Casey Quinlan is the LGBTQ reporter at The American Independent. They previously worked for ThinkProgress as a gender and sexuality policy reporter. Casey has freelanced for publications such as Rewire News, New Republic, Teen Vogue, In These Times, Glamour, Bustle, Vox, SCOTUSblog, and Supermajority News.
‘Happy Pride. Now, abolish the damn filibuster and pass the Equality Act,’ tweeted Rep. Mondaire Jones.
By Casey Quinlan - June 16, 2021
More restrictive ID laws will have a ‘disproportionately negative impact for trans voters,’ said Bobby Hoffman of the ACLU.
By Casey Quinlan - June 15, 2021
Vicky Hartzler has a long history of opposing LGBTQ rights, including the Equality Act.
By Casey Quinlan - June 11, 2021
The right is using hatred of transgender people to build political power.
By Casey Quinlan - June 11, 2021
Violence against transgender people is not slowing down, experts say — and anti-trans legislation across the country is only making things worse.
By Casey Quinlan - June 10, 2021
‘We have such an issue already with bullying and suicides and passing a law like this just sends a message to some students that it’s OK to call out someone for being different,’ one expert said.
By Casey Quinlan - June 08, 2021
Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) thinks ‘religious liberty’ should allow for discrimination against LGBTQ people.
By Casey Quinlan - June 04, 2021
At least two national groups representing service members support the bill.
By Casey Quinlan - June 02, 2021
‘Ending violence and discrimination against the LGBTQ+ community demands our continued focus and diligence.’
By Casey Quinlan - June 01, 2021
Only 15% of LGBTQ students in Nevada have access to an inclusive curriculum.
By Casey Quinlan - May 27, 2021
The ACLU is suing to overturn a new state law that bans gender-affirming health care.
By Casey Quinlan - May 26, 2021
‘If you are a religiously affiliated entity and you are providing housing, you can say we’re an evangelical college and we will only allow evangelicals to live in our dorm, but that doesn’t give you a free pass to discriminate,’ said an attorney with Lambda Legal.
By Casey Quinlan - May 24, 2021
LGBTQ youth were more than twice as likely to attempt suicide if they had experiences with ‘conversion therapy,’ compared to those who did not.
By Casey Quinlan - May 20, 2021
A Christian conservative agency in the state is refusing to sign a contract that prohibits anti-LGBTQ discrimination.
By Casey Quinlan - May 20, 2021
Thirteen states and the District of Columbia have enacted similar laws thus far.
By Casey Quinlan - May 18, 2021
Tennessee’s new law punishes schools for trans-inclusive policies.
By Casey Quinlan - May 17, 2021
The general election for governor, lieutenant governor, and attorney general of Virginia is scheduled for Nov. 2, 2021.
By Casey Quinlan - May 13, 2021
Four religious refusal bills have been enacted into law this year, with several others making their way through state legislatures across the country.
By Casey Quinlan - May 12, 2021
They’re putting measures that hurt trans people into unrelated bills on things like education and health care.
By Casey Quinlan - May 10, 2021
At least six transgender people have been killed in the past three weeks.
By Casey Quinlan - May 05, 2021
But some of the same states that are expanding rights are at the same time trying to restrict them.
By Casey Quinlan - May 04, 2021
Florida is about to enact its first anti-LGBTQ law since its Defense of Marriage Act in 1997.
By Casey Quinlan - April 30, 2021
‘I guess I appreciate the platitudes. But we need action. Things are desperate,’ said the ACLU’s Chase Strangio.
By Casey Quinlan - April 29, 2021
President Joe Biden’s administration has taken several huge steps in fight against anti-LGBTQ discrimination.
By Casey Quinlan - April 28, 2021
Montana, Tennessee, and Arkansas want to keep gender identity and sexual orientation out of school curricula.
By Casey Quinlan - April 27, 2021
‘No physician wants to risk their practice and their reputation and their medical license,’ said an Arkansas pediatrician.
By Casey Quinlan - April 23, 2021
College of the Ozarks alleges its rights to freedom of speech and religion are under attack.
By Casey Quinlan - April 22, 2021
Advocates say government officials must act after the deaths of two Black transgender women, Jaida Peterson and Remy Fennell, in North Carolina.
By Casey Quinlan - April 21, 2021
A new poll shows that many Republican voters oppose legal restrictions against transgender youth.
By Casey Quinlan - April 19, 2021
While lawmakers debate their rights in statehouses across the nation, trans youth refused to be left out of the conversation.
By Casey Quinlan - April 16, 2021