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Vote now for 2021’s Hero Defending the Children
Trans youth have faced an unprecedented attack this year. Here are just five people who are fighting back.
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Judge stops Arkansas’s trans youth health care ban just days before it was set to go into effect
The injunction is a good sign that this year’s harshest anti-trans law won’t survive legal challenges.
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17 GOP states ask federal court for right to deny transgender kids medical care
Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, and Texas
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Alabama bill to force teachers to out trans youth & ban health care access fails
Trans youth and their supporters protested in front of the state’s capitol to stop the attack on their rights. And the bill failed.
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West Virginia governor signs anti-trans law as ACLU threatens lawsuit
“We will see West Virginia in court,” the ACLU tweeted as Gov. Jim Justice signed the discriminatory law.
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Arkansas governor announces he’ll veto bill banning gender-affirming care for trans youth
“This is an example of where restraint is better than overbroad actions that interfere with important relationships in our society,” he stated.
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Arkansas becomes the first state to ban gender-affirming healthcare for trans youth
This is the third anti-LGBTQ bill passed in Arkansas this year and has been called “the single most extreme anti-trans law to ever pass through a state legislature.”
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This ad airing during the NCAA tournament names & shames lawmakers pushing anti-trans laws
The Human Rights Campaign aired a version of their ad during March Madness specifically shaming the governor of Arkansas.
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Tennessee’s governor signs bill that bans trans youth in sports into law
This makes the Volunteer State the third this year to pass a ban on trans people in sports.
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White House warns states that their anti-transgender bills are illegal
“Not only is this the law of the land, it’s his own deeply held view.”