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A measure that would have prohibited the transgender lawmaker from using the women's restroom failed in committee Tuesday, with even several Republicans voting against it.
These trans politicians are breaking barriers around the nation.
It's one of three anti-LGBTQ+ bills the Republican governor signed.
They represent more significant firsts for the LGBTQ+ community.
Lawmakers banished their transgender colleague after she spoke out strongly against a ban on gender-affirming care.
“Not only are more LGBTQ+ people serving in office than ever before, they are more unified, determined and diverse than ever,” says a new report from the LGBTQ+ Victory Institute.
Allowing for exclusion of trans athletes in even limited cases is not OK, say 14 state legislators.
From the good and the bad, from marriage equality, decriminalization of queer sex, and groundbreaking electoral victories to the Pulse massacre and the unfortunate election of Donald Trump to the presidency — twice — here are the biggest queer news events of the first quarter of the 21st century.
