According to the American Civil Liberties Union, there are more than one hundred anti-LGBTQ+ bills moving through legislatures across the country. Arizona is no exception. Numbering among the introduced bills are anti-transgender exclusions, school curriculum restrictions, and religious exemptions for ...
Read More »Erasing LGBTQ from the alphabet
Anti-LGBTQ+ elected officials in Arizona must stop infringing on our rights as parents 
We are parents writing with simple, straightforward requests – stop infringing on our rights as parents to make deeply personal, medical decisions with our children and stop telling them what sports they can play because of their gender identity. For ...
Read More »GOP lawmakers flex political muscle on LGBTQ bills 
House Speaker Rusty Bowers still wants a hearing for a bill he is co-sponsoring to ban discrimination against LGBTQ people, even if he has to handpick the committee to get it done. On Thursday, Bowers joined with the Democrats to ...
Read More »Court erred in declining name change for gender transition
What you want to call yourself legally is no one's business but your own, the state Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday.
Read More »Professor sues state for refusing to provide gender reassignment surgery
A University of Arizona professor is suing the state for refusing to pay for surgery he said is medically necessary to fully become a male.
Read More »McCain, Flake vote to ban workplace discrimination for sexual orientation
WASHINGTON – Arizona Republican Sens. John McCain and Jeff Flake joined an overwhelming majority of senators Thursday to pass a bill banning workplace discrimination based on an employee’s sexual orientation or gender identity.
Read More »Sedona approves local ordinance on civil unions
Sedona has become the fourth Arizona city to recognize same-sex civil unions.
Read More »After lengthy debate, House committee passes abortion bill ‘we can all agree on’ 
Despite Rep. Steve Montenegro’s calling his HB2635 “something we can all agree on,” the bill, which would outlaw abortions based solely on the sex or race of the fetuses, sparked nearly an hour of debate Wednesday in the House Health and Human Services Committee.
Read More »Bills on abortion to be considered Wednesday
Two Arizona legislative committees on Wednesday are scheduled to consider bills to improve new abortion restrictions.
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