Ten laws restricting how LGBTQ+ people – particularly LGBTQ+ youth – are able to participate in school sports or spoken about in the classroom will take effect today. Alabama House Bill 322 In April, Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey (R) signed into law a bill preventing transgender students from using facilities like restrooms and locker rooms…
Author: Brooke Migdon
Florida’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ law takes effect today. Its impact is already being felt
Story at a glance Florida’s Parental Rights in Education law – known to its critics as the “Don’t Say Gay” law – will officially take effect today. The measure has already had a chilling effect on public school educators, who in some cases have been instructed to remove LGBTQ+ Pride flags and photographs of same-sex…
LGBTQ+ Americans are more worried about saving for retirement than their non-LGBTQ+ peers, survey finds
Story at a glance LGBTQ+ Americans are more likely than non-LGBTQ+ Americans to say they are confident they will have enough money saved to live comfortably in retirement, according to a study released this month by the Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) in Washington. LGBTQ+ Americans were also more likely to report that their debts…
Massachusetts House passes bill protecting access to abortion, gender-affirming care
Story at a glance House lawmakers in Massachusetts on Wednesday advanced a measure that would establish the right to an abortion and access to gender-affirming care. The bill would also protect doctors and patients from legal action if they travel to Massachusetts from another state where abortions or gender-affirming health care are illegal. The measure…
In appeal, Alabama says access to gender-affirming care not ‘deeply rooted in our nation’s history’
Story at a glance Alabama this week argued that the state has more authority than parents to regulate gender-affirming medical care for transgender children. State officials including Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall (R) argued that access to gender-affirming care cannot be guaranteed because it is not “deeply rooted in our nation’s history and tradition.” The…
Views on gender identity are increasingly complex, heavily split, study finds
Story at a glance Nearly two-thirds of American adults support laws that would protect transgender people from discrimination, according to a new study from the Pew Research Center. Americans are more split when it comes to thinking about gender identity more abstractly, the study found. Large percentages of Americans believe transgender athletes should be barred…
Lawsuit challenges Florida ‘Stop WOKE Act’
Story at a glance A new lawsuit filed this month argues Florida’s “Stop WOKE Act” violates the First and Fourteenth Amendment rights of state residents. Under the measure, workplaces and schools are prohibited from requiring training or instruction that may make some people feel they bear “personal responsibility” for historic wrongdoings because of their race,…
House passes LGBTQI+ Data Inclusion Act
Story at a glance House members on Thursday evening passed the LGBTQI+ Data Equality Act, sending it to the Senate for consideration. Under the measure, federal agencies would be tasked with incorporating questions about sexual orientation and gender identity into surveys collecting demographic data. Currently, few federal surveys collect data on sexual orientation and gender…
Rates of attempted suicide sink where hate crime laws protect LGBTQ+ people: study
Story at a glance High school students – regardless of their sexual orientation or gender identity – are less likely to attempt suicide when they live in states with LGBTQ+ nondiscrimination protections in place, new research has found. No notable declines were found in states with hate crime laws that do not include sexual orientation…
70 percent of LGBTQ+ Americans report regular discrimination, annual GLAAD study finds
Story at a glance A majority of LGBTQ+ Americans say they often experience discrimination based on their sexual orientation or gender identity or expression, according to a new report from GLAAD, the world’s largest LGBTQ+ media advocacy organization. More than half of transgender and nonbinary people report feeling unsafe in their own neighborhoods, compared with…