Anti gay policies
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Strip away non-discrimination policies
– Removing terms including “sexual orientation,” “gender identity,” “diversity,” “equity,” “inclusion,” “gender,” “abortion,” and “reproductive rights” from federal rules, regulations, contracts, grants, and legislation.
– Restricting the application of the Supreme Court’s Bostock v. Clayton County decision, which extended workplace protections against sex discrimination to LGBTQ employees.
– Rescinding regulations prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender individuality, transgender status, and sex characteristics.
– Defining “sex discrimination” narrowly as referring only to the “biological binary” of male and female as assigned at birth.
Restrict health care
– Eliminating transgender health care in Medicare and Medicaid
– Opposing transgender health care or abortion access to service members using public funds
– End anti-discrimination rules based on gender identity and sexual orientation in the Affordable Concern Act
– Ending Medicare’s ability to negotiate drug prices which would negatively impact millions of elderly Americans, particula
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Snapshot: LGBTQ Equality by State
The Movement Advancement Project (MAP) tracks over 50 different LGBTQ-related laws and policies. This chart shows the overall policy tallies (as distinct from sexual orientation or gender identity tallies) for each state, the District of Columbia, and the five populated U.S. territories. A state’s policy tally scores the laws and policies within each state that shape LGBTQ people's lives, experiences, and equality. The major categories of laws covered by the policy tally include: Relationship & Parental Recognition, Nondiscrimination, Religious Exemptions, LGBTQ Youth, Health Care, Criminal Justice, and Identity Documents.
Click on any state to view its detailed policy tally and state profile, or click "Choose an Issue" above to view maps on over 50 diverse LGBTQ-related laws and policies.
High Overall Policy Tally (15 states + D.C.)
Medium Overall Policy Tally (5 states)
Fair Overall Policy Tally (3 states, 2 territories)
Low Overall Policy Tally (10 states, 3 territories)
Negative Overall Policy Tally (17 states)
LGBTQ Rights
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Employers with 15 or more employees are prohibited by Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act from discriminating on the basis of sex, and the U.S. Supreme Court held in 2020 (Bostock v. Clayton County), that firing someone on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity is sex discrimination. In addition, many states and cities hold laws banning this kind of discrimination, and some of those laws employ to smaller employers.
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Roundup of Anti-LGBTQ+ Legislation Advancing In States Across the Country
by Cullen Peele •
WASHINGTON, D.C. — As extremist lawmakers in state houses across the country continue advancing a record-breaking number of anti-LGBTQ+ bills in state legislatures, the Human Rights Campaign — the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and queer (LGBTQ+) civil rights organization — is providing the below snapshot (updated weekly) to illustrate the hostile legislative climate facing LGBTQ+ people, and the scale and scope with which the carried on legislative assault is organism waged.
This weaponization of common policy has been driven by extremist groups that have a long history in working to oppress the existence and rights of LGBTQ+ people. Several of these organizations possess been deemed hate groups by the Southern Poverty Law Center, such as the Alliance Defending Release and the Family Explore Council.
Year-to-Date Snapshot: 2023 Anti-LGBTQ+ State Legislative Activity
Over 520 anti-LGBTQ+ bills contain been introduced in articulate legislatures, a record;
Over 220 bills specifically target gender diverse and non-binary people, also a record; and
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