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![Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton holds a joint press conference on February 18, 2015, with Texas Gov. Greg Abbott.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/02/2022_0225-ken-paxton-400x300.jpg)
Texas Families With Trans Kids Are Wondering If They Should Leave the State
The Texas attorney general's directive threatens families' right to seek gender-affirming care for their trans children.
![Demonstrators in favor of and opposed to same-sex marriage rally outside the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on April 28, 2015.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/02/2022_0223-lgtbtq-scotus-400x300.jpg)
Supreme Court to Hear Case on Businesses Discriminating Against LGBTQ Customers
Twenty states across the U.S. ban businesses from discriminating against LGBTQ clients and customers.
![Florida state capitol building in Tallahassee, Florida.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/02/2022_0222-florida-state-capitol-400x300.jpg)
Florida Pulls Amendment That Would Force Teachers to Out Students After Uproar
Critics lambasted the amendment by the bill's author as an “all-out attack” on LGBTQ youth in the state.
![South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem speaks during the Conservative Political Action Conference.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/02/GettyImages-1328184843-400x300.jpg)
Anti-Trans Gov: “I Don’t Know” Why LGBTQ+ People Are Anxious, Depressed
Two weeks ago, Gov. Kristi Noem of South Dakota signed a bill targeting transgender student athletes.
![Protestors demonstrate during a rally against the transgender bathroom rights repeal at Thomas Paine Plaza on February 25, 2017, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/02/2022_0216-stalls-for-all-trans-rights-400x300.jpg)
Trans Youth Are Facing Right-Wing Attacks and a Solidarity Shortage
“It's not about bathrooms. It's about expulsion and it's about disposability,” says attorney Chase Strangio.
![South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem speaks during the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) on July 11, 2021, in Dallas, Texas.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/02/GettyImages-1328184807-400x300.jpg)
South Dakota Governor Signs “Cruel and Dangerous” Transgender Athletes Ban
Gov. Kristi Noem signed S.B. 46, which mandates that scholastic sports teams be segregated by sex assigned at birth.
![Transgender flag](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/01/2022_0128-transgender-flag-400x300.jpg)
Trans Workers Face a Significant Wage Gap, Poll Finds
Trans and nonbinary people are among the lowest paid LGBTQ full-time workers in the United States, a new poll shows.
![Gene McGee, mayor of Ridgeland, Mississippi, is pictured reading.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/01/2022_0127-gene-mcgee-400x300.jpg)
Mississippi Mayor Withholds $110K From Library Over LGBTQ Books
The mayor's action could “definitely impact services” and result in layoffs, the library system's director said.
![Voting Rights Demonstration](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/01/GettyImages-1237853180-400x300.jpg)
Increased Voting Restrictions Put LGBTQ People of Color at Risk, Advocates Say
State-level voting restrictions will affect marginalized communities the most.
![Chase Strangio speaks at a podium](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2021/12/2021_1213-chase-strangio-400x300.jpg)
Gender-Affirming Health Care Saved My Life. Everyone Should Have Access to It.
Care that has saved so many of us has become contested and increasingly out of reach.