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Georgia Governor Signs Anti-LGBTQ Law Restricting Transgender Students from Sports, Despite Zero Trans Athletes Participating in State

GLAAD — Mon, 28 Apr 2025 21:26:04 +0000

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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GLAAD AND GEORGIA EQUALITY RESPOND TO GEORGIA’S NEW LAW RESTRICTING TRANSGENDER STUDENTS FROM SPORTS, DESPITE ZERO TRANS ATHLETES PARTICIPATING IN GEORGIA

Heidi Spillum, Web Producer — Mon, 28 Apr 2025 19:44:05 +0000

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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Federal Agency, Former Champion for Intellectual Freedom, Parrots Book Ban Misinformation

Jae Moore — Thu, 30 Jan 2025 15:18:02 +0000

Living up to President Trump’s campaign promise to upend education, the endangered U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced last week the dismissal of 11 complaints and six pending cases filed against school book bans as “meritless claim[s] premised upon a dubious legal theory.” Additionally, OCR fired book ban coordinator Matt Nosanchuk [...]

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Voters Send Powerful Message to Anti-Trans, Moms for Liberty-aligned Candidates

Jae Moore — Mon, 25 Nov 2024 16:03:51 +0000

In multiple states this election year, voters signaled an overall shift away from “parents’ rights” issues, fear mongering, and partisan politics, including the rejection of anti-trans candidate for North Carolina governor Mark Robinson as well as other state and local educational posts. North Carolina voters also rejected Moms for Liberty-endorsed Superintendent of Public Instruction candidate [...]

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Fact Sheet: Donald Trump at Moms for Liberty Summit

GLAAD — Thu, 29 Aug 2024 16:01:49 +0000

Donald Trump is to speak at the Moms for Liberty Summit in Washington, DC, on Friday, August 30. It is Trump’s second time appearing before the anti-LGBTQ book banning extremist group. Moms for Liberty-endorsed and affiliated candidates have repeatedly lost in recent elections and additional tactics to target LGBTQ students have failed in court. Facts: [...]

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Deeply Unpopular Book Bans are a Losing Ticket in the 2024 Election

Jae Moore — Wed, 28 Aug 2024 20:19:10 +0000

The results of a new survey published by Knight Foundation in partnership with Langer Research Associates shows that book bans, and the people who promote them, are losing support. The recent primary election results in Florida, home base for book-banning Moms for Liberty, show even more rejection at the ballot box. First, the survey: Of [...]

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RNC Continues to Ignore LGBTQ Issues

GLAAD — Fri, 19 Jul 2024 00:32:56 +0000

The big moment from Day 3 of the Republican National Convention was the keynote speech by U.S. Senator JD Vance from Ohio, former President Donald J. Trump’s newly chosen running mate. But in the lead-up, a few featured speakers took the stage to address foreign policy under the evening’s theme of “Make America Strong Once [...]

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Day 2 of the Republican National Convention Speaker Recap and the Truth About Keeping LGBTQ Families Safe

Angela Dallara — Thu, 18 Jul 2024 00:10:43 +0000

In case you missed it, “Make America Safe Again” was the theme of the second night of the Republican National Convention on Tuesday – yet for some featured speakers, using LGBTQ Americans to stoke misunderstanding and fear mongering seemed to take first priority. Governor Bill Lee of Tennessee, who is responsible for signing into law [...]

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Election 2024: Trump’s Possible VP Picks on the Record

GLAAD — Wed, 08 May 2024 14:21:51 +0000

Likely Republican nominee for president Donald Trump has said he has his vice president/running mate pick in mind, but he quickly downplayed the claim and has yet to announce a name, leaving potential candidates to lobby vigorously and publicly for the position. A number of possible candidates appeared at a Mar-a-Lago fundraiser for Trump in [...]

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Momentum in Florida: Families Secure Victory Removing Discriminatory Provisions in “Don’t Say LGBTQ” Law as Legislature Adjourns

Angela Dallara — Tue, 19 Mar 2024 11:00:26 +0000

Florida legislators concluded the 2024 session one week ago adjourning for the year, with 21 out of 22 anti-LGBTQ bills defeated or neutralized. The broadscale defeat follows years of escalating and baseless targeting by extremist lawmakers, brought down by tireless advocacy from Equality Florida and thousands of LGBTQ and ally Floridians. Florida is also turning [...]

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