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Iowa bill would remove civil rights protections for transgender people

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This bill goes much further than prior attempts

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Iowa bill would remove civil rights protections for transgender people

This bill goes much further than prior attempts

1 day ago·Cedar Rapids, United States

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Semafor

The power of two: Behind the GOP move to axe ‘transgender’ from language

The SceneIt was a regular commitment from Joe Biden’s White House: A meeting between LGBTQ “stakeholders” and the Office of Public Engagement. Groups like GLAAD got direct access to the administration, helping craft policy and language for a president who called transgender rights “the civil rights issue of our time.”Times change.One month into Donald Trump’s presidency, pro-LGBTQ language, including nearly every reference to “transgender” peopl…

2 days ago·New York, United States

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The Quad-City Times

GOP bill would revoke protections for transgender Iowans

Protections for transgender Iowans would be removed from the Iowa Civil Rights Act after nearly two decades under legislation introduced Thursday by Republican state lawmakers.

2 days ago·Cherokee County, United States

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Little Village

'Pointless, unnecessary and unbelievably cruel': Rep. Steve Holt proposes bill eliminating civil rights protections for trans people - Little Village

Supporters of LGBTQ rights rally at the Iowa Capitol on Monday, Feb. 12, during a public hearing on HF 2389, a bill that would change how laws and regulations are made in Iowa, permanently undermining the rights of transgender and nonbinary Iowans. — Anthony Scanga/Little VillageIowa would make history by gutting protections enshrined in its Civil Rights Act for almost two decades to make discrimination against transgender Iowans legal, if a bil…

1 day ago

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Iowa Democratic Party Chair Rita Hart: GOP taking Iowans

Iowa Democratic Party Chair Rita Hart said Iowa Republicans are busy prioritizing "culture war" issues over things that could make Iowans' lives better as legislators make a renewed push to strip protections for transgender Iowans from the state's Civil Rights Act."I think that it’s clear

2 days ago

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