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.
Marriage equality has been the law of the land for six years.
By Casey Quinlan - April 15, 2021
Pat McCrory enacted anti-trans legislation as governor of North Carolina.
By Casey Quinlan - April 14, 2021
The lawmakers behind the state’s latest anti-trans bills have long histories of opposing LGBTQ rights.
By Casey Quinlan - April 13, 2021
Tennessee is the only state in which lawmakers have filed a so-called bathroom bill every year since 2016.
By Casey Quinlan - April 09, 2021
The bill has advanced even as other states attack transgender people’s access to gender-affirming health care.
By Casey Quinlan - April 07, 2021
State lawmakers who’ve introduced discriminatory bills targeting LGBTQ minors are on ‘notice,’ legal experts say.
By Casey Quinlan - April 06, 2021
Mathew Staver has a long history of fighting LGBTQ equality.
By Casey Quinlan - April 05, 2021
President Joe Biden spoke of ‘patriotic transgender service members, who are once again able to proudly and openly serve their country.’
By Casey Quinlan - March 31, 2021
Anti-LGBTQ extremists ‘are targeting young children purely for their political gain,’ said an advocate for supportive education.
By Casey Quinlan - March 31, 2021
Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced the reversal on Tuesday.
By Casey Quinlan - March 30, 2021
The Arkansas General Assembly has passed three anti-LGBTQ bills in the current session, and two have been enacted so far this year.
By Casey Quinlan - March 30, 2021
The bill would allow insurance companies, hospitals, pharmacies, and medical practitioners to deny people health care services based on religious, moral, or ethical beliefs.
By Casey Quinlan - March 29, 2021
Opponents of the Equality Act say its nondiscrimination protections hurt religion. Advocates say that’s just fearmongering.
By Casey Quinlan - March 26, 2021
A majority of Republicans finally support marriage for same-sex couples.
By Casey Quinlan - March 23, 2021
Gov. Kristi Noem (R-SD) is demanding changes to an anti-trans bill the Legislature passed — but right-wing groups say the changes aren’t enough for them.
By Casey Quinlan - March 22, 2021
An ad run by the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association said, ‘The Equality Act is a threat to life as we know it in our nation today.’
By Casey Quinlan - March 19, 2021
Transgender women often experience sexual violence in prison, experts say, but Sen. Marsha Blackburn didn’t want to talk about that.
By Casey Quinlan - March 18, 2021
Abigail Shrier and Mary Rice Hasson have a long history of working against transgender rights.
By Casey Quinlan - March 17, 2021
The White House said, ‘President Biden is committed to taking a whole-of-government approach to advancing LGBTQ+ equality.’
By Casey Quinlan - March 12, 2021
The bills target transgender people’s access to sports, LGBTQ-inclusive sex education, and health care.
By Casey Quinlan - March 11, 2021
Republicans say they care about the privacy of girls and women. Their sports bans say otherwise.
By Casey Quinlan - March 09, 2021
When they failed to stop marriage equality, anti-LGBTQ groups turned to attacking transgender people.
By Casey Quinlan - March 08, 2021
Republicans publicly embraced transphobia at the annual conservative conference.
By Casey Quinlan - March 01, 2021
GOP rhetoric about protecting women is part of an ongoing fight against transgender equality.
By Casey Quinlan - February 26, 2021
Studies continue to show that transgender girls aren’t blocking opportunities for cis girls.
By Casey Quinlan - February 25, 2021
These laws are long overdue for a change, advocates and lawmakers say.
By Casey Quinlan - February 24, 2021
Explicit protections for intersex people are included in the bill.
By Casey Quinlan - February 23, 2021
‘This is no different than attorneys in the Jim Crow-era striking Black jurors so that they could try Black defendants with all-white juries,’ said Rep. Mondaire Jones, who introduced the legislation.
By Casey Quinlan - February 18, 2021
These right-wing organizations have long records of crafting anti-LGBTQ legislation.
By Casey Quinlan - February 17, 2021
‘Radical unconditional love for all children should be at the forefront of any decision,’ said a Tennessee mother.
By Casey Quinlan - February 15, 2021