Anti-Trans Legislation | GLAAD https://glaad.org GLAAD rewrites the script for LGBTQ acceptance. Mon, 28 Apr 2025 21:26:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8 https://media.glaad.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/20110814/cropped-glaad-cyan-icon-32x32.png Anti-Trans Legislation | GLAAD https://glaad.org 32 32 Georgia Governor Signs Anti-LGBTQ Law Restricting Transgender Students from Sports, Despite Zero Trans Athletes Participating in State https://glaad.org/georgia-governor-signs-anti-lgbtq-law-restricting-transgender-students-from-sports-despite-zero-trans-athletes-participating-in-state/ https://glaad.org/georgia-governor-signs-anti-lgbtq-law-restricting-transgender-students-from-sports-despite-zero-trans-athletes-participating-in-state/#respond Mon, 28 Apr 2025 21:26:04 +0000 https://glaad.org/?p=936009 On April 28, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signed The Riley Gaines Act, effectively banning the participation of transgender student-athletes from participating in sports and from using the correct restroom and locker room that aligns with their gender. The new law, which was championed by conservative state lawmakers as a top priority at the start of [...]

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]]> https://glaad.org/georgia-governor-signs-anti-lgbtq-law-restricting-transgender-students-from-sports-despite-zero-trans-athletes-participating-in-state/feed/ 0 GLAAD AND GEORGIA EQUALITY RESPOND TO GEORGIA’S NEW LAW RESTRICTING TRANSGENDER STUDENTS FROM SPORTS, DESPITE ZERO TRANS ATHLETES PARTICIPATING IN GEORGIA https://glaad.org/releases/glaad-and-georgia-equality-respond-to-georgias-new-law-restricting-transgender-students-from-sports/ Mon, 28 Apr 2025 19:44:05 +0000 https://glaad.org/?post_type=releases&p=935995 GLAAD: “All students, regardless of gender identity, should have access to play school sports in a safe environment where they can learn and thrive. With the passage of this discriminatory legislation, Georgia lawmakers have unfairly and baselessly made it more difficult for transgender students to experience the same lessons sports offers all youth, and they [...]

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]]> Research Explores How Trans Technologies are Removing Barriers to Access and Visibility https://glaad.org/research-explores-how-trans-technologies-are-removing-barriers-to-access-and-visibility/ https://glaad.org/research-explores-how-trans-technologies-are-removing-barriers-to-access-and-visibility/#respond Thu, 10 Apr 2025 15:23:38 +0000 https://glaad.org/?p=933492 Trans Technologies, a new book from MIT Press and written by University of Michigan researcher and faculty member Oliver L. Haimson, Ph.D. explores the creative and novel ways technologies are being utilized to address the inequalities the transgender community faces, highlight and correct misinformation, and grow safety, acceptance, equitability, and visibility. “Trans technologies,” as Haimson [...]

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]]> https://glaad.org/research-explores-how-trans-technologies-are-removing-barriers-to-access-and-visibility/feed/ 0 Trans Voices and Context Belong in the Conversation: Podcasts, Coverage of Podcasts, and Everywhere https://glaad.org/trans-voices-and-context-belong-in-the-conversation-podcasts-coverage-of-podcasts-and-everywhere/ https://glaad.org/trans-voices-and-context-belong-in-the-conversation-podcasts-coverage-of-podcasts-and-everywhere/#respond Thu, 13 Mar 2025 18:20:56 +0000 https://glaad.org/?p=931140 California Governor Gavin Newsom has now featured three prominent anti-trans voices in the launch of his podcast, and not a single trans person. It bears repeating, and repeating: include transgender voices in stories and conversations about transgender people. Context is needed too, especially when oppositional voices are prioritized and have large platforms. GLAAD research shows [...]

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]]> https://glaad.org/trans-voices-and-context-belong-in-the-conversation-podcasts-coverage-of-podcasts-and-everywhere/feed/ 0 GLAAD RESPONDS TO PRESIDENT TRUMP’S DISINFORMATION TARGETING LGBTQ AMERICANS DURING JOINT ADDRESS TO CONGRESS https://glaad.org/releases/glaad-responds-to-president-trumps-disinformation-targeting-lgbtq-americans-during-joint-address-to-congress/ Wed, 05 Mar 2025 19:24:22 +0000 https://glaad.org/?post_type=releases&p=930359 (New York, NY  – March 5, 2025) GLAAD, the world’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) media advocacy organization, is responding to President Donald Trump’s joint address to Congress and the administration’s continued attempts at spreading false and harmful rhetoric about LGBTQ people.  Among the Falsehoods: Trump falsely claimed he “brought back free [...]

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]]> Fact Sheet: Misleading Narratives About Transgender People and Restrooms, Locker Rooms, and Other Single-Sex Spaces https://glaad.org/fact-sheet-misleading-narratives-about-transgender-people-and-restrooms-locker-rooms-and-other-single-sex-spaces/ https://glaad.org/fact-sheet-misleading-narratives-about-transgender-people-and-restrooms-locker-rooms-and-other-single-sex-spaces/#respond Tue, 04 Mar 2025 16:40:58 +0000 https://glaad.org/?p=930049 Current proposals in the US that prohibit transgender people from being able to use public restrooms that align with who they are (e.g. proposals forcing transgender men to use women’s bathrooms, and trans women to use the men’s room) are constructed on intentional falsehoods. This trend of inflammatory fearmongering and demonization is a threat to [...]

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]]> https://glaad.org/fact-sheet-misleading-narratives-about-transgender-people-and-restrooms-locker-rooms-and-other-single-sex-spaces/feed/ 0 GLAAD STATEMENT AND FACTS IN RESPONSE TO TITLE IX RULING BY KENTUCKY-BASED FEDERAL JUDGE https://glaad.org/releases/glaad-statement-and-facts-in-response-to-title-ix-ruling-by-kentucky-based-federal-judge/ Thu, 09 Jan 2025 23:06:03 +0000 https://glaad.org/?post_type=releases&p=926072 GLAAD: “Transgender and nonbinary students are among the most bullied and harassed in school. Protections for the most vulnerable students make the entire school safer and stronger for everyone.” (Thursday, January 9, 2025 – New York, NY) GLAAD, the world’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) media advocacy organization, is responding to a [...]

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]]> State Legislatures Reconvene to Consider 2025 LGBTQ-Related Bills https://glaad.org/state-legislatures-reconvene-to-consider-2025-lgbtq-related-bills/ https://glaad.org/state-legislatures-reconvene-to-consider-2025-lgbtq-related-bills/#respond Thu, 09 Jan 2025 14:35:14 +0000 https://glaad.org/?p=925978 With the holiday break over, a number of state legislatures are reconvening starting this week to hold their 2025 sessions, and LGBTQ-related bills and policies are already on the docket in many states. Massachusetts, Montana, Ohio, Wisconsin, Kentucky, Minnesota, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New [...]

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]]> https://glaad.org/state-legislatures-reconvene-to-consider-2025-lgbtq-related-bills/feed/ 0 Vance’s Misleading and Anti-Transgender Healthcare Ban Legislation Ignores Evidence-based Medicine and the Advice of Medical Orgs https://glaad.org/vance-antitransgender-healthcare/ https://glaad.org/vance-antitransgender-healthcare/#respond Wed, 19 Jul 2023 16:18:05 +0000 https://glaad.org/?p=837231 U.S. Senator J.D. Vance (R – Ohio) has introduced the so-called “Protect Children’s Innocence Act,” a piece of legislation riddled with lies about transgender healthcare. The act includes an array of far-right, anti-transgender buzzwords and “bans” a variety of medical procedures, none of which are a part of transgender healthcare for minors.  The act, if [...]

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