LGBTQ

WATCH: At White House briefing, ‘The L Word’ cast praises Biden’s LGBTQ record

By Zeke Miller, Associated Press

Cast members and the creator of the Showtime series “The L Word” praised President Joe Biden on Tuesday for his support of LGBTQ rights.

Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly vetoes 4 anti-trans bills as overrides loom

By John Hanna, Associated Press

Kansas' Democratic governor has vetoed a sweeping set of anti-transgender measures that included a ban on gender-affirming care for children and teens.

WATCH: House votes on anti-trans school sports bill

By Kevin Freking, Associated Press

The Republican-led House has passed a bill that would bar federally supported schools and colleges from allowing transgender athletes whose biological sex assigned at birth was male from competing on girls or women's sports teams.

Florida Board of Education expands ‘Don’t Say Gay’ classroom ban to all grades

By Anthony Izaguirre, Associated Press

The Florida Board of Education has approved a ban on classroom instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity in all grades.

Indiana Senate backs bill requiring teachers to notify parents of student name, pronoun changes

By Arleigh Rodgers, Associated Press

The Republican-dominated state Senate voted 37-12 on Monday to advance a House bill that some worry could out transgender kids to their families.

North Dakota lawmakers fail to override governor veto of bill that restricts personal pronouns in schools

By Trisha Ahmed, Associated Press

Teachers in North Dakota can still refer to transgender students by the personal pronouns they use, after lawmakers failed to override the governor's veto of a controversial bill to place restrictions on educators.

Transgender Day of Visibility rallies held amid increasingly hostile legislation

By Wilson Ring, Associated Press

Thousands of people are rallying across the country as part of a Transgender Day of Visibility in support of the rights of transgender people and their resilience amid what many denounced as an increasingly hostile environment.

Majority of Americans reject anti-trans bills, but support for this restriction is rising

By Laura Santhanam

Forty-three percent of Americans now say they support laws that criminalize the act of providing gender-transition-related medical care to minors, according to the latest PBS NewsHour/NPR/Marist poll, marking a 15-percentage point increase in less than two years.

Transgender athletes banned from track and field competitions, rules tightened for Semenya

By Eddie Pells, Associated Press

In a pair of decisions expected to stoke outrage, the World Athletics Council adopted the same rules as swimming did last year in deciding to bar athletes who have transitioned from male to female and have gone through male puberty.

Nebraska Legislature advances bill banning gender-affirming care for children

By Margery A. Beck, Associated Press

The Nebraska Legislature has advanced a contentious bill that seeks to ban gender-affirming care for minors, despite threats from two lawmakers that they would filibuster the rest of the session.