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Iowa governor signs transgender medical care, bathroom use bills into law

By Iowa Capital Dispatch ● News ● March 26, 2023 April 13, 2023

Transgender youth can no longer receive gender-affirming care or use school bathrooms corresponding with their gender identity under laws signed by Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds (R).

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Missouri Senate advances bill banning transgender care for minors

By Missouri Independent ● News ● March 26, 2023 April 13, 2023

A bill that would stop physicians from providing gender-affirming care to transgender minors who have not already begun treatment passed Missouri’s Senate Thursday in a party-line vote.

Indiana Senate committee moves stricter version of bill targeting student pronoun changes in schools

By Indiana Capital Chronicle ● News ● March 24, 2023 April 13, 2023

Advocates say language requiring parental consent for students to change their pronouns threatens LGBTQ youth.

Missouri AG issues rules restricting gender-affirming care

By Tom Wray ● Lead Story ● March 21, 2023 April 13, 2023

The rules require that patients be screened for autism and ensure “that the patient is not experiencing social contagion with respect to the patient’s gender identity.”

Kentucky legislature passes anti-trans bill

By Kentucky Lantern ● Lead Story ● March 17, 2023 April 13, 2023

The Kentucky General Assembly passed legislation Thursday night that would, among other things, ban gender-affirming care for transgender minors.

Anti-trans bill paused in Kentucky Senate as Republicans split

By Kentucky Lantern ● News ● March 16, 2023 April 13, 2023

The Kentucky Senate narrowly voted to postpone consideration of House Bill 470 — after adopting a floor amendment that loosened the controversial bill’s health-care restrictions on trans youth.

Armed Nazis, white supremacists swarm LGBTQ drag event in Wadsworth, Ohio

By The Buckeye Flame ● News ● March 16, 2023 April 13, 2023

At an unassuming public park in Wadsworth, Ohio, dozens of armed neo-Nazis and other white supremacists descended on a scheduled drag storytelling hour.

Michael Knowles, who said ‘transgenderism needs to be eradicated,’ to speak at Purdue

By Tom Wray ● News ● March 13, 2023 April 13, 2023

Daily Wire host Michael Knowles will be speaking at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Ind. on March 23.

Indiana AG Rokita targets medical providers giving care to transgender minors

By Indiana Capital Chronicle ● News ● March 10, 2023 April 13, 2023

Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita on Tuesday inserted himself into the debate over gender-affirming care for minors – though recent testimony documented that surgeries on children don’t occur in Indiana.

One Iowa holding urgent meeting for trans families

By Illinois Eagle Staff ● News ● March 8, 2023 April 13, 2023

One Iowa, Iowa’s LGBTQ rights organization, is holding an emergency meeting for trans families on Thursday, March 9.