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Rigorous and long-standing research demonstrates that LGBTQ+-inclusive policies support safer communities and stronger economies for everyone, while exclusionary laws worsen and limit access to essential services.
The rules package released by Speaker Johnson shows that transgender people are likely to be a top priority for Republicans in 2025.
The number of anti-LGBTQ+ bills being signed into law has shifted in the last year, leaving advocates feeling “cautiously optimistic” over a turning of the legislative tide.
There are only six out trans men in elected office across the country.
Roem made history in 2017 with her election to Virginia's House of Delegates, and she made history again Tuesday.
This follows a year in which more than 550 were introduced and more than 80 passed into law.
The state's legislature could still override the veto.
The state’s legislature is entering Pride Month loud and proud.
A bill passed by the state legislature now awaits the governor’s signature.
The findings are disturbing but not surprising, given anti-LGBTQ+ activity in state legislatures.
The gay Democrat, an outspoken progressive, was the first out member of the state legislature.
She is the first out LGBTQ+ woman elected to the Pennsylvania state legislature.
Advocates are trying to ban bias in the state but are currently stymied by a GOP legislature.
DeWine's veto is likely to be overridden by the state legislature, as HB68 passed both the state House and Senate with a supermajority.
