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+
Their latest mission is to pull books with LGBTQ themes from school libraries.
By Casey Quinlan - October 22, 2021The Virginia governor nominee acknowledged that same-sex marriage is ‘legally acceptable.’
By Nick Vachon - October 22, 2021Cristina Nichole Iglesias is seeking gender-affirming surgery after waiting for years.
By Casey Quinlan - October 21, 2021Texas Democrats say the bill is cruel to transgender students and would lead to bullying.
By Casey Quinlan - October 15, 2021The Biden administration wants the VA to provide gender-affirming surgery it says would ‘save lives.’ Republicans want to stop it.
By Casey Quinlan - October 14, 2021Biggs is happy the pandemic has parents ‘waking up’ to oppose LGBTQ rights and education about racism.
By Josh Israel - October 14, 2021Anthony Sabatini is running for Congress as ‘the most conservative member of Florida’s state legislature.’
By Casey Quinlan - October 12, 2021The Biden administration announced similar changes to U.S. passports in June. Now, advocates are pushing officials to go further and extend the policy to all forms requiring gender identification.
By Casey Quinlan - October 07, 2021The Republican nominee for governor of Virginia has said Democrats are ‘waging a cultural war’ on LGBTQ rights ‘and the victims are our children.’
By Casey Quinlan - October 04, 2021Three trans women say a Pennsylvania law has caused them to lose opportunities, put them in danger, and prevented them from living fully as themselves.
By Casey Quinlan - September 28, 2021Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) claimed research on gender-affirming medical treatments for transgender minors ‘harms kids,’ but studies have shown otherwise.
By Casey Quinlan - September 24, 2021President Joe Biden is promoting the Equality Act, which would prohibit discrimination against LGBTQ people in housing, employment, health care, jury service, and more
By Casey Quinlan - September 20, 2021Utah state Rep. Merrill Nelson (R) wants birth certificates to retain the gender markers originally assigned.
By Casey Quinlan - September 17, 2021Several states have passed laws targeting LGBTQ kids this year, creating what experts say are hostile school environments.
By Casey Quinlan - September 16, 2021‘Getting misgendered, being housed in the wrong place, being turned away because they’re wearing the wrong clothes … those sorts of things are particular challenges for this group.’
By Casey Quinlan - September 10, 2021A federal judge found that a religious school violated federal law when it fired a gay man after he announced his engagement on social media.
By Casey Quinlan - September 07, 2021The number of anti-trans hate crimes reported in 2020 in the United States was much higher than in the previous year.
By Casey Quinlan - September 01, 2021Gov. Kevin Stitt has long opposed abortion rights and LGBTQ equality, but pledged in a tweet to always defend constituents’ ‘individual liberties.’
By Josh Israel - August 31, 2021At least one trans student in Tennessee was harassed after state passed bathroom bill.
By Casey Quinlan - August 30, 2021Fifty-five companies and business associations signed a letter opposing anti-LGBTQ bills introduced in Texas this year.
By Casey Quinlan - August 26, 2021Herschel Walker maintains a close friendship with a doctor who claims to be able to make gay people straight.
By Josh Axelrod - August 26, 2021The state joins 16 others that have simplified the process of correcting gender markers on official identification documents.
By Casey Quinlan - August 25, 2021Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke assured transgender students that discrimination is ‘wrong’ and ‘against the law’ in a new video from the Justice Department.
By Casey Quinlan - August 20, 2021Experts say pro-‘conversion therapy’ activists are using LGBTQ-friendly branding to attract followers.
By Casey Quinlan - August 19, 2021The Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program has been updated for the first time in years, giving recipients 27% more than before the pandemic.
By Casey Quinlan - August 17, 2021Both Gov. Greg Abbott and the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services claim gender confirmation surgery for transgender minors is child abuse — even though such procedures are nearly nonexistent.
By Casey Quinlan - August 13, 2021A federal judge has ordered the Illinois Department of Corrections to make changes to its procedures for transgender prisoners.
By Casey Quinlan - August 11, 2021‘I look forward to being with people whose perspectives are very different from mine,’ said Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum.
By Casey Quinlan - August 10, 2021Officials say states will be required to affirm their commitment to NCAA nondiscrimination policies in order to host championships, even if those states have passed anti-trans sports bans.
By Casey Quinlan - August 05, 2021It will start on Aug. 7, as soon as the current session ends.
By Emily Singer - August 05, 2021