Texas - Here Are the New Anti-LGBTQ Bills Texas Passed into Law

Joelle DiPaolo

Texas Observer

Allen, TX (state rep. Jeff Leach's hometown)

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Arizona - Anti-trans bills and executive orders are reshaping campus life in Arizona

Cheyla Daverman

The Copper Courier

Fountain Hills, AZ

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ezs note:  Arizonans - y'all know what to do!  Call or write to your state representatives AND state Senators!  Get your friends to get off their arse!

Florida - Florida advocates celebrate defeat of anti-LGBTQ bills in 2025 legislative session

Sergio R. Bustos

WLRN

Tallahassee, FL

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ezs note:  Take a note from Floridians.  Whenever an asinine vote came up, 16,000  Floridians said no!  You can do it too!

Idaho - These anti-LGBTQ+ bills were introduced in 2025 Idaho legislative session. Where does each stand?

Mia Maldonado, Kyle Pfannenstiel

Idaho Capital Sun

Couer d'Alene, ID

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ezs note:  Idahoans, what you can do is work like hell to get these nitwits OUT of the office.  These troll like sponsors are ones you might particularly give the boot to:

Rep. Ted Hill, Eagle

Sen. Tammy Nichols, Middleton

Rep. Heather Scott, Blanchard

Sen. Ben Toews, Coeur d'Alene

Rep. Barbara Ehardt, Idado Falls

Sen. Cindy Carlson, Riggins

Rep. Bruce Skaug, Nampa

Sen. Carl Bjerke, Coeur d'Alene

Rep. Dale Hawkins, Fernwood

Rep. Judy Boyle, Midvale

Rep. Brent Crane, Nampa

Rep. Joe Alfieri,  Coeur d'Alene

North Carolina - North Carolina's proposed LGBTQ bills could impact Charlotte's trans community

Julian Berger

WFAE

Charlotte, NC

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Georgia - Georgia Democrats’ frustration with anti-transgender bills boils over into a walkout

Jeff Amy

AP

Vidalia, GA 

(Rep. Blake Tillery's hometown)

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national/world - California lawmakers reject bills to ban trans athletes’ participation in girls sports

Sophie Austin

AP

Sacramento, CA

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Georgia - Anti-LGBTQ Bills Expected To Return In Georgia Legislature, Including Transgender Sports Ban

Linda

Lavender

Fairburn, Georgia (r)

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Wyoming - Bills would end all transgender access to female sports, spaces

Press

Jackson Hole News & Guide

Worland, WY

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Missouri - ‘Legislators don’t see me as human’: Missouri trans youth fight to survive anti-LGBTQ+ bills

Sam Levin

The Guardian

Pacific, MO (r)

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New Hampshire - LGBTQ+ advocates contemplate legal challenges to bills affecting trans students

Ethan DeWitt

New Hampshire Bulletin

Columbia, NH (r)

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New Hampshire - Sununu urged to veto NH bills affecting transgender people

Ethan DeWitt

Seacoast Online

Derry, NH

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Washington (state) Republicans introduce bills targeting abortion providers and transgender youth

Nick Hawthorne

KXLY

Spokane Valley, WA

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ezs note:  YOU can make a difference.  Especially if you are in a state representative or state senator, call them up!

name/residence/county

Sen. Mike Padden/Spokane Valley/Spokane (p)

Sen. Phil Fortunato/Auburn/King-Pierce (pts)

Sen. Jim McCune/Graham/Pierce-Thurston (pts)

Rep. Cyndy Jacobsen/Puyallup/Pierce (p)

Rep. Leonard Christian/Spokane Valley/Spokane (p)

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Missouri governor’s office hid plans on gender-affirming care, transgender athletes bills

Annelise Hanshaw

St. Louis Public Radio/Missouri Independent

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Spy vs. Spy

Antonio Prohìas (original artist)

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Wave of anti-transgender bills in Republican-led states divides US faith leaders

David Crary

AP

Durant, OK (home of state Sen. David Bullard)

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ezs note:  Durant, OK and area location - unless he replaces his broken bulb, maybe it's time to replace state Sen. David Bullard. 

Transgender youth: ‘Forced outing’ bills make schools unsafe

Hannah Schoenbaum, Sean Murphy

AP 

Tulsa, OK

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Bills would let transgender people seal name-change requests

Hannah Schoenbaum, Sophie Austin, Manuel Valdes

AP

Olympia, WA

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Anti-Transgender Bills Were Being Pushed in These Five States This Week

James Bickerton

Newsweek

Topeka, KS

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ezs note:  If you live in any of the five states listed below, please call your state Representative and state Senator and urge them to vote against the bill:

• South Dakota
• North Dakota
• Kentucky
• Kansas
• Missouri

Drag queens speak against Missouri bills on transgender kids

Summer Ballentine

ABC News

Jefferson City, MO

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Bills targeting trans youth are growing more common — and radically reshaping lives

Koko Nakajima, Connie Hanzhang Jin

NPR

Little Rock, AR

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