North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum (R) on Monday signed a bill that allows public school teachers and state government employees to misgender transgender students and colleagues, and bars transgender young people from using school restrooms and locker rooms consistent with their gender identity. The new law, effective immediately, also requires teachers to inform a student’s…
Author: Brooke Migdon
Maryland Del. Joe Vogel announces run to be second Gen Z Congress member
Maryland Democratic Del. Joe Vogel could be the latest member of Generation Z elected to Congress. “We need a new generation of leaders in Washington who understand exactly what’s at stake in this moment,” Vogel wrote Monday in a Twitter post announcing his candidacy for an open Maryland congressional seat. “We just can’t wait to end gun…
Oklahoma families, doctor challenge state ban on gender-affirming care
Five Oklahoma families with transgender children and a doctor who treats transgender youths are challenging the state’s recently enacted ban on gender-affirming health care for minors, arguing the new law discriminates against transgender people and violates the right to parental autonomy guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution. In a lawsuit filed late Tuesday in federal court, the families of…
Montana legislator sues House speaker over censure
Montana Rep. Zooey Zephyr, a Democrat censured last week by Republicans in the state House, is suing her state and its House speaker over her punishment. Zephyr, along with three of her constituents who are also a part of the suit, argues that the legislature took retaliatory and unlawful action against her for engaging in…
EXCLUSIVE: Anheuser-Busch faces call to reaffirm support for trans community after Mulvaney pushback
The Human Rights Campaign is calling on Anheuser-Busch, the maker of Bud Light, to publicly reaffirm its support for the transgender community following weeks of right-wing pushback over the brewing company’s recent partnership with transgender social media influencer Dylan Mulvaney. In a letter sent this week to Anheuser-Busch’s head of human resources, Jay Brown, a…
Kansas enacts sweeping transgender ‘bathroom bill’
Republican legislators in Kansas on Thursday enacted what LGBTQ rights groups have characterized as one of the most sweeping and restrictive transgender bathroom bills in U.S. history, overriding Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly’s veto of the measure. The Kansas House voted 84-40 Thursday to override Kelly’s veto of Senate Bill 180, which defines sex in state law…
Montana House votes to censure transgender lawmaker
Montana House Republicans on Wednesday voted to censure Democratic Rep. Zooey Zephyr. All 68 House Republicans voted to censure Zephyr, while the body’s 32 Democrats voted against it. Zephyr, one of the state’s first openly transgender lawmakers, will be barred from the House floor, anteroom and gallery for the remainder of the session. She has…
Missouri transgender center says allegations of malpractice are ‘unsubstantiated’
The hospital that operates an embattled St. Louis-area pediatric transgender clinic is rejecting allegations of malpractice by its doctors. In February, a first-person account alleging years of malpractice at the university’s transgender center by Jamie Reed, a former caseworker, made waves online, igniting a firestorm of right-wing vitriol. It also led to an investigation by…
Minnesota passes bills protecting reproductive, gender-affirming care, banning conversion therapy
The Minnesota legislature on Friday passed a set of bills to bolster protections for gender-affirming health care and abortion and make conversion therapy practices for LGBTQ minors and vulnerable adults illegal. The measures now head to Democratic Gov. Tim Walz, who is expected to sign them into law. Minnesota Democrats have pushed an ambitious slate…
LGBTQ rights groups sue Tennessee over ban on youth gender-affirming care
Three LGBTQ rights groups are suing the state of Tennessee over a new law that prohibits medical professionals from administering gender-affirming health care to transgender minors. In a lawsuit filed Thursday in federal court, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and its Tennessee affiliate, Lambda Legal and the law firm Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld allege…