"Over the past few years, US state legislatures have become a key battleground in efforts by Republican lawmakers to attack LGBTQ+ rights. Since 2023, lawmakers have submitted over 2,000 statewide laws targeting the community's rights, according to the ACLU. Just over half of those bills have been defeated, while an estimated 211 have passed into law. READ MORE: Pride 2025 was one of the most dangerous in US history, report reveals"
"Several states have also passed laws banning potentially life-saving gender-affirming treatment for trans under-18s. As of July 2025, over 40 per cent of all trans youngsters in American aged 13-17 live in one of the 27 states that ban treatment. At least 96 bills proposed this year heavily restrict healthcare for LGBTQ+ people on some level. One of them, a senate bill submitted in Oklahoma, would completely ban certain kinds of gender-affirming treatments in the state."
Anti-LGBTQ+ politicians proposed more than 360 homophobic and transphobic laws in the first month of 2026. An ACLU tracker recorded at least 366 anti-LGBTQ+ bills across 36 states since the start of the year. State legislatures have become key battlegrounds, with over 2,000 statewide bills targeting LGBTQ+ rights submitted since 2023; just over half were defeated and an estimated 211 became law. Proposed measures include restrictions on free speech, censorship of LGBTQ+ books and curricula, policies forcing schools to out trans students, and bans on gender-affirming care for minors. At least 96 bills this year restrict LGBTQ+ healthcare. The ACLU called the bills cruel and pledged continued opposition.
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