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LGBTQ+ Texans fought to be recognized. That work is eroding under a conservative pressure campaign.

Conservative activists argue they’re protecting women and rebalancing the law that Democrats tilted in favor of LGBTQ+ people.

The Texas Tribune

Texas House majority signs on to new bill restricting the use of bathrooms in public buildings by transgender people

House Bill 239, which echoes a bathroom bill that failed in 2017, includes new provisions for shelters and prisons.

The Texas Tribune

A Batman researcher said 'gay' in a talk to schoolkids. When asked to censor himself, he quit

An author's clash with a Georgia school district over a brief mention of homosexuality in a presentation highlights the reach of conservatives' push for what what they call parents' rights

The Independent UK

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LGBTQ+ Pride month kicks off with protests, parades, parties

The start of June marks the beginning of Pride month around the United States and some parts of the world, a season to celebrate the lives and experiences of LGBTQ+ people and to protest against the recent rollback of hard-won civil rights gains

The Independent UK

North Dakota governor vetoed bill restricting trans students’ pronouns, but state Senate votes to overrule

North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum on Thursday vetoed a bill restricting transgender students’ pronouns, though his decision has since been overruled by the state Senate.

Tribune News Service

GOP lawmakers expand gender-affirming care restrictions to adults

States are considering bills that ban gender-affirming care for trans people as old as 26.

Axios

GOP Utah Gov. bans care for trans youth

Spencer Cox signed a bill banning gender-affirming care for minors against pleas from medical organizations

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Politicians turn to medical boards to ban gender-affirming care

Red states have been looking beyond the legislative route to restrict trans youth's access to care.

Axios

A 63-year-old transgender woman is caught in Montana’s birth certificate dispute

At 10 years old, Susan Howard knew she was a girl, even though her birth certificate said otherwise. It wasn’t until last year, at age 62, that the Montana resident came to terms with being transgender.

Tribune News Service

Same-sex couples updating legal status after abortion ruling

The Supreme Court's decision eliminating the constitutional right to abortion is causing anxiety for people in same-sex marriages, particularly those with children

The Independent UK

How the reversal of Roe v. Wade could impact the transgender community

Rights groups are afraid that reversing Roe v. Wade could have consequences for same-sex marriage, access to contraception, and transgender rights. And now they're mobilizing.

WEKU

‘No matter who it hurts’: How an explosion of GOP bills targeting LGBT+ Americans created a crisis

Conservative Christian groups and ‘parental rights’ agendas target young transgender people with an unprecedented wave of legislation that has nearly doubled within two years, Alex Woodward reports

The Independent UK

Republicans’ midterms pitch: never mind the policy, here’s the culture war

Abortion bans, anti-LGBTQ laws, book bans – the party sees hot button issues as a tried and test path to victory. Democrats ignore it at their peril, experts say

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