March 26, 2024
Anti-Trans Legislation in the U.S.: Outlook and Our Power
The Current Landscape For nearly a decade now, the U.S. has seen an enormous uptick in anti-trans legislation. This year, 2024 broke all previous records; nearly 500 anti-trans bills have been proposed this year, and it’s only March. Nearly 400 of these bills were proposed in January alone. Many of these bills are reintroductions of…
SB 5768
SB 5768 (WA): Protecting access to abortion medications by authorizing the department of corrections to acquire, sell, deliver, distribute, and dispense abortion medications. What is the landscape that SB 5768 is responding to? This coming August, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) will review a case which could reverse the Food and Drug…
March 5, 2024
March 2024
March 3, 2024
Nex Benedict and Oklahoma Bill No. 615
CW: assault, death/murder, transphobia, bathroom “debate” The bathroom debate has been raging for decades but took center stage as a red herring tactic by politicians under the guise of protecting youth. Sadly, transphobia on this level is contagious and it has a major cost. Nex Benedict was a 16 year old member of the Choctaw…
February 12, 2024
About the Equality Act – Policy Post February 2024
Laws that Outlined Civil Protections In 1964, the landmark passage of the Civil Rights Act prohibited discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin. As a result, discrimination on the basis of someone’s race, color, religion, sex or national origin in voting rights, employment, public accommodations, and against people who received…
February 1, 2024
Texas State Bill 14
As of September 2023, youth under the age of 18 are prohibited from accessing gender affirming care in the state of Texas. This law, State Bill 14, erodes avenues of support for trans youth and their families. In today’s post, we describe the law and provide a list of supportive recommendations to share with the…
November 29, 2023
TDOR – LGBTQ+ Policy and Legislation Post November 2023
This month honors Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR) and communities willhost vigils meant to carve out spaces for grieving, healing, and support throughout the nation.Historically, the use of violence and countless instances of indignity experienced by members ofour LGBTQ+ community have been prompted by local, state and federal policies with theobjective to relegate us to…
