GOP attacks on mail-in ballots could hurt transgender voters
Republicans have pushed back against easing voting restrictions that would help more trans people vote.
By Casey Quinlan - April 16, 2020Republicans have pushed back against easing voting restrictions that would help more trans people vote.
By Casey Quinlan - April 16, 2020Staff must agree to a statement of faith that says ‘marriage is exclusively the union of one genetic male and one genetic female.’
By Casey Quinlan - April 09, 2020Despite a desperate need for donations amid the outbreak, the agency is still refusing blood from certain men regardless of their HIV risk.
By Josh Israel - April 02, 2020Gov. Brad Little signed two anti-transgender bills on the eve of the International Transgender Day of Visibility.
By Associated Press - March 31, 2020Also this week, Tennessee deported a Nazi, and gun safety advocates won a victory at the Supreme Court.
By Dan Desai Martin - March 06, 2020The state House of Representatives eventually passed the comprehensive measure after almost six hours of debate.
By Josh Israel - March 05, 2020Elsewhere this week, Virginia rolled back abortion restrictions and Colorado banned the death penalty.
By Dan Desai Martin - February 28, 2020Arizona Republican lawmakers are pushing a bill to effectively ban transgender girls from interscholastic sports.
By Josh Israel - February 27, 2020North Carolina Lt. Governor Dan Forest said this month he was ‘grateful’ to have the backing of both the North Carolina Values Coalition and the Family Research Council.
By Josh Israel - February 20, 2020Donald Trump gave the Medal of Freedom to the anti-LGBTQ, sexist, racist talk show host during his State of the Union address earlier this month.
By Josh Israel - February 18, 2020Trump previously claimed to have a good relationship with the LGBTQ community, despite his frequent efforts to expand discrimination.
By Josh Israel - February 14, 2020The Family Research Council gave its ‘True Blue Award’ to 141 federal lawmakers this week.
By Josh Israel - February 13, 2020Trump awarded Limbaugh with the honor during his State of the Union address, despite Limbaugh’s many years of promoting hateful rhetoric on his radio show.
By Oliver Willis - February 11, 2020States addressed anti-LGBT discrimination, human trafficking, and youth suicide, and the House of Representatives passed a bill to strengthen unions.
By Dan Desai Martin - February 07, 2020A federal court stopped voter suppression efforts in Arizona, Illinois is making insulin cheaper, and Michelle Obama won a Grammy.
By Dan Desai Martin - January 31, 2020Young people are organizing in high schools across the country, Connecticut residents will see lower health care costs, and several states made strides for LGBTQ equality.
By Dan Desai Martin - January 24, 2020The measure allows faith-based adoption agencies to discriminate against same-sex couples while still receiving taxpayer funding.
By Associated Press - January 24, 2020The former congressman is standing by the ad, despite backlash from his own party.
By Josh Israel - January 24, 2020In a sermon streamed on the White House YouTube feed, the Tennessee pastor preached that homosexuality was the ‘work of the devil.’
By Josh Israel - January 21, 2020Republican Missouri state Rep. Ben Baker is very upset that local libraries are hosting drag queen story hours.
By Josh Israel - January 17, 2020Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle condemned the practice, with one Republican referring to it as ‘conversion torture.’
By Associated Press - January 16, 2020Republican state Rep. Bruce Griffey wants to bar student athletes from participating in school sports teams that align with their gender identity.
By Josh Israel - January 08, 2020Justice of the Peace Dianne Hensley wants the state to pay her $10,000 and allow her to continue discriminating against same-sex couples.
By Josh Israel - December 17, 2019A bill from Rep. Chris Stewart (R-UT) purports to shield LGBTQ individuals from discrimination, but it would allow organizations to ignore those protections by citing religion.
By Associated Press - December 06, 2019Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) removed two of his own appointees from the State Commission on Judicial Conduct for voting to sanction a judge who refused to perform same-sex marriages.
By Josh Israel - December 06, 2019‘The stories of youth who have endured these so-called therapies are heart rending.’
By Josh Israel - November 27, 2019Republican Skyler Wheeler called the Transgender Day of Remembrance tribute ‘one of the most egregious acts of political aggression I’ve ever seen.’
By Josh Israel - November 25, 2019Moore has been accused of sexual predation by at least nine women, some of whom claim they were in their teens at the time.
By Josh Israel - November 25, 2019From victories on protecting immigrants to the first step in legalizing marijuana on the federal level, progressives saw a slew of victories this week.
By Dan Desai Martin - November 22, 2019A new proposal by Republican state lawmakers would make it illegal for transgender individuals under 18 to obtain gender confirmation treatment or surgery.
By Emily Singer - November 22, 2019