LGBTQ

Last session Texas GOP lawmakers passed a drag bill, a ban on gender-affirming surgery and other legislation targeting the LGBTQ community. With the Republican Party growing more conservative after the election, experts say it's likely the theme will continue.

Julie Johnson’s win came as Sarah McBride of Delaware was elected the first openly transgender congressperson.

A survey by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that about 3% of U.S. high-schoolers identify as transgender, and another 2% question their gender identity.

Texans who have secured a court order to update the sex listed on their birth certificates can no longer do so at this time, according to a new state policy that blocks transgender Texans from making these changes.

The students saw the move as part of a political environment that has become increasingly hostile against LGBTQ+ people in Texas.

The Biden administration's new Title IX rule is on hold in Texas and 20 other states challenging the changes in court.

Oklahoma won’t be required to expand protections for LGBTQ+ people in schools while waiting for a federal court to weigh in on new Title IX rules.

When the United Methodist Church removed anti-gay language from its official rules last week, it marked the end of a half-century of debates over LGBTQ inclusion in America's mainline Protestant denominations.

The new Title IX rules expanded the definition of sex-based harassment. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said the change distorted the original intent of the law.

Rep. Mauree Turner has been censured by colleagues and carried the stress of being in a legislature that passes laws restricting trans rights.