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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: Photos From the George Floyd Protests, City by City

Thousands have taken to the streets to express their anger over racism and police violence. Some of the demonstrations have turned violent, prompting the activation of the National Guard in at least 21 states.

US: Why Republicans are suddenly in a rush to regulate every trans kid’s puberty

Proposals in eight states would ban puberty blockers and hormones for trans minors.

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: South Dakota House passes bill restricting medical treatments for transgender youth

South Dakota’s Republican-dominated House passed a bill on Wednesday that would ban physicians from treating transgender children with hormones and sex reassignment surgery, making it the first state to take action on a flurry of bills restricting medical interventions for transgender youth.

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: Republicans declare war on transgender people in state legislatures all over the US

Some of the bills go as far as making it a felony to provide health care to a transgender child.

US: Despite historic filibuster, Missouri senate advances legislative assault on LGBT People

HRC, the ACLU of Missouri, and PROMO strongly condemned a vote by the Missouri Senate in favor of Senate Joint Resolution (SJR) 39 – a measure that could enshrine discrimination against LGBT people and their families into the state constitution. Similar to so-called “First Amendment Defense Act” legislation introduced in other states, this outrageous and extreme resolution would lead to a ballot measure that proposes to allow individuals, organizations, and businesses to use religion as a valid excuse to discriminate against LGBT people by broadly redefining the definition of religious organizations. The measure must receive one final administrative approval vote before being sent to the House of Representatives.

The vote to pass the outrageous proposal attacking LGBT Missourians and their families came after a historic filibuster effort by Senate Democrats attempting to stop the anti-equality majority. The discriminatory proposal has received widespread condemnation from fair-minded Missourians and businesses throughout the state, includingGovernor Jay Nixon, the St. Louis Post Dispatch, the St. Louis Regional Chamber, Dow Chemical Company, and Monsanto. The St. Louis Regional Chamber said the proposal is “counter to MO values & will have negative economic consequences.” Read more via HRC