Minnesotans hold a rally at the state capitol to support trans kids in Minnesota, Texas, and around the country on March 6, 2022, in St. Paul, Minnesota.
from the Equality Federation, a coalition of state LGBTQ+ organizations, and a review of state bills bySo far, efforts to restrict health care for transgender adults, either directly or through insurance exclusions, stand out as the new ground being broken ahead of 2023 legislative sessions. Education will be another crucial policy arena to watch after so-called “Don’t Say Gay” laws, and other bills impacting LGBTQ+ students, went intoIdentifying which states are prioritizing anti-LGBTQ+ legislation, regardless of whether those bills ultimately fail, is important because a pattern has emerged in the past few years: Those same states have also made new and exploratory efforts to implement anti-trans policies outside of their legislatures. Texas and Florida are key examples.