LGBT rights

Texas lawmakers have filed more than 100 anti-LGBTQ bills, according to the statewide group Equality Texas. One of the measures, House Bill 1507, drew pushback from Democrats, students and educators Tuesday.

The Texas Senate Committee on State Affairs also debated a measure Thursday that would deny state funds to libraries that host drag story hours.

The crowd gathered in Austin on Monday, waving pride flags and signs of support. The rally served as a platform to protest a slew of bills under consideration in the Texas Legislature affecting transgender youth and drag performers.

The Texas legislature heard public testimony for the first time Thursday on a bill addressing gender-affirming care in the state.

The measure, authored by Rep. Steve Toth, R-Woodlands, has a 10-year statute of limitations. Opponents say the wide scope of the proposal makes it dangerous.

Texas lawmakers this year will debate whether to block transgender kids’ access to transition-related health care, classify businesses that host drag shows as sexually oriented establishments and limit public school lessons on sexuality and gender identity.

The bill would require students in Kansas to be assigned to male and female sports teams based on biological evidence at birth, including a person’s genitalia, chromosomes or reproductive potential. Among 41,000 girls competing in Kansas high school athletic events, only three are known to be transgender.

Supporters say what they've dubbed a "women’s bill of rights" would protect cisgender women. Critics say it’s a political attack on transgender women.

A lawmaker is accused of hypocrisy after it emerges that he once wore a dress. He says it wasn’t sexual.

Bills range from prohibiting insurance companies from covering gender-affirming care to revoking the license of a doctor who performs a gender-affirming surgery on a minor.