James Dobson, the infamous anti-LGBTQ+ leader of Focus on the Family who pushed the Republican Party further to the right, died Wednesday. He was 89. The Dr. James Dobson Family Institute announced Dobson's death on its website. The group did not say how he died.
"I will hold the line," Mace said repeatedly, casting herself as a warrior against what she called "the gender cult," undocumented immigrants, and public colleges that acknowledge the existence of more than two genders.
In 2025, while 120 anti-trans bills have passed concerning gender-affirming care, education, legal recognition, and public existence, 647 bills targeting the trans community have failed.