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“This bill is a broad license for health care providers and insurance companies to refuse services to people,” said Brandon Wolf, Equality Florida press secretary.
A so-called conscience protection amendment in the state's budget will enable discrimination against LGBTQ+ people and others, activists say.
Gov. Asa Hutchinson hasn't said if he supports the bill, which opponents warn will lead to discrimination against LGBTQ+ people and others.
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.
Lawmakers express concern that the division will enable discrimination, and one seeks to abolish it.
The proposed legislation would ban gender-affirming health care for people up to age 21 and require school staffers to out trans kids to their families.
"It’s clear that the anti-LGBTQ+ agenda is starting to fail, both in Kentucky and across the country."
It comes as more harmful bills are signed into law -- a discriminatory "religious refusals" bill in Arkansas and an anti-transgender sports bill in Tennessee.
The Florida governor with presidential ambitions is ready to take the nation back to the "bigoted old-timey days," Rainbow sings in "Welcome to DeSantis."
A proposed ban on gender-affirming care for minors already negatively affected the state's trans community said a statement from trans intern Ari Webb, read by Sen. Nate Blouin.
But the Republican who defeated Tim Huelskamp isn't exactly a progressive dream come true.
A president like Trump -- intent on legalizing LGBTQ discrimination in hospitals and doctors' offices -- makes it apparent we need federal legislation to protect us.
Pelosi, who won't seek a leadership position in the next Congress, has long been ahead of the curve on LGBTQ+ rights.
If both Donald Trump and Mike Pence are booted from office, Pelosi would ascend to the presidency, and that would be a game changer.
They are likely to trot out a parade of homophobia and transphobia.
The president was grandstanding with right-wingers when he signed his toothless "religious freedom" order, but he could kill millions with Trumpcare.
The court won't hear challenges to Mississippi's "license to discriminate" law, but advocates expect to bring new ones.
The LGBT men and women who helped establish the modern identities of cities like San Francisco and Philadelphia are getting pushed out.
Including the people who finally care about bullying and straight dudes who are rooting for us.
