The Riley Gaines Act (HB 267) | 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 The Riley Gaines Act (HB 267) | 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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