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Tennessee lawmakers continued to advance legislation targeting the LGBTQ+ community this week, among other actions. • Here are some of the biggest developments. A bill that would restrict some drag performances in Tennessee secured final approval from lawmakers. • Gov. Bill Lee signed that bill and the bill banning gender-affirming health care for minors Thursday. A measure that would define "

The Kentucky Department of Education released guidance on Monday that will assist districts in implementing state lawmakers’ anti-LGBTQ law passed last month. Senate Bill 150 includes new policies prohibiting transgender students from using school restrooms and changing rooms based on their gender identity. Further, the measure bans gender-affirming medical care for minors. Major medical

A Florida teacher under a state investigation for showing a Disney movie featuring a gay character said she wasn’t aware the state’s controversial law banning instruction about certain LGBTQ topics had been recently expanded to apply to her grade level.

The legislation was first passed in March 2022 and initially applied to kindergarten through third grade. Last month, Florida’s state

“So often when we talk about atrocities of the past, we like to say ‘How could this happen?’ It hit me so forcefully: This is exactly how it happened — it happened by degrees,” she said. “If we don’t start making a concerted effort to form coalitions that care about equality that are pushing against bigotry and really making noise about it, we are going to be part of ‘How did it happen?’ while