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Following the NHL's crackdown on Pride nights, players now risk fines if they show support for other causes such as Indigenous Heritage and Hockey Fights Cancer.
State Sen. David Omdahl of Sioux Falls, South Dakota called transgender students "twisted."
Nelson's victory restores LGBTQ+ representation in South Dakota.
Gov. Dennis Daugaard has until the end of the day Tuesday to decide whether to sign or veto the discriminatory legislation.
Just this week, bills have moved forward to discriminate against same-sex couples, transgender people, and single moms, and to deny trans students equal rights.
In his own words, Thomas Lewis shares the story of stopping HB 1008.
Here are the candidates running for Congress and judicial office on November 5.
In an exclusive open letter, six members of Congress ask Attorney General Jeff Sessions to investigate the homicides of seven transgender women of color, all murdered this year.
"It was a long time coming," said Marlow Medicine Crow Jr., who is on the Crow Creek Tribe Law and Order Committee.
The bill would require transgender students to use facilities matching the gender they were assigned at birth.
Gov. Dennis Daugaard vetoed a measure that would have forced trans students to use the wrong restrooms and locker rooms for their gender identity.
A Senate committee Monday quashed a bill that would have made it a crime for doctors to provide such care to minors.
Lawmakers voted down a bill that would have prevented trans students from playing on sports teams designated for their gender identity.
A woman who killed an acquaintance and dismembered her body with a chain saw has been sentenced to life in prison without parole, after a jury in Sioux Falls, S.D., decided to spare her life.
Noem issued trans-exclusionary executive orders after vetoing earlier legislation, and she says her new bill will avoid the problems of the previous one.
However, legislators may challenge it — even trying to require genital exams.
Democratic U.S. senator Tim Johnson of South Dakota suffered what may have been a stroke on Wednesday, imperiling the scheduled Democratic takeover of the Senate.
