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BLEEDING HEARTLAND: Iowa Republicans didn’t always push anti-LGBTQ bills. What changed?

As the Iowa legislature’s first “funnel” deadline approaches, Republicans have introduced more than 30 bills targeting the LGBTQ community, roughly double the previous record. More than a dozen of those […]

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As Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee (R) endorsed a bill to make drag shows in public and semi-public spaces a felony on Monday, he was also forced to defend a high school photo of him in drag.

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OPINION: Backlash comes for the right-wing culture war in small town Wisconsin

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Furry litter box hoax resurfaces in North Dakota Senate

During a state Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in North Dakota Wednesday, state Sen. Judy Estenson (R-Warwick) repeated a heavily discredited rumor about children being encouraged to use litter boxes in schools.

Wisconsin GOP makes conversion therapy legal again

The Republican-controlled Joint Committee for Review and Administrative Rules in Wisconsin voted to strike down a ban on conversion therapy last week, effectively making the practice legal.

BLEEDING HEARTLAND: Grassley rewrites history on marriage equality stance
Herschel Walker continues to campaign against LGBTQ community just hours after Colorado Springs shooting

During a campaign rally in Carrollton, Ga. Sunday, GOP Senate nominee Herschel Walker continued his pattern of anti-LGBTQ remarks less than 24 hours after a deadly shooting at a LGBTQ club in Colorado.

LGBTQ activists condemn Ohio Republicans over House bill that would heavily restrict care for transgender teenagers

Republican lawmakers in Ohio are updating and pushing a bill that heavily restricts healthcare for youth members of the LGBTQ community, despite massive outrage.

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