The legislation being introduced as legislative attacks on the LGBTQ+ community and trans kids in particular has escalated
Students and First Amendment lawyers say Wendler’s portrayal of drag shows is off base and the cancellation violates free-speech rights
SB 407 ensures LGBTQ foster youth are raised in supportive environments by creating standard documentation for their needs
"This is a sissy bill. I voted yes but I wanted more teeth in it." Kentucky Republican State Rep. Richard White (Dist.99)
“This bill being signed into law is a beacon of hope and sends a powerful message of acceptance to LGBTQ people across the nation"
"Legislation ‘outing’ transgender students against their will does not protect them it puts them in potentially life-threatening danger"
Equality Michigan and its predecessors have fought for decades to bring the LGBTQ+ community under the protection of the Act
"Such actions jeopardize the health, safety and well-being of young people and their families, & contravene well-accepted medical standards"
Black trans & nonbinary youth experience high rates of victimization & attempts by others to change their sexual orientation/gender identity
Mississippi is the fifth state in the country and the third state in the past month to ban gender-affirming care for transgender youth