State legislatures have been both attacking and assisting trans individuals and their rights.
- There is a proposed law in Minnesota that would make health insurance plans cover gender-affirming care, and it has made progress.Minnesota Legislature)
- In Alabama, there is a proposed bill to expand the ban on discussing sexual orientation and gender identity in schools to include high school students, which opponents have dubbed “Don’t Say Gay or Trans”.Alabama Political Reporter)
- New York Attorney General Letitia James has intervened in Nassau County to stop the ban on trans girls playing sports, which led to a lawsuit from the county’s executive.LGBTQ Nation)
- Most people in Iowa oppose a Republican proposal to require both the sex assigned at birth and the gender identity to be on trans people's birth certificates.Des Moines Register)
- A bill in Wyoming that would ban gender-affirming care for trans minors passed a state senate committee vote and a state house floor vote.WyoFile)
- An Idaho state house committee approved a ban on Medicaid reimbursing transgender individuals for gender-affirming care, which was passed along party lines.Idaho Capital Sun)
- The Maryland Senate has passed a bill to protect providers of gender-affirming care from being sued in civil and criminal actions brought by other states.WJZ News)
- There is a proposed bill in Maine to safeguard access to abortion and gender-affirming care.News Center Maine)
- The legislature in Hawaii is considering a bill to allow gender-affirming care to be provided through telehealth.KITV)
- Nebraska is being sued by the ACLU over its ban on gender-affirming care, and the state supreme court is currently reviewing the case.WOWT)
