United States

LGBTI Rights in United States


ADDED ON: 05/03/2023

Kansas will legally define gender as sex at birth. What that means for transgender rights

Republican lawmakers in Kansas passed a sweeping law last week that will restrict the kinds of public spaces and services transgender and nonbinary Kansans will have access to, overriding a veto from…

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ADDED ON: 05/02/2023

Copenhagen mayor to California’s ‘Danish Capital’: Stop acting homophobic

This little tourist town in the Santa Ynez Valley is best known for its Danish windmills, aebleskivers and Viking-themed tchotchkes. In the self-described Danish Capital of America, friendliness is part of the…

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ADDED ON: 05/01/2023

Trans and nonbinary students have long had a place at women’s colleges. Here’s what they want you to know

Just weeks before stepping foot on Smith College’s campus, Avery finally came to understand something that cast doubt on whether the small women’s college in Northampton, Massachusetts, would be the perfect fit…

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ADDED ON: 04/30/2023

Behind the Backlash Against Bud Light’s Transgender Influencer

Some conservative commentators and celebrities began calling for a boycott of Bud Light after the beer was featured in a social media promotion by a transgender influencer, Dylan Mulvaney, on April 1.…

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ADDED ON: 04/29/2023

Peoria school board votes to allow transgender students to use preferred bathroom

Issues surrounding the rights of transgender students continue to make national headlines, and they’re hitting home in the Valley. One West Valley school district was considering changes regarding which bathrooms transgender students…

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ADDED ON: 04/26/2023

Montana transgender lawmaker silenced again, backers protest

Montana Republicans persisted in forbidding Democratic transgender lawmaker Zooey Zephyr from participating in debate for a second week and her supporters brought the House session to a halt Monday — chanting “Let…

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ADDED ON: 04/25/2023

DC Group to Offer Self-Defense Lessons for Transgender, Nonbinary Residents

Lessons in self-defense and how to stay safe in the face of harassment will soon be offered to D.C. residents who are transgender and nonbinary. The group Defend Yourself puts on the…

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ADDED ON: 04/25/2023

For Transgender Kids, It’s a Rush to Get Treatment as Bans Roll Out

As a third grader in Utah, mandolin-playing math whiz Elle Palmer said aloud what she had only before sensed, telling a friend she planned to transfer schools the following year and hoped…

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ADDED ON: 04/23/2023

LGBT rights increasingly targeted by reactionary GOP

About eight years ago, the United States Supreme Court changed my life. By their majority ruling that there was a constitutional right to same-sex marriage, it meant I could finally avail of…

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ADDED ON: 04/22/2023

Minnesota Senate passes transgender protections, abortion ‘refuge’ bills

The Minnesota Senate Friday passed a trio of proposals aimed at legally safeguarding people who come to Minnesota for abortion and gender-affirming care and outlawing what’s called conversion therapy for minors. The…

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ADDED ON: 04/20/2023

So-called ‘Don’t Say Gay’ rules expanded through 12th grade in Florida

The Florida Board of Education has voted to expand restrictions on classroom instruction related to sexual orientation and gender identity. "This amendment prohibits classroom instruction to students in pre-kindergarten through Grade 3 on sexual…

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ADDED ON: 04/18/2023

Republicans look to extend transgender restrictions to adults

The Republican-led backlash against rights and health care for transgender children is expanding to adults. Missouri’s Republican Attorney General Andrew Bailey issued an emergency ruling Thursday that requires adults to receive 18…

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