Utah

, , ,

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: 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: 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: More than 7,000 Americans have gender X IDs, a victory for transgender rights. Is it a safety risk, too?

,

Three years ago, no one in the USA was legally recognized as neither male or female. Today, thousands of people can point to a gender-neutral marker on state driver's licenses and identification cards, according to records obtained by USA TODAY.

,

US: Male, Female or ‘X’: The Push for a Third Choice on Official Forms

,

New York City is the latest place to offer gender-neutral birth certificates. But after someone changes the sex to “X,” things get complicated.

,

US: States Ask Supreme Court to Limit LGBT Protection

,

Case tests reach of ban on sex discrimination in workplace

,

Religious refusal laws harm sexual minority mental health, study finds

,

A new study has found that state laws permitting the denial of services to same-sex couples because of religious or moral beliefs harm the mental health of sexual minority adults in those states.