After the very end of a legislative session on Tuesday, the Oklahoma Senate Education Committee passed a bill to ban LGBTQ books (and books on LGBTQ-inclusive sex education). The bill now looks to advance towards the Senate floor. Authored by…
Tennessee Republicans filed a bill this past week aimed at removing books deemed “obscene or harmful to minors” from school libraries. The proposed legislation would apply to all of the state’s K-12 public schools, including charter schools. House Bill 1944 would…
Two proposed laws would have potential to inflict considerable harm on young Transgender Arizonans and the medical professionals who treat them LGBTQ+ activists say. The author of both proposed measures is Republican state Senator Wendy Rogers (R-SD6), an outspoken supporter…
A bill introduced this past February that codifies same-sex marriage into state statutes was advanced out of the New Jersey Assembly Judiciary Committee Thursday on a 4-0 vote. New Jersey Assembly Bill 5367 reads in part “laws concerning marriage and civil union…
45 Democratic senators have signed on to a letter asking the IRS and Treasury to more fairly issue pension survivor benefits to LGBTQ spouses. The letter, spearheaded by U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) and Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR), asks the two…
The U. S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced Thursday that it was rescinding what it categorised as ” inappropriate, overly broad waivers issued by the prior Administration.” States and child welfare agencies – including States and organizations that did…
Same-sex married couples may get a tax break from Democrats’ $1.75 trillion social and climate spending plan. The latest iteration of the Build Back Better Act would let taxpayers who were legally married under state law before 2010 claim federal tax benefits…
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