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Lawmakers approve bill forbidding teachers from calling students by pronoun that doesn’t match biological sex
State lawmakers gave final approval Monday to forbidding teachers from calling students by a pronoun that does not match their biological sex.
GOP leaders defend transgender ban in lawsuit
Senate President Warren Petersen, R-Gilbert, and House Speaker Ben Toma, R-Peoria, filed a motion to intervene in a federal suit to defend the 2022 law banning transgender girls from participating in girls' sports.
Transgender girls go to court over Arizona school sports ban
The parents of two transgender girls in Arizona filed a lawsuit Tuesday challenging a year-old state law banning trans girls from participating in school sports.
As session shifts into gear, bipartisan overtures turn to politicking
In the past few weeks, Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs and top Republican lawmakers have engaged in some public mudslinging.
Transgender girl angry over new law
Ten-year-old Zoé Anspach has been looking forward to trying out for the girls' soccer team at Kyrene Aprende Middle School in Chandler when she’s done with elementary school.
Ducey signs abortion, transgender bills
Gov. Doug Ducey on March 30 signed legislation to outlaw virtually all abortions after 15 weeks, preclude transgender girls from participating in women's sports, and make it illegal for doctors to perform "irreversible gender reassignment surgery'' on minors.
House sends transgender sports, abortion bills to Ducey
Bills to ban many abortions and restrict transgender youth from getting reassignment surgery or playing on some sports teams are headed to Gov. Ducey’s desk.
House panel OKs abortion, transgender bills
An abortion ban modeled on a Mississippi law being challenged in court right now took a step closer to becoming law in Arizona today.
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... […]
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... […]
Sen. Pace kills bill limiting trans health care
Transgender rights advocates implored the Senate Health and Human Services Committee to vote no on a bill to limit trans health care, and a Republican senator voted with Democrats to... […]
Bowers backs bid to stop gay, transgender discrimination
House Speaker Rusty Bowers is throwing his weight behind a bill to ban discrimination against gay and transgender people. “It is the doctrine of my faith that we are all... […]
