Anti-Trans Legislative Risk Assessment Map: May 2024 Update
Updates come to both the transgender youth and transgender adult maps as we prepare for the 2024 election cycle.
May 2, 2024
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transgender people protections
New Jersey becomes ninth state to protect transgender people
Starting Sunday, New Jersey joined eight other U.S. states in making it illegal for employers and landlords to discriminate against transgender people.
June 19, 2007
Trump administration moves to strip transgender people of employment discrimination protections
According to the U.S. Supreme Court, discriminating against transgender people at work is illegal. The Trump administration is testing the ruling.
February 18, 2025
Supreme Court orders judges to reconsider protections for transgender people in four states
The decision will impact LGBTQ+ populations in Idaho, North Carolina, Oklahoma and West Virginia.
July 1, 2025
Elon Musk’s Twitter No Longer Protects Transgender People from Abuse
It’s now okay to deadname and misgender trans people on the app, thanks to the free speech absolutist who banned people for insulting him.
April 18, 2023
Iowa passes bill stripping civil rights protections for transgender people, send to governor
Iowa would be the first state to remove these protections from its antidiscrimination law.
February 27, 2025
FRC Argues in Favor of Discriminating Against Trans People
As Maryland weighs protections for transgender people, the FRC puts its two cents in.
February 27, 2013
Arkansas Gov.: No Need for LGBT Protections
Asa Hutchinson thinks the revised 'religious freedom' bill is enough to protect gay and transgender people.
April 10, 2015
House Democrats Introduce Transgender Bill of Rights
The prominent Democratic members of Congress say it's time to protect the rights of LGBTQ+ Americans, particularly of transgender people.
June 30, 2022
Trans Folks Can Now Pee Safely at the RNC
After three years of debate, transgender people in Cleveland are finally protected by the city's human rights ordinance.
July 14, 2016
Schwarzenegger signs pro-gay antidiscrimination bill
California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a bill Tuesday protecting gay and transgender people from discrimination in state programs.
August 29, 2006
Dallas Just Did What Houston Wouldn't: Protect Trans Folks
The Dallas city council just voted unanimously to do what Houston voters refused to: bolster nondiscrimination protections for transgender people.
November 10, 2015
Oped Why We Still Need a Fully Inclusive ENDA
An EEOC ruling recently added protection from discrimination for transgender people in the workplace, but does that mean federal legislation isn't needed?
April 27, 2012
Good News for Transgender State Employees in Md.
Just months after the passage of sweeping, statewide nondiscrimination statute protecting transgender people, Maryland announces that trans state employees will no longer face discrimination in insurance.
July 22, 2014
Iowa senator condemns GOP in fiery speech over trans civil rights repeal: ‘Shame on all of you Christians’ (exclusive)
State Sen. Tony Bisignano doubled down on calling out Republican lawmakers for stripping away civil rights protections for transgender people in an interview with The Advocate.
February 28, 2025
California bill introduced to seal adults' gender transition documents
The legislation would protect transgender people's privacy and prevent harassment at a time when they're being "viciously targeted," says state Sen. Scott Wiener.
January 9, 2025
Lawsuit challenges EEOC's failure to investigate anti-transgender discrimination
"The Trump-Vance administration’s unlawful effort to erase protections for transgender people is cruel, and a violation of the law and the Constitution," says Democracy Forward President and CEO Skye Perryman.
July 29, 2025
Arizona Lawmakers Keep Pushing for Anti-trans Bathroom Bill
The state House Appropriations Committee approved SB 1045 Wednesday, which would protect businesses that require transgender people to use the bathroom corresponding with their sex assigned at birth.
March 28, 2013
Chile Passes Historic Law Protecting Trans and Nonbinary Citizens
The law guarantees that trans and nonbinary Chileans over the age of 14 can update their names on legal documents.
passed a historic law protecting transgender and nonbinary people over the age of 14.
November 28, 2018
U.S. Judge Allows First Trans Person to Sue Under Disability law
Kate Lynn Blatt can move forward with a sex discrimination lawsuit against her employer under the Americans with Disabilities Act, even though it explicitly excludes transgender people from protection, according to Reuters.
May 19, 2017