A, which enshrines, for the first time, recognition of LGBTQIA+ people in the Constitution of the Presbyterian Church (USA) ...
After a week of protests, large police presence, and public comment periods, both chambers of lawmakers are set to debate a bill removing ‘gender identity’ from the Iowa Civil Rights code. The bill, ...
Singing "we shall overcome," LGBTQ Iowans shared a message of hope at the Capitol on the heels of a GOP law taking away trans Iowans' civil rights.
With federal funding at stake, Senate Democrats in the Washington State Legislature passed a bill Thursday that expands ...
Iowa’s Republican-led Legislature voted Thursday to remove gender identity as a protected class from the state’s civil rights code, sending the first-of-its-kind measure to Gov. Kim Reynolds ...
If signed into law, it would mark the first time Iowa has removed a protected class from its civil rights law barring discrimination. Monday morning, incensed LGBTQ rights advocates flooded the ...
While the first half of last week’s legislative forum focused mainly on property taxes, the second half delved into an at times tense argument over transgender rights in Iowa, sparking strong emotions ...
The measure, House Study Bill 242, was filed Thursday. In addition to removing gender identity as a protected class in the Iowa Civil Rights Act, the bill would make a range of changes to state ...