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+
Rep. Mary Miller (R-IL) has said politicians should be judged by ‘who they hang around with.’
By Emily Singer - May 05, 2022TransSOCIAL in Florida and the HiDad Project in Arizona are two of the groups providing assistance to LGBTQ people.
By Casey Quinlan - May 05, 2022President Joe Biden acknowledged that the potential decision in Dobbs would have consequences for other civil and human rights issues.
By Oliver Willis - May 03, 2022Christina Nolan has been trying to present herself as someone who would not rubber-stamp McConnell’s far-right agenda.
By Josh Israel - May 03, 2022Florida’s Republican governor has passed a flurry of bills this month attacking abortion rights, LGBTQ rights, and voting rights, making districts less representative, and creating a police force just for elections.
By Adrian Cole - April 28, 2022The Florida Republican has collected more than $4 million from corporate PACs and trade associations as National Republican Senatorial Committee chair.
By Josh Israel - April 25, 2022Charlie Crist demanded transparency about the Florida Department of Education’s reasons for banning of math textbooks.
By Adrian Cole - April 22, 2022The Republican Florida senator has taken at least $9,000 from Disney’s corporate PAC this election cycle alone.
By Josh Israel - April 21, 2022Legislation banning LGBTQ content in schools harms teachers as well as students.
By Casey Quinlan - April 20, 2022Republican candidate Ryan Kelley said that if elected, he would charge Michigan school boards with felonies if they failed to remove ‘sexually explicit content.’
By Adrian Cole - April 20, 2022Polling results reflect a sharply politicized national debate that has consumed local school boards and, increasingly, state capitols.
By Associated Press - April 17, 2022The law is part of a tidal wave of bills targeting transgender youth across the country.
By Casey Quinlan - April 14, 2022Republican Kevin Smith served as executive director of the anti-LGBTQ Cornerstone Policy Research for three years.
By Josh Israel - April 07, 2022‘They’re ringing the alarms for us by saying the quiet part out loud,’ said Cathryn Oakley of the Human Rights Campaign.
By Casey Quinlan - April 06, 2022Nevada Senate candidate Adam Laxalt has a long history of opposing the civil rights of LGBTQ people.
By Josh Israel - April 06, 2022The Walt Disney Company announced that its ‘goal as a company’ is for Florida’s new anti-LGBTQ law ‘to be repealed by the legislature or struck down in the courts.’
By Oliver Willis - March 31, 2022Suzette Baker, a librarian in Llano County, Texas, was fired from her job earlier this month after she refused to comply with her manager’s order to remove books that dealt with LGBTQ people’s life experiences.
By Casey Quinlan - March 24, 2022Republicans are outraged that Judge Jackson is not a biologist.
By Josh Israel - March 23, 2022Unfortunately for Republicans, the vast majority of Americans still support LGBTQ rights.
By Oliver Willis - March 18, 2022Physicians say they’re worried political attacks will make it harder for patients to access gender-affirming care.
By Casey Quinlan - March 18, 2022North Carolina Republican Mark Walker stood by Lt. Governor Mark Robinson after he made bigoted comments about LGBTQ people.
By Josh Israel - March 16, 2022The Florida Republican is defending his party’s harmful ‘Don’t Say Gay’ legislation.
By Josh Israel - March 15, 2022Transgender sports bans have spread quickly through state legislatures.
By Casey Quinlan - March 10, 2022Today’s cartoon from Clay Jones.
By Clay Jones - March 04, 2022‘I am relieved that we are moving out of state and filled with anxiety for everyone who can’t escape this nightmare,’ one parent said.
By Casey Quinlan - March 03, 2022Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and Attorney General Ken Paxton are targeting trans kids and their families.
By Casey Quinlan - February 28, 2022‘It felt like my life was being signed away,’ an Arkansas teenager told the New York Times in January.
By Casey Quinlan - February 23, 2022The Arizona gubernatorial candidate said she would not support legislation that would expand state civil rights protections for LGBTQ people.
By Nick Vachon - February 18, 2022Jarome Bell has also embraced conspiracy theories and opposed LGBTQ rights.
By Josh Israel - February 18, 2022State lawmakers across the country have proposed bills offering stronger protections.
By Casey Quinlan - February 16, 2022