Biden administration proposes rule to forbid bans on transgender athletes but allow limits
A new rule proposed by the Biden administration would prevent schools and colleges from enacting outright bans on transgender athletes, but it would allow certain limits to promote fairness or reduce injuries.
Kansas passes trans bathroom bill; Arkansas OKs own version
A Kansas proposal with some of the nation's broadest bathroom restrictions and a ban on transgender people changing their driver's licenses has cleared the Republican-controlled Legislature. The state Senate voted 28-12 on Tuesday with one vote more than a two-thirds majority that would be needed to override Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly’s expected veto. The action came the same day Arkansas lawmakers sent Republican Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders a scaled back bathroom bill of their own with criminal penalities. Both are among several hundred measures aimed at rolling back LGBTQ rights pursued by Republicans this year across the U.S. The Kansas measure deals with bathrooms, locker rooms and other facilities.
State representative announces she’s nonbinary, gender-nonconforming during debate on pronouns | Arizona Capitol Times
A state representative announced she identifies as nonbinary, gender-nonconforming on Monday during a House Appropriations Committee discussion of a Republican bill that would prohibit school employees from calling students by their preferred pronouns or a name not listed on their school record without parental consent.
Judge Blocks Tennessee Law Restricting Drag Performances in Public
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Anti-drag bills win unanimous approval from Senate GOP
Teachers who play movies like Mulan or Mrs. Doubtfire in class would jeopardize their school’s funding, under a proposal Senate Republicans on Thursday sold as protecting children from the dangers of drag shows.
House passes bill to protect same-sex marriage in landmark vote sending it to Biden | CNN Politics
The House voted to pass legislation on Thursday to protect same-sex and interracial marriage, the last step before the measure goes to President Joe Biden for his signature and becomes law.
NEW YORK (AP) — Pride parades kicked off in New York City and around the country Sunday with glittering confetti, cheering crowds, fluttering rainbow flags and newfound fears about losing freedoms won through decades of activism.
The great hunt for the world's first LGBTQ archive
Before Nazism, a German institute cemented itself as gay liberation’s epicenter. For 40 years, activists have been searching for its legendary collection.
Gov. Ducey signs pair of bills restricting rights of trans youth
Governor Doug Ducey has signed a pair of anti-LGBT bills that prohibit gender-reassignment surgery for minors and bans transgender athletes from playing on girl's sports teams.
Supreme Court Clears Way for Release of Footage From Landmark Trial That Legalized Same-Sex Marriage in California | KQED
Tuesday's decision is the culmination of a 12-year legal effort that began in 2009 when a media coalition led by KQED sought to have the Proposition 8 trial broadcast.
University Libraries partners with Arizona Queer Archives to preserve LGBTQI+ stories and history | University of Arizona News
The Arizona Queer Archives, the first archive in Arizona to capture the histories and stories of LGBTQI+ communities, has a new home in the University Libraries Special Collections.
The breakthrough moment for LGBTI international human rights: a ten-year retrospective
The impact of LGBTI human rights advances has been incremental and subtle, but one measure can be gleaned from the response of UN human rights institutions at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.