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Three states sue Trump for attack on gender-affirming care for minors
From the Washington Post
Trump orders end to federal support for transgender care for minors
From Reuters
Interview: Trump poses more threats to the rights of LGBT people
From Human Rights Watch
“Since about 2021, on the heels of the first Trump administration, there’s been a significant uptick in state legislatures proposing or passing laws targeting LGBT people, and trans kids in particular. Some of the worst trends involve denying trans children access to sports, barring them from appropriate bathroom facilities, and outing them to family members.”
A GOP lawmaker introduces a Capitol bathroom rule before her trans colleague arrives
From National Public Radio
"South Carolina Rep. Nancy Mace says the resolution aims to protect women’s rights. Democratic Rep.-elect Sarah McBride, the first out trans person elected to Congress, has slammed it as a distraction."
Will more states try to protect marriage equality with Donald Trump back in office?
From The Nation
From Mother Jones
"Project 2025 contains numerous anti-LGBTQ+ provisions. But for queer Americans and their allies, the document’s danger is not just the specific proposals: it is its framing of LGBTQ+ identity as harmful to children. This child protection rhetoric is a proverbial bad penny, turning up again and again to impede queer people’s rights. But each time, the LGBTQ+ community has managed to defeat the argument—and has gained new rights in the process."
From GCN News
“Project 2025 is driven by a far-right desire to turn America back to the 1920s, or even further back,” says Bitecofe. “It’s quite clear the goal is a religious-based biblical argument of morality,” targeted against trans rights, the LGBTQ community, marriage equality, and the reproductive control of women."
"Despite Trump’s attempts to separate himself from Project 2025, the ACLU’s Gillian Branstetter describes his positions on LGBTQ rights and the relevant elements of the project as “kind of inseparable. There really isn’t any daylight between what Trump is saying and what 2025 is saying,” Branstetter says. The strongest confirmation of this comes from Trump’s own words."
Use the American Civil Liberty Union's form to contact your Congress person to urge them to protect trans people from discrimination.
No matter who wins the election, these queer grassroots organizations will keep doing the work
From Them by Conde Nast
"Ahead of the election, Them spoke to six LGBTQ+ organizations and collectives about how their work will continue after the election. These organizations are often community hubs, helping queer and trans people access resources (healthcare, legal services, financial help, disaster relief) that are otherwise out of reach, either because of government bureaucracy, state neglect, discrimination, or some combination. From supporting formerly incarcerated trans people to providing healthcare to Black trans people in the South to decriminalizing sex work, these groups tell Them they are prepared for November 5 and committed to continuing their work no matter the outcome."
