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Sponsor of new anti-trans bill says kids might identify as cats

Arkansas, which has already passed two anti-transgender bills in this legislative session, is advancing another one — and its sponsor is worried that students are identifying as animals. The state’s House of Representatives Thursday approved House Bill 1749, which would bar…

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Out Black lawmaker avoids prosecution in Georgia

The District Attorney for Fulton County, Georgia, which includes the City of Atlanta where the Georgia State Capitol Building is located, announced Wednesday she will not prosecute Democratic state Rep. Park Cannon, who identifies as queer. Georgia state troopers arrested…

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GOP wants to protect therapists engaged in conversion therapy

Republican lawmakers in Wisconsin have lifted proposed restrictions on therapists who perform conversion therapy, using a legislative maneuver to block a regulatory rule from taking effect for the next two years while avoiding a veto from Gov. Tony Evers (D)…