News | LGBTQ Rights North Dakota Anti-LGBTQ Bill Would Imprison Librarians for Not Removing Books "We stand opposed to censorship," the North Dakota Library Association said in a statement against the proposal. By Chris Walker , Truthout January 20, 2023 Truthout
News | LGBTQ Rights GOP Bill in North Dakota Would Bar Orgs From Using Trans People’s Pronouns The bill contributes to "the general atmosphere of hostility and hatred" toward trans people, one LGBTQ advocate noted. By Chris Walker , Truthout January 19, 2023 Truthout
Interview | LGBTQ Rights Russia’s Only International LGBTQ Film Festival Faces “Propaganda” Ban Roman Polyakov, the festival’s public relations director, discusses how the anti-LGBTQ law will impact Russian culture. By Sergey Faldin , Truthout January 12, 2023 Truthout
News | LGBTQ Rights Students at McGill University in Montreal Protest Anti-Trans Speaker The speaker, Robert Wintemute, is a member of the anti-trans hate group LGB Alliance. By Chris Walker , Truthout January 10, 2023 Truthout
News | LGBTQ Rights State Legislatures Are Now Targeting Health Care for Transgender Adults Legislators in at least seven states have prefiled bills that would restrict or even criminalize gender affirming care. By Orion Rummler , The19th January 8, 2023 Truthout
News | LGBTQ Rights Oklahoma Lawmaker Pens Bill to Ban Gender-Affirming Care for Anyone Under Age 26 LGBTQ advocates say the bill is an attempt to erase the existence of trans and nonbinary people. By Chris Walker , Truthout January 5, 2023 Truthout
News Analysis | LGBTQ Rights In a Violent Year for LGBTQ People, These Are the Ways We Coped and Fought Back A year-end round-up of LGBTQIA+ news and cultural shifts. By Toshio Meronek & Eric A. Stanley , Truthout December 29, 2022 Truthout
News | LGBTQ Rights Florida GOP Leader Says She’s Open to Expanding “Don’t Say Gay” Law Conservative lawmakers want no discussions whatsoever on LGBTQ issues in grades 4 through 6 in Florida schools. By Chris Walker , Truthout December 27, 2022 Truthout
News Analysis | LGBTQ Rights 2022 Quietly Set the Stage for a Massive Rollback of LGBTQ Rights From statehouses to the Supreme Court, LGBTQ rights were under steady attack by Christian nationalists this year. By Kyle C. Velte , Truthout December 27, 2022 Truthout
News | LGBTQ Rights Dept of Education Opens Inquiry Into Texas District That Banned LGBTQ Books The district's superintendent was recorded expressing anti-trans viewpoints. By Chris Walker , Truthout December 22, 2022 Truthout