Congressional GOP begins assault on trans people and Rep. Sarah McBride as Democrats dither
While Democrats stumble defending the trans community, Republicans will be opportunistic in escalating their attacks, writes John Casey.
November 19, 2024
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More Than 100K Transgender Youth Live in States Impacted by Restrictive Laws: Study
The study also found that almost 150,000 trans youth live in states that protect transgender rights.
October 23, 2023
Florida Lawmakers Unmoved by Trans Witnesses & Parents’ Pleas
“If you pass this bill today, know that you’re forcing me to use the bathroom with your daughters, wives, mothers, and sisters,” a bearded transgender man told the lawmakers.
March 29, 2023
Bathroom Bill Fails in Tennessee
Right-wing legislators are emboldened after Trump rescinded federal guidelines protecting trans rights for youth, but it wasn't enough to advance a bathroom bill in Tennessee.
March 24, 2017
Texas 'Bathroom Bill' Is Circling the Drain
Business opposition and citizen protests have helped stall the bill, but with six days left in the special legislative session, activists say it's no time to stop the pressure.
August 10, 2017
Kansas Wipes Out Transphobic 'Bathroom Bills'
The state legislature adjourned this morning without taking action on bills that would have compensated students upset by sharing facilities with trans people.
May 2, 2016
The Real Reason Behind Transgender 'Bathroom Bills'
Just under 200 legislators supported discriminatory bathroom bills last year. Here's why.
March 17, 2017
Marriage Ban, Bathroom Bill Resurface in Tennessee
Similar legislation has failed before, but right-wing lawmakers are trying again.
February 10, 2017
Fighting Bathroom Bills With Cold, Hard Facts
Having information about who's really victimized in America will make anti-LGBT lies easier to refute.
July 22, 2016
POLL: Most Americans Oppose 'Bathroom Bills'
Most of the 1001 people CNN surveyed said they had a family member or close friend who was gay or lesbian, while 14 percent of respondents were close with someone who was transgender.
May 9, 2016
Tennessee Flushes 'Bathroom Bill' Away Again
Its lead sponsor has withdrawn it until next year, she said today.
April 18, 2016
The Goal of 'Bathroom Bills' Is to Criminalize Being Trans
We can't take these attempts to demonize trans lives lightly, say members of GetEqual.
March 23, 2016
Transphobic Bathroom Bill Dies in Washington State
The state Senate barely defeated legislation that would have repealed the state's new gender-neutral bathroom policy.
February 11, 2016
#WeNeedToPee Victory in Florida
It's the final flush for Florida's proposed bill to restrict public bathrooms by "biological sex."
April 28, 2015
How Do Bathroom Bills Hurt Trans People?
Curious about what the bathroom bills are and why transgender people are upset? The Advocate helps to clear things up.
August 4, 2017
Bathroom Bills Don't Just Harm Trans People
Children, the differently abled, and those living paycheck to paycheck were also walloped by North Carolina's HB 2.
June 9, 2016
Seth Meyers Blasts 'Bathroom Bills' and Ted Cruz
The late-night host attacked those who spread fearmongering of transgender people and restrooms.
April 29, 2016
Tenn. Resurrects 'Bathroom Bill' Targeting Trans Students
The legislation would bar students in public schools and colleges from using the bathroom or locker room that matches their gender identity.
April 6, 2016
How Bathroom Selfies Erase Nonbinary Trans Folks
Protesting transphobic laws with selfies of burly trans men in women's bathrooms packs a punch, but doing so could make it even harder for gender-nonconforming folks to pee in peace.
April 1, 2016
Responding to Transphobic Bills: #WeJustNeedtoPee
A viral social media campaign reveals what trans people are really in the bathroom to do -- and it's not as scary as right-wing politicians suggest.
March 14, 2015
Arkansas House OK's Anti-Transgender Bathroom Bill
The bill, now headed to the Senate, would restrict trans students' use of restrooms and changing rooms in public schools.
February 3, 2023