Tennessee AG: It was God's will for him to defend gender-affirming care ban at Supreme Court
"God puts his people where he needs them," Jonathan Skrmetti said during the Southern Baptist Convention's annual meeting.
June 11, 2025
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"God puts his people where he needs them," Jonathan Skrmetti said during the Southern Baptist Convention's annual meeting.
Representative-elect McBride stated in response to the question on trans people and Democratic losses, "The party that was focused on culture wars and trans people was the Republican Party."
Peter Vlaming, a former French teacher at West Point High School, filed a lawsuit in 2019 after he was fired for discriminating against a student by refusing to use his pronouns.
The law, signed by Republican Gov. Brad Little last year, makes it a felony for doctors to provide medical treatment to transgender minors.
Johnson had made a similar statement in an interview with a right-wing activist shortly before he became House speaker.
Johnson, now House speaker, has been on the board of anti-LGBTQ+ activist Ray Comfort's Living Waters ministry since 2013.
The far-right extremist group Alliance Defending Freedom brings a case that threatens to undo protections for LGBTQ+ minors from dangerous and abusive conversion therapy.
The university canceled a graduation ceremony for LGBTQ+ students and reached a reported seven-figure settlement with an anti-transgender former professor.
Looking at the groups that threaten drag queens, transgender people and the broader LGBTQ+ community.
Protecting LGBTQ+ students from discrimination overrides free speech considerations, according to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.
The far-right lawmaker was outraged about the ‘woke’ ideology of inclusivity during Pride Month last year.
Officials at Mid Vermont Christian School say the state is committing unconstitutional religious discrimination.
Lawyers for Lorie Smith and the state agreed to work together on an order stating she won't be punished under Colorado's antidiscrimination law.
Speaker Mike Johnson has called homosexuality a "inherently unnatural" and "dangerous lifestyle."
Some worry it will affect trans rights in the U.S. and other countries.
The judge found the regulation "fatally" flawed.
Web designer Lorie Smith claimed anti-discrimination laws violated her First Amendment rights; a conservative U.S. Supreme Court majority agreed.
The GOP senator doesn't think a ban on sex discrimination in health care should include gender identity, and he's making some baseless assertions to argue his case.
Attacks on abortion and gender-affirming care are heavily intertwined, and one group conservative hate group continues to use its influence in Idaho.
They've been partners in homophobia for decades, and Johnson recently appeared at a hate-filled "prayer" event cofounded by Perkins, according to a new report.
Johnson made the remark to a Christian right activist just three weeks before becoming speaker of the House.