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
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.
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US: With STDs Rising, Advocates Hope State Legislators Will Fix Harmful Sex Ed Laws
US: Congress Rejects Anti-LGBT Adoption Amendment
US: States Ask Supreme Court to Limit LGBT Protection
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: These ‘No Promo Homo’ Laws Are Hurting LGBTQ Students
US: Fight over 'religious freedom' law costs baseball games
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.