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Super Bowl highlights Texas bathroom bill fight and potential of future boycotts
If Texas passes Senate Bill 6 it could be the last time a major sporting event is held in the Lone Star State for awhile.
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Texas House speaker pans bathroom bill & exposes GOP divide on trans rights
Texas House Speaker Joe Straus’ comments underscore an escalating ideological battle between the GOP’s business-minded base and far-right grassroots activists.
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NC governor: Talks continue with GOP to repeal anti-transgender law HB2
A deal with legislative leaders to repeal a bill that directs which bathrooms transgender people can use in some buildings is still possible
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Republican lawmaker blocks anti-transgender bill in Indiana
The bill, authored by a state representative who is also an Elvis impersonator, would have banned transgender people from updating their birth certificates.
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‘Percy Jackson’ author declines Texas legislature honor over bathroom bill
If Texas passes Senate Bill 6 they should expect boycotts like North Carolina has seen over HB2, which has cost the state millions of dollars and hundreds of jobs.
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‘Bathroom cops’ may soon become a reality in Alabama
Alabama saw North Carolina’s “bathroom bill” and raised it with actual enforcement by guards.
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LGBTQ activists prepare for an uphill battle in fight for legal equality
Legislators in several states — including Alabama, Missouri, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia and Wisconsin — are advocating for anti-transgender “bathroom bills.”
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California’s ban on taxpayer funded travel to four states goes into effect
Non-essential travel to Mississippi, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Kansas has been banned due to their anti-LGBTQ laws.
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Kentucky Democrat introduces two anti-LGBTQ bills despite GOP opposition
Well, this is a turn around, isn’t it?
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Texas introduces anti-transgender bathroom bill with quote from MLK, Jr.
The state’s business community largely does not support such legislation, knowing it could cost them millions of dollars and thousands of jobs.