Op-Ed | LGBTQ Rights Biden’s State of the Union Addressed Transgender Issues for Only 9 Seconds The fight for trans liberation is not a culture war or a fantasy, it is a fight for our lives. By Reba Landers , LeftVoice February 10, 2023 Truthout
News | LGBTQ Rights Pence’s Iowa Strategy? Ads and Rallies Attacking Schools That Protect Trans Kids Mike Pence’s political action committee has made moves that suggest he's planning a 2024 presidential run. By Chris Walker , Truthout February 10, 2023 Truthout
News | LGBTQ Rights Missouri Republicans Consider “Don’t Say Gay” Bill That’s Worse Than Florida’s The bill forbids teachers and staff members from discussing LGBTQ topics with students in grades K-12. By Chris Walker , Truthout February 9, 2023 Truthout
News | LGBTQ Rights Nebraska Dem Offers Amendment to Absurd Drag Show Ban: Ban Kids From Church, Too The proposal serves to "make a point" about the absurdity of drag show bans, the lawmaker said. By Chris Walker , Truthout February 8, 2023 Truthout
News | LGBTQ Rights Republicans Have Introduced More Than 120 Anti-LGBTQ Bills in 2023 So Far Many of these laws aim to ban gender-affirming care for trans youth — and in some states, even adults. By Alexandra Martinez , Prism February 7, 2023 Truthout
News | LGBTQ Rights Pope Francis Says Laws Punishing Gay People Are “Unjust” Several religious leaders and commentators celebrated the statement but said the pope should go further. By Chris Walker , Truthout January 25, 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