiley is a supporter of anti-LGBTQ evangelical leader Franklin Graham and groups such as Focus on the Family.
By Matt Cohen - November 04, 2022Don Bolduc is spreading anti-transgender conspiracy theories and lies about schools.
By Josh Israel - October 28, 2022Republican Michigan gubernatorial nominee Tudor Dixon called for the resignation of Michigan’s top education official over videos intended to train school staff on how to support LGBTQ students who are struggling.
By Adrian Cole - September 23, 2022