House Republicans Likely to Pass Anti-Transgender Sports Bill
While it's not expected to pass the Senate, it's still important to stand up and speak out against such legislation, LGBTQ+ advocates say.
April 19, 2023
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While it's not expected to pass the Senate, it's still important to stand up and speak out against such legislation, LGBTQ+ advocates say.
A California congressman wants the State Department to make traveling easier for those who don't identify as "male" or "female."
They are attaching anti-LGBTQ+ amendments to every appropriations bill that's pending.
The organization is backing the Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2019, set to be considered by a House committee today.
These people are not dangerous; they're desperate.
After seven GOP congressmen changed their vote, an amendment to a defense bill that would have prohibited discrimination against LGBT people failed to pass.Â
The bill also would require even tougher sentences for forming or funding LGBTQ+ groups.
The White House wants to strip federal funding to Planned Parenthood and any facility that explains to patients their full options.
The lawmakers wrote an amicus brief in support of families of transgender youth.
Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives have passed a measure veiled as a parental rights law that is actually a bill meant to exclude transgender people from public education.
The federal agency wants to make sure trans people are housed according to their gender identity.
They warn that anti-LGBTQ+ laws elsewhere have the potential to threaten LGBTQ+ people in the U.S. too.
Republicans have begun targeting LGBTQ-related initiatives in latest round of the national budget process.
LGBTQ+ groups applauded the move, which eliminates the need to provide documentation of gender.
John Kerry issued an apology after the Human Rights Campaign lobbied the secretary of State.