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Dhillon has openly advocated for overturning blue state laws that protect transgender individuals.
The bills filed target transgender people in nearly every aspect of their lives.
It is one of the first adult bathroom bans in the US to apply to both public and private institutions.
Anti-trans rhetoric isn’t limited to high-profile races — it’s appearing in local legislative and school board races.
The ordinance’s enforcement mechanisms are among the most extreme of any bathroom ban in the United States.
Anti-trans rhetoric doesn't seem to sway elections, so why are other Democrats backtracking on trans rights?
Those who previously had access to gender-affirming care are being notified that their care will no longer be provided.
On Tuesday, the Texas Department of Public Safety announced in an internal email that it will no longer accept amended birth certificates or court...
Many candidates who lost their races were associated with Moms For Liberty and campaigned on anti-LGBTQ platforms.
On Monday, Protect Kids Colorado announced at a sparsely attended press conference that all its anti-transgender ballot initiatives failed to meet the...
On Monday evening, Teamsters President Sean O’Brien made history by speaking at the Republican National Convention — the first time a Teamsters...
The United States Senate’s committee report for the 2025 National Defense Authorization Act, which provides funding for the U.S. Military, was...
Shawn Thierry lost to Lauren Ashley Simmons, a queer union organizer endorsed by influential LGBTQ organizations.
With the ruling, a significant precedent is building to protect trans employees against health insurance restrictions.
On Friday, the Biden administration released its final Title IX rules, which include protections for LGBTQ students by clarifying that Title IX...
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...
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...
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...
On Monday evening, Tennessee passed a bill allowing parents with “religious or moral beliefs” that being LGBTQ is wrong to adopt LGBTQ children....
In recent years, several laws targeting transgender adults have been proposed or enacted. These laws eliminate Medicaid coverage for transgender...
On Thursday, Congress unveiled the much-anticipated spending bill to avert a government shutdown. The bill, which includes funding for major...
The pace of anti-transgender legislation has slowed in recent weeks, with several states, known for previously targeting transgender individuals,...
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...
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...
These policies encompass bans on pride flags and the defunding of children’s hospitals that offer gender-affirming care.
Advocates say the bill goes farther than the governor’s executive order that enacts policies to protect trans people.
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...
If upheld, Florida would become the first state to prohibit driver's license changes under criminal penalty.
On Wednesday, January 15, Maine scheduled a working session on a bill titled “An Act to Safeguard Gender-affirming Healthcare,” a bill that would...
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...
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...
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...
Republican Gov. Mike DeWine took the extraordinary step of vetoing a bill that would have banned gender-affirming care for transgender youth in Ohio....