Mississippi

More than 100 community members came out for a vigil Friday to honor the 24-year-old's life.

While in the Mississippi state legislature, Robert Foster drafted the state’s death penalty law in 2017 that now allows for executions by gas chamber, electrocution, and firing squad. 

Ridgeland Mayor Gene McGee objected to "homosexual materials" because they went against his Christian beliefs, the library system's director says.

Groves is at least the 39th trans, nonbinary, or gender-nonconforming person to die by violence in the U.S. this year.

The governor said the law was necessary because the president "encourages transgenderism."

The Mississippi bill would keep transgender girls out of girls' sports, while the South Dakota legislation is a so-called religious freedom measure that would enable discrimination.

Bills aimed at keeping transgender girls and women off female interscholastic sports teams are moving forward in North Dakota, Mississippi, and Utah.