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[…] bills targeting abortion access and banning LGBTQ-related conversation in schools (the “Don’t Say LGBTQ” bill). When measures failed in the legislature to criminalize evidence-based, lifesaving healthcare for transgender youth, Governor Ron DeSantis directed state agencies to issue misinformation to target transgender people and begin the process of stripping Medicaid coverage for gender-affirming care, despite […]

[…] all recommend a clear, science-based set of guidelines for youth that are accessing gender-affirming care. In fact, all major medical associations support lifesaving gender-affirming care for all transgender and nonbinary people. TRUE. In the five years preceding the ban on gender-affirming care for trans youth, there were no cases of Arkansas youth having received […]

[…] records and ask the candidates about them. The records include: Gov. Kathy Hochul (D, incumbent) (above, left) —Signed legislation in honor of LGBTQ Pride Month including services for transgender and gender nonconforming people, and secured the largest increase of LGBTQ+ Health and Human Services funding in state history —Signed legislation into law that will require utility companies, municipalities, […]

The National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE) extended the final deadline for the U.S. Trans Survey to Dec. 5. Take the survey today!

[…] know the definition of a woman” as an “enemy,” according to Jezebel. Two of the five people who were killed at Club Q on Saturday night were transgender. One day after  the horrific mass shooting at Club Q in Colorado Springs that killed five people including a transgender woman and trans man, released an […]

This report found a transgender character in major studio film for the first time in five years, though there was a decrease in percentage of LGBTQ characters of color, LGBTQ women, and zero LGBTQ characters living with disabilities or HIV. All seven studios receive “Insufficient,” “Poor,” or “Failing” grades as GLAAD includes new evaluation […]

[…] State of the Union address on February 7, 2023, included LGBTQ families as guests and urged Congress to pass the Equality Act “to ensure LGBTQ Americans, especially transgender young people, can live with safety and dignity.” In his address, President Biden included LGBTQ people and issues important to LGBTQ Americans saying, “I have signed […]

[…] of hundreds of Texans opposing the anti-LGBTQ bills currently pending in the legislature. The current bills being considered by lawmakers would restrict or ban lifesaving healthcare for transgender Texans, ban or impose heavy penalties on drag artists, or take other actions to harm LGBTQ and particularly transgender people in Texas. The all-day event was […]