Supporters of Bay Area college volleyball player turn out in droves at rally by anti-trans groups

Thursday, October 9th, 2025

via The Mercury News (California)

Earlier this week, a coalition of groups pushing back against transgender participation in women's sports announced that they'd be holding a rally outside of the Santa Rosa Junior College's g…

LGBTQ+, Parent Involvement

What to know about efforts to ban books in Arizona schools, libraries

Thursday, October 9th, 2025

via The Arizona Republic (Arizona)

Banned Books Week highlights efforts to limit access to books, but the debate often results in people talking past, not to, each other.

Book Bans, Parent Involvement, LGBTQ+

We surveyed 90 trans Texans. Most said they’re living in fear and weighing a move

Thursday, October 9th, 2025

via Dallas Morning News (Texas)

Respondents said anti-trans policies have complicated their sense of home in Texas and pushed them to consider leaving the state.

LGBTQ+

Trump’s education department is working to erode the public school system • Louisiana Illuminator

Wednesday, October 8th, 2025

via Louisiana Illuminator (Louisiana)

ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. Education Secretary Linda McMahon has been clear about her desire to shut down the agency she runs. She's laid off half the staff and joked about padlocking the door. She calls it […]

Book Bans, LGBTQ+, Parent Involvement

Inside the ruling on Nassau County’s ban on trans athletes on women’s sports teams

Tuesday, October 7th, 2025

via PIX11 (New York)

A Nassau County Supreme Court judge upheld a local law blocking transgender women and girls from playing on female sports teams at county-run parks and recreational facilities, ruling that the law is valid and legal and that the county will continue to protect girls and women from unsafe and unfair competition.

LGBTQ+

Texas Tech’s limits on gender identity discussion deepen fears of politics breaching academic freedom

Wednesday, October 1st, 2025

via High Plains Public Radio (Texas)

Professors are afraid to publicly speak out, system leaders left key questions unanswered and advocates worry for LGBTQ+ students' mental health.

LGBTQ+

ASU transgender students on guard as bills move forward, recognition lapses

Wednesday, April 30th, 2025

via Daily Independent (Arizona)

PHOENIX — Lawmakers across the country — including those in Arizona — are introducing anti-trans bills at increasing rates, with the number spiking more than 28 times higher, from …

LGBTQ+

Texas students say K-12 DEI ban and other anti-LGBTQ+ bills threaten their safety, voice and mental health

Tuesday, April 29th, 2025

via KPRC (Texas)

Students are concerned the legislation could silence supportive teachers, dismantle safe spaces, lead to overenforcement and prevent honest conversations about identity.

LGBTQ+, Racism, Sex Education

Shaun Hogan for Brunswick School Department board

Monday, April 28th, 2025

via Portland Press Herald (Maine)

During my years of service in the U.S. Navy, a supervisor once told me if you're going to complain about a problem, ensure you are willing to offer a solution. After years of watching the Brunswick…

School Board – General, LGBTQ+

AG Ellison’s suit against Trump over anti-trans executive orders draws mixed reactions

Sunday, April 27th, 2025

via Duluth News Tribune (Minnesota)

Democrats tout the move from Ellison, while Republicans say the suit is a waste of money

LGBTQ+

He fought against anti-trans bathroom bills a decade ago. Now Michael Hughes is fighting back again

Sunday, April 27th, 2025

via Post Bulletin (Minnesota)

As President Donald Trump sets about marginalizing trans people, a Rochester man finds it impossible to stay silent.

LGBTQ+

Texas passes anti-trans bill restricts bathrooms use, other private spaces

Wednesday, April 23rd, 2025

via KXAN (Texas)

TEXAS (KTAL/KMSS) — Today, the Texas Senate passed the 'Women's Privacy Act,' ensuring women are safe in their bathrooms, locker rooms, and showers. However, it explicitly prohibits trans people from sharing those spaces. Mary Elizabeth Castle, Director of Government Relations for Texas Values, said, 'The vote today in the Senate was a landmark vote for […]

LGBTQ+

Minnesota sues Trump administration over anti-trans executive orders

Tuesday, April 22nd, 2025

via Star Tribune (Minnesota)

The lawsuit, filed Tuesday, takes aim at executive orders banning trans kids from sports and defining two sexes

LGBTQ+

Maine banned transgender discrimination 20 years ago. Few noticed — until now.

Sunday, April 20th, 2025

via Portland Press Herald (Maine)

Dozens of trans students have competed in high school sports in Maine since 2013, but such participation has suddenly become a flashpoint in a high-stake political and legal battle with the Trump…

LGBTQ+

All In: Maine is right. Trans youth athletes deserve chance to play

Friday, April 18th, 2025

via Times Union (New York)

The ongoing efforts to vilify trans youth and those who compete for fun with their friends, for exercise and the joy of playing is abhorrent.

LGBTQ+

Wisconsin’s name-change law raises safety risks for transgender people

Friday, April 18th, 2025

via Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Wisconsin)

A 167-year-old statute requires trans people to publish their old and new names in a newspaper. Families and advocates worry the requirement now poses a risk as President Donald Trump has attacked transgender rights.

LGBTQ+

Arkansas lawmakers approve anti-trans bill targeting bathroom use in public buildings

Wednesday, April 16th, 2025

via Arkansas Times (Arkansas)

Arkansas lawmakers passed a bill that would allow Arkansans to sue the state or local governments if they encounter the opposite sex in a multi-occupancy restroom.

LGBTQ+

Pride flags, bathroom rules: Idaho laws are ‘frightening,’ trans advocates say

Wednesday, April 16th, 2025

via Idaho Statesman (Idaho)

'Women want our spaces to be private for women,' one lawmaker said.

LGBTQ+

Lawmakers pass bill barring discipline against students who refuse to use peers’ preferred names, pronouns

Monday, April 14th, 2025

via Daily Inter Lake (Montana)

The Montana Senate on Friday cast the final vote approving a bill restricting public schools from taking action against students or staff who decline to use the preferred names or pronouns of other…

LGBTQ+