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Nearly 120 Anti-LGBTQ Bills Filed Across the US Before 2025 Has Even Started

This far surpasses the 80 bills filed by this time in 2023, signaling another historic wave of legal attacks.

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Trump Taps Anti-Trans Lawyer Harmeet Dhillon to Lead DOJ Civil Rights Post

Dhillon has openly advocated for overturning blue state laws that protect transgender individuals.

11.12.2024 10

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TX Republicans Introduced 32 Anti-Trans Bills on First Day of Pre-Filing Period

The bills filed target transgender people in nearly every aspect of their lives.

21.11.2024 30

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Ohio Passes Sweeping Anti-Trans College Bathroom Ban

It is one of the first adult bathroom bans in the US to apply to both public and private institutions.

15.11.2024 10

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More Than 100 Republicans Are Running on Anti-Trans Platforms This Year

Anti-trans rhetoric isn’t limited to high-profile races — it’s appearing in local legislative and school board races.

01.11.2024 5

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A City in Texas Just Put $10,000 Bounties on Trans People Using the Bathroom

The ordinance’s enforcement mechanisms are among the most extreme of any bathroom ban in the United States.

28.10.2024 10

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Pressed on Trans Health Care in Fox News Interview, Harris Stood Her Ground

Anti-trans rhetoric doesn't seem to sway elections, so why are other Democrats backtracking on trans rights?

17.10.2024 2

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Trans Adults’ Care Is Already Being Terminated in Florida Following Court Ruling

Those who previously had access to gender-affirming care are being notified that their care will no longer be provided.

28.08.2024 4

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Republican States Are Blocking Legal Gender Changes on Driver’s Licenses

On Tuesday, the Texas Department of Public Safety announced in an internal email that it will no longer accept amended birth certificates or court...

25.08.2024 10

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Anti-Trans School Board Candidates Backed by DeSantis Get Crushed in Florida

Many candidates who lost their races were associated with Moms For Liberty and campaigned on anti-LGBTQ platforms.

21.08.2024 9

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Colorado Fails to Collect Enough Signatures for Any Anti-Trans Ballot Initiative

On Monday, Protect Kids Colorado announced at a sparsely attended press conference that all its anti-transgender ballot initiatives failed to meet the...

06.08.2024 5

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Teamsters President Faces Backlash Following Tweet and RNC Speech

On Monday evening, Teamsters President Sean O’Brien made history by speaking at the Republican National Convention — the first time a Teamsters...

18.07.2024 30

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Anti-Trans Policy Pushed by Project 2025 Passes Dem-Controlled Senate Committee

The United States Senate’s committee report for the 2025 National Defense Authorization Act, which provides funding for the U.S. Military, was...

12.07.2024 10

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Incumbent Democrat Who Voted to Ban Gender-Affirming Care in Texas Loses Primary

Shawn Thierry lost to Lauren Ashley Simmons, a queer union organizer endorsed by influential LGBTQ organizations.

29.05.2024 20

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11th Circuit Rules Trans Health Insurance Exclusions Violate Civil Rights Act

With the ruling, a significant precedent is building to protect trans employees against health insurance restrictions.

15.05.2024 10

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4 States Tell Schools to Ignore New Title IX Rules That Protect LGBTQ Students

On Friday, the Biden administration released its final Title IX rules, which include protections for LGBTQ students by clarifying that Title IX...

26.04.2024 20

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Despite Violent Threats, Maine Signs Trans and Abortion Sanctuary Bill Into Law

On Tuesday, Gov. Janet Mills of Maine signed LD 227, a sanctuary bill that protects transgender and abortion providers and patients from out-of-state...

24.04.2024 10

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More Than 20 Anti-LGBTQ+ Bills Die in Iowa as Legislature Adjourns

In the latest in a series of victories for trans and queer people in statehouses across the United States, Iowa’s legislature has adjourned sine die...

23.04.2024 4

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Federal Judge Rules FL Teacher No Longer Has to Be Referred to by Wrong Pronouns

In Tallahassee, Florida, a federal judge has ruled that a transgender woman teacher no longer has to be referred to as “Mr.” or “teacher” in...

11.04.2024 5

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LGBTQ Advocacy Groups Urge Tennessee Governor to Veto New Adoption Bill

On Monday evening, Tennessee passed a bill allowing parents with “religious or moral beliefs” that being LGBTQ is wrong to adopt LGBTQ children....

02.04.2024 7

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Nearly 1 in 4 Trans Adults in US Report Access to Care Disrupted by New Laws

In recent years, several laws targeting transgender adults have been proposed or enacted. These laws eliminate Medicaid coverage for transgender...

31.03.2024 9

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More Than 40 Anti-Trans and Anti-LGBTQ+ Policy Riders Defeated in Spending Bill

On Thursday, Congress unveiled the much-anticipated spending bill to avert a government shutdown. The bill, which includes funding for major...

21.03.2024 10

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Gulf South States Advance Bills to End Legal Recognition for Trans People

The pace of anti-transgender legislation has slowed in recent weeks, with several states, known for previously targeting transgender individuals,...

20.03.2024 10

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WV Saw a Flurry of Anti-Trans Bills in 2024. Now, Most of Those Bills Are Dead.

At midnight on Saturday, more than 20 anti-LGBTQ bills died in West Virginia after the legislature adjourned sine die. Bills that did not pass...

12.03.2024 10

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21 Anti-LGBTQ Bills Die in Florida

At 2:27 p.m. on Friday, March 8, the Florida Legislature adjourned sine die. With this adjournment, 21 of 22 anti-LGBTQ bills were effectively...

11.03.2024 10

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House Republicans Threaten Government Shutdown in Push for Anti-Trans Policies

These policies encompass bans on pride flags and the defunding of children’s hospitals that offer gender-affirming care.

22.02.2024 20

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Will Maryland Become Next State to Pass a Transgender Sanctuary Law?

Advocates say the bill goes farther than the governor’s executive order that enacts policies to protect trans people.

16.02.2024 30

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Wyoming Bill Could Weaponize Child Protective Services Against Trans Youth

A new bill in Wyoming, House Bill 156, would declare that gender-affirming care is “not in the best interest” of transgender youth within the...

14.02.2024 30

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New FL Rule Bans Trans People From Updating Gender Marker on Driver’s Licenses

If upheld, Florida would become the first state to prohibit driver's license changes under criminal penalty.

31.01.2024 4

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Maine Could Become 15th State to Pass Transgender Refuge Law

On Wednesday, January 15, Maine scheduled a working session on a bill titled “An Act to Safeguard Gender-affirming Healthcare,” a bill that would...

20.01.2024 6

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West Virginia Bill Would Mandate Conversion Therapy for Trans People Under 21

A new bill in West Virginia, Senate Bill 194, would enact a total ban on gender-affirming care for trans individuals up to 21 years old and mandates...

14.01.2024 10

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Name Change Law Causes Transgender Candidate to Be Removed From Ballot in Ohio

In Ohio, a transgender candidate was removed from the ballot for not including her previous name under a seldom-used, decades-old law. Vanessa Joy was...

08.01.2024 6

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New Florida Bill Would Effectively End All Legal Recognition of Trans People

In one of the most extreme acts of the last decade targeting transgender individuals, a new bill introduced on Thursday afternoon in Florida seeks to...

05.01.2024 20

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Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine Vetoes Anti-Trans Bill

Republican Gov. Mike DeWine took the extraordinary step of vetoing a bill that would have banned gender-affirming care for transgender youth in Ohio....

02.01.2024 5

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