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The legislation specifies the exact language that must be printed on the classroom displays and outlines that the text of the Ten Commandments must be the central focus of the poster or framed document.
Thirteen students traveled from New Orleans to Baton Rouge on March 27 to protest several anti-LGBTQ+ bills up for consideration by the Republican-controlled House and Senate.
Mel Manuel's ad makes points about bodily autonomy and the threat to democracy.
The librarian said she's received death threats after speaking out against censorship.
Medicaid will no longer reimburse gender-affirming care prescriptions in Louisiana.
Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards, a moderate Democrat, called the bill discriminatory and "a solution in search of a problem."
Gov. Edwards sustained his veto of two other anti-LGBTQ+ bills.
These Republican-controlled states are fighting to discriminate against students.
Gov. John Bel Edwards vetoed a similar bill last year. He hasn't said what he'll do now.
The bills could soon go to Gov. John Bel Edwards.
The state with the most reported bullying might surprise you.
They claimed that protecting the LGBTQ+ community from discrimination would open business up to lawsuits.
Gov. John Bel Edwards opposes the measure, but he will neither sign nor veto it, as his veto would be overridden, he said.
The bill had died in committee last week, but it's been given new life thanks to a procedural motion rarely used.
Landry, currently the state's attorney general, has opposed LGBTQ+ rights even though he has a gay brother, and he pushed for Louisiana's ban on gender-affirming care for trans youth.
Gov. John Bel Edwards, a moderate Democrat, vetoed a gender-affirming care ban, a "don't say LGBTQ+" bill, and a pronoun restriction bill.
The NCAA issued a warning on the matter Monday.
The ACLU of Indiana has already filed suit against the new law.
He's voiced support of SCOUTS also reviewing decisions on marriage equality and contraception use.
Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant plans to join 11 other states in a lawsuit over a guidance document on the treatment of transgender students.
