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US: Transgender youth bills in US states reflect deep divisions

This year, state lawmakers also want to restrict transgender students’ sports participation in Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, North Dakota, and New Hampshire. Several more states are weighing separate proposed bans on certain medical treatment for transgender minors, including Alabama, Indiana, Missouri, Mississippi, South Carolina and Texas

US: State Action to Limit Abortion Access During the COVID-19 Pandemic

The response to the COVID-19 pandemic has prompted several states to place restrictions that have effectively banned or blocked the availability of abortion services.

US: HRC Releases Annual State Equality Index Ratings

HRC Foundation and the Equality Federation Institute released their 6th annual State Equality Index (SEI), a comprehensive report detailing statewide laws and policies that affect LGBTQ people and their families and assessing how well states are protecting LGBTQ people from discrimination.

US: Sex and HIV Education

As debate over the relative merits of abstinence-only-until-marriage messages versus more comprehensive approaches has intensified, states have enacted a number of specific content requirements.

US: With STDs Rising, Advocates Hope State Legislators Will Fix Harmful Sex Ed Laws

Rates of chlamydia, syphilis, and gonorrhea have been steadily rising over the past decade, and young people bear a lot of the burden. And yet many state laws prohibit educators from fully informing students about safe sex.

US: States Ask Supreme Court to Limit LGBT Protection

Case tests reach of ban on sex discrimination in workplace

US: Adoption and foster care laws, state by state

Foster care non-discrimination laws protect LGBT foster parents from discrimination by foster care agencies and officials. Some states permits state-licensed child welfare agencies to refuse to place and provide services to children and families, including LGBT people and same-sex couples, if doing so conflicts with their religious beliefs.

US: How Trump uses "religious liberty" to attack LGBT rights

The President campaigned on nostalgia. By reversing recent civil-rights gains for L.G.B.T. Americans, he signals his commitment to the past.

Masha Gessen, a staff writer, has written several books, including, most recently, “The Future Is History: How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia,” which was short-listed for the National Book Award in 2017.

US: Mississippi governor signs law allowing businesses to refuse service to gay people

Mississippi’s governor on Tuesday signed into law a bill that allows businesses to refuse services to gay couples based on religious objections, ignoring opposition from businesses who had worried the legislation could cost the state economic opportunities in the future.