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Over 60 corporations including Apple, Google, IBM and Facebook’s parent company, Meta, published an open letter calling on Gov. Greg Abbott to “abandon anti-LGBTQ+ efforts."

As parents of transgender children in Texas grapple with the state's new law over providing gender-affirming medical care, Idaho parents are now facing similar issues, with...

That's in a bill making it through the Idaho legislature, while Alabama is considering a punishment of 10 years in prison.

Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds, a Republican, on Thursday signed a bill into law that bans transgender women and girls from playing on sports teams that match their gender identity.At her signing ceremony held at the Iowa Capital rotunda, Reynolds claimed that the law would advance womens equality.&quo

BOISE (Idaho Reports) –The Idaho House State Affairs Committee passed a bill that would prohibit gender-confirmation surgery from being performed on children, even if they had parental consent. Rep. Bruce Skaug, R-Nampa, introduced the bill that would add to the existing law for “female genital mutilation” under Idaho Code 18-1506B. The Legislature initially established that law in 2019, targeting […]

The Idaho House State Affairs Committee passed a bill that would prohibit gender-confirmation surgery from being performed on children.

The removal appears to have occurred on Feb. 5 where of the four suicide-related phone lines, the Trevor Project, an LGBTQ youth organization, was removed.

The ruling comes in response to a lawsuit filed against Governor Greg Abbott over an order he enacted that treats gender-transitioning procedures as child abuse.

"This is a critical victory and an important first step in stopping these egregious and illegal actions from Texas officials."

The Texas Department of Health and Human Services has removed suicide prevention resources for LGBT+ youth from its website.