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Citation From the March 23, 2023, edition of CNN's Newsroom JESSICA DEAN (CO-HOST): Brandon Wolf is the Press Secretary for Equality Florida, which is the largest LGBTQ advocacy group in that state. Brandon, nice to see you. Thanks for making time this afternoon. Walk us through what concerns you most about this law. BRANDON WOLF (PRESS SECRETARY, EQUALITY FLORIDA): Well there are a number of

ArkansasRepublicans have passed and proposed some of the most extreme anti-LGBTQ+ legislation in the country, with the state’s governor enacting a transgender bathroom bill earlier this week. Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed a bill into law on Tuesday that forbids transgender people from using bathrooms that align with their gender identity in schools within the state. As a result of a new

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp on Thursday signed into law a bill banning most gender-affirming care for minors, in the latest example of an ongoing push by Republican lawmakers in conservative states to restrict the rights of the LGBTQ community — especially transgender youth. Senate Bill 140 — which prevents doctors from prescribing hormone therapy or performing gender-affirming surgeries on trans

Kentucky governor Andy Beshear vetoed one of the most draconian anti-transgender bills in the U.S. today, volleying it back to its Republican sponsors for a final showdown. Senate Bill 150 is an omnibus anti-trans bill stitched from several different pieces of legislation that were previously thought to be dead. If enacted, SB 150 would force doctors to medically detransition minors under