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…
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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…
Montana GOP caucus calls for censure of legislature’s only openly transgender member
A group of Republicans in the Montana legislature have called for the immediate censure of Democratic Rep. Zooey Zephyr — the state’s first and only openly transgender legislator — after she told lawmakers on Tuesday that there will be “blood on your hands” if a bill to ban minors from accessing gender-affirming health care is…
GOP education committee chair: ‘I don’t know what a trans girl is’
Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.) on Monday said she did not know what a transgender person was during a hearing on federal legislation to ban transgender women and girls from competing on female sports teams. “I don’t know what a trans girl is,” Foxx said Monday during a House hearing on H.R. 734, a bill that…
Judy Blume clarifies J.K. Rowling remarks: ‘I wholly support the trans community’
Judy Blume is responding to Sunday Times headline stating she is “100 percent” behind fellow author J.K. Rowling, seeking to emphasize that she stands “with the trans community” against discrimination. In an interview with the British newspaper, Blume said of Rowling, “I love her. I am behind her 100 percent as I watch from afar.” According to…
Trans influencer Dylan Mulvaney responds to Bud Light ad critics: ‘I’m an easy target’
Transgender social media influencer Dylan Mulvaney this week addressed her critics after right-wing protests unfolded on social media over her recent partnership with Bud Light. “The reason I think I’m an easy target is because I’m still new to this,” Mulvaney said Tuesday during an episode of “Onward With Rosie O’ Donnell.” “I think going after a…