SC governor to sign bill banning hormone therapy for transgender youth into law
Treatments for youth already taking the drugs could be gradually taken off them through Jan. 31
By Skylar Laird, South Carolina Daily Gazette - May 09, 2024LGBTQ+
Human rights advocate Victor Madrigal-Borloz said NGOs and human rights defenders have found at least 280 current legislative attempts at the local level that would lead to a regression of LGBT rights.
By Associated Press - September 03, 2022North Carolina Republicans Ted Budd, the GOP Senate nominee, and Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson were featured speakers at an event sponsored by the right-wing anti-LGBTQ American Renewal Project, whose purpose is to elect pastors to political office.
By Josh Israel - August 31, 2022The Arizona Republican Senate nominee has a long history of bigotry.
By Josh Israel - August 29, 2022Arkansas’ 2021 legislation outlawing gender-affirming care is just one of several anti-transgender laws around the country that courts have blocked or scrutinized.
By Associated Press - August 26, 2022Jarrin Jackson tweeted that Arizona GOP gubernatorial nominee Kari Lake said, ‘RINOs & the Soros media attack him relentlessly because he’s over the target. Jarrin is a winner and a fighter we need in the state senate!’
By Emily Singer - August 19, 2022‘I hope that we can organize enough people around the fact that we want our personal freedoms in this country,’ said Sykes, candidate for Ohio’s 13th Congressional District.
By Casey Quinlan - August 19, 2022Gov. Ron DeSantis’s appointees are pushing to restrict transgender health care post-Roe while ignoring advocates’ concerns.
By Casey Quinlan - August 05, 2022Arizona Republican Senate nominee Blake Masters calls LGBTQ-inclusive books ‘disgusting sex stuff’ and transgender women ‘men in women’s bathrooms.’
By Josh Israel - August 05, 2022He will face first-term Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) in November.
By Josh Israel - August 03, 2022Democrat Will Rollins is running for the seat in California’s 41st Congressional District currently held by Republican Ken Calvert, who has a long record of anti-LGBTQ votes.
By Casey Quinlan - July 29, 2022Experts say President Viktor Orban’s near-total control of Hungary makes him a pioneer of a new approach to anti-democratic rule.
By Associated Press - July 25, 2022Democratic bill sponsor Rep. Kathy Manning said, ‘The Supreme Court’s decision stripping away the right to abortion has emboldened extremist attacks on women’s freedoms.’
By Emily Singer - July 21, 2022The Democratic-controlled House of Representatives took a key step to protect LGBTQ rights from the Supreme Court.
By Josh Israel - July 20, 2022The Florida Republican said he’s worried about LGBTQ rights groups becoming a ‘pro-abortion enterprise.’
By Casey Quinlan - July 15, 2022‘The governor doesn’t make the law,’ said Shelly Skeen of Lambda Legal. ‘The family code in fact says that parents should be providing medically necessary care to their kids.’
By Casey Quinlan - July 07, 2022Anti-transgender rhetoric leads to stigma, and stigma leads to violence against our families, friends, co-workers, and neighbors.
By Lizette and Jose Trujillo - July 06, 2022Advocates for LGBTQ rights say Florida Republican Sen. Marco Rubio is ‘consistently on the wrong side of equality.’
By Josh Israel - July 01, 2022‘We are seeing white nationalist groups use anti-LGBTQ bigotry to build political power,’ said an expert on white nationalism.
By Casey Quinlan - June 27, 2022The proposal is intended to replace a set of controversial rules issued during the Trump administration by Education Secretary Betsy DeVos.
By Associated Press - June 23, 2022Anti-LGBTQ Republicans have turned their attention to falsely accusing drag performers of ‘grooming’ children for sexual abuse.
By Casey Quinlan - June 21, 2022The Nevada Republican nominee, who once criticized ‘the homosexual lifestyle,’ is old friends with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, one of the most fervently anti-LGBTQ governors in the country.
By Josh Israel - June 17, 2022‘Dangerous anti-LGBTQ+ sentiment and rhetoric fuels physical harm against our community,’ one LGBTQ rights advocate said.
By Casey Quinlan - June 14, 2022Now the Republican Senate nominee in Pennsylvania, Mehmet Oz has shifted far to the right on LGBTQ issues as he runs for office.
By Josh Israel - June 09, 2022Ohio Republican Senate nominee JD Vance throws around the slur ‘groomer’ to refer to those who oppose banning the mention of LGBTQ people in schools.
By Josh Israel - June 07, 2022Conservatives continue to use so-called ‘parental rights’ bills as a weapon against LGTBQ people.
By Casey Quinlan - June 01, 2022The North Carolina GOP Senate nominee believes that a bill protecting LGBTQ people from discrimination bill represents ‘the triumph of cancel culture over facts, reason, and empirical knowledge.’
By Josh Israel - June 01, 2022The Republican challenger to incumbent Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock says of same-sex marriage, ‘That’s against stuff I believe in.’
By Josh Israel - May 27, 2022The Republican incumbent has been a consistent voice against equal rights.
By Josh Israel - May 26, 2022More lawmakers are introducing and passing legislation to protect LGBTQ people in their jurisdictions from the discriminatory laws of other states.
By Casey Quinlan - May 19, 2022Targets of right-wing commentator Kathy Barnette’s bigoted criticism include LGBTQ people, Muslims, and former President Barack Obama.
By Emily Singer - May 16, 2022