More than 200 anti-LGBT bills have been filed in state legislatures across the US, as Republicans seek to push back against LGBT+ rights. Recent major state-level efforts across the US have sought to permit anti-LGBT discrimination in adoption and services…
The Virginia House of Delegates on Tuesday voted 63-34 to repeal the state’s statutory same-sex marriage ban. House Bill 1490, introduced by state Del. Nancy Guy (D-Virginia Beach), would officially repeal Virginia’s prohibition the U.S. Supreme Court deemed unconstitutional in its 2015 ruling…
If you have ever wondered why legislators in different states introduce oddly similar legislation targeting LGBTQ rights, there might be a simple explanation. They’re getting cut-and-paste templates and detailed legislative strategy from a religious right group…
In 2020, there are 16 US states that still have sodomy laws against “perverted sexual practice” and “crimes against nature”. According to ACLU, laws against sodomy were originally designed to prohibit any sex that was not for procreation, and so included crimes…
The Virginia state senate passed multiple LGBTQ rights bills and will almost assuredly pass the state’s Democratic-controlled House of Delegates. Gov. Ralph Northam (D) is expected to sign the bills into law. After voters swept Democrats into power in the state…
Two same-sex married couples are currently fighting for the U.S. State Department to recognize their children born abroad as U.S. citizens. In both cases, the couples are legally married U.S. citizens, but their children were born in other countries…
A Republican lawmaker in Missouri has introduced a bill targeting drag queen story hour events at public libraries that would set up parental review boards to approve events and penalize librarians with potential fines and jail time for violations…
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