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A proposed bill in Congress would ban trans people from bathrooms in museums, national parks and other federal property. How would it be enforced, and what are the consequences?
"All it does is allow these Republicans to go around and bully any woman who isn't wearing a skirt because they think she might not look woman enough," Ocasio-Cortez said.
The move is the latest in a series of states that have tried to launch ways to report transgender issues to authorities; such attempts in other states have not been successful.
The announcement was tucked away in the Congressional Record.
Senate Bill 3 moved ahead even after predictions of massive losses if the law ultimately passes.
The GOP is doubling down on bigotry instead of addressing the concerns of the American people.
North Carolina's largest city approves nondiscrimination protections for LGBTQ+ residents, without state backlash so far.
Though the original law was written for public schools, the Florida Department of Education approved a new rule expanding it to private schools.
The Buckeye State becomes the 11th state restricting trans bathroom rights.
The bathroom ban was attached to the "College Credit Plus" program designed to help students enter dual enrollment and is the first anti-trans law to pass after the 2024 elections.
"It defies understanding, except for the fact that it's a pretty obvious part of a politics of misdirection and distraction," McBride said of Republicans' proposed federal anti-trans legislation.
The signs at the University of Cincinnati were put up as a result of a new Ohio law. Students are outraged over them as well as the potential rollback of DEI programs.
Gov. Bill Lee has signed the bill, which the Human Rights Campaign calls "offensive and humiliating."
With marriage equality resolution approaching, let's turn our eyes to how public attitudes fueling antitrans 'bathroom bills' have serious implications for all LGBT people.
Utah's anti-transgender bathroom snitch line has gotten over 12,000 complaints — only five were investigated, and none turned up anything.
A look at the attention-seeking political gamesmanship of the South Carolina congresswoman that will lead to real people getting hurt.
“I strongly support LGBTQ rights and equality. No one should be discriminated against. I do believe that religious liberty, the First Amendment, gay rights, and transgender equality can all coexist," Mace said in 2021.
Montana looks to have become the very first state to hear an anti-trans bill in 2025 — a bathroom ban targeting adult transgender people in any publicly owned building.
About 15 activists were arrested in the U.S. Capitol today while protesting Republicans' transgender bathroom ban with a sit-in.
The Republican governor of Arkansas says it’s to protect children from the “left’s woke agenda.”
With the ruling, LGBTQ+ students are at risk of discrimination at school in the majority of states.
