What states are the most dangerous for LGBTQ+ people? Here are the worst 15
A lot of states are passing laws that target the LGBTQ+ community — but these 15 are the absolute worst.
MARCH 4, 2025
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A lot of states are passing laws that target the LGBTQ+ community — but these 15 are the absolute worst.
Several large book publishers and a small public library are suing the state of Idaho over its book ban that requires libraries to restrict content "harmful to minors" to patrons 18 and older.
An appeals court still blocked a provision in the legislation that vaguely banned “recruiting” pregnant youth for abortions.
The law, which went into effect July 1, prevents minors from getting any type of health care without parental consent.
The U.S. Supreme Court has blocked an Idaho ban on emergency abortions, but Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson says the decision "is not a victory for pregnant patients."
These Republican-controlled states are fighting to discriminate against students.
The state can enforce it against all state residents except those who sued to challenge it, the high court ruled Monday.
The measure, passed in the North Dakota House and pending in the Senate, doesn't have the force of law and merely advises the Supreme Court, but it shows what Republicans are thinking.
A total of 19 U.S. states have enacted new laws impacting adult film platforms — some of which are preparing for the possibility of a ban.
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The narrow ruling applies only to the denial of gender-affirming care behind bars and also grants class action status to transgender inmates.
Judge Terry A. Doughty said the rule goes against the original purpose of Title IX by protecting trans students, so he blocked its enforcement in Louisiana, Mississippi, Idaho, and Montana.
Attacks on abortion and gender-affirming care are heavily intertwined, and one group conservative hate group continues to use its influence in Idaho.
The new laws take direct aim at gender-affirming care for minors and the trans community.
State Rep. Josh Schriver announced that he will be introducing a measure on Tuesday urging the court to reverse Obergefell v. Hodges.
Amid threats to marriage equality and LGBTQ+ rights in general, an art fair hosted the weddings and raised money to benefit transgender people.
They want to return to a so-called “natural definition” of marriage as between one man and one woman.
The 19-year-old killer was reportedly an active member of the Terrorgram Collective and heralded as the group’s “very first saint.”
Twenty-six attorneys general have filed a friend-of-the-court brief urging the Supreme Court to do so.
Federal appeals courts have ruled against the laws, so the states are petitioning SCOTUS.
Summer Bushnell falsely accused Eric Posey of exposing his genitals to kids during a pride event.