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A state Senate bill would allow patients to sue their physicians for “coercing” them into gender affirming care. (Photo: John Partipilo/Tennessee Lookout)

Tennessee Senate allows lawsuits over transgender ‘coercion’

The Tennessee Senate passed legislation Monday allowing patients to sue their doctor for “coercing” them into seeking gender reassignment some 30 years after treatment. Republican Sen. Adam Lowe ...

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Democracy Georgia state senator says radicals are ‘trying to infiltrate’ libraries to ‘promote LGBTQ lifestyles’ By Richard Eberwein – 3/18/24

Georgia state Sen. Larry Walker III (R-Perry) says that radicals in the American Library Association (ALA) have infiltrated libraries and used diversity efforts to promote Marxism and LGBTQ lifestyles.

Iowa BLEEDING HEARTLAND: No one needs a civility lecture from Jeff Shipley By LAURA BELIN Bleeding Heartland – 2/05/24

“If you wish to enjoy civil rights, being able to act and behave civilly is a prerequisite,” State Representative Jeff Shipley tweeted on January 31, shortly after his latest effort to take ...

Crime White Lives Matter member sentenced to 18 years for firebombing Northeast Ohio church By Richard Eberwein – 1/30/24

On Monday, a judge sentenced 20-year-old Aimenn Penny to 18 years in prison after firebombing a church in Chesterland, Ohio last March.

Iowa BLEEDING HEARTLAND: Trans Iowans face broadest civil rights threat in years By LAURA BELIN Bleeding Heartland – 1/29/24

An Iowa House Judiciary subcommittee will soon consider the broadest threat to trans rights since lawmakers added gender identity protections to the Iowa Civil Rights Act in 2007, the first ...

Crime Kentucky lawmaker says proposal to loosen incest laws to exempt first cousins was ‘inadvertent change’ By Austin Linfante – 1/17/24

Kentucky state Rep. Nick Wilson (R-Williamsburg), the former “Survivor” winner who went viral after his proposed bill aimed at strengthening incest laws included a provision making sex with first cousins legal, retracted then resubmitted the bill Wednesday.

Democracy BLEEDING HEARTLAND: Court blocks Iowa’s ‘staggeringly broad’ book bans, teaching restrictions By LAURA BELIN Bleeding Heartland – 1/02/24

Originally published on Dec. 31, 2023 The state of Iowa cannot enforce key parts of a new law that sought to ban books depicting sex acts from schools and prohibit instruction “relating to gender ...

Health care DeWine vetoes gender-affirming care ban By Richard Eberwein – 12/29/23

On Friday, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine (R) announced that he vetoed a gender-affirming care ban passed by the Republican-controlled state legislature, a rarity for Republican governors.

Education BLEEDING HEARTLAND: State gaslights on Iowa’s book ban, ‘Don’t say Gay/Trans’ law By LAURA BELIN Bleeding Heartland – 12/26/23

Originally posted on Dec. 25 A federal judge will soon decide whether to block enforcement of all or part of an Iowa law that imposed many new regulations on public school libraries and educators. ...

Iowa BLEEDING HEARTLAND: LGBTQ plaintiffs make strong case against Iowa education law By LAURA BELIN Bleeding Heartland – 11/30/23

Iowa Republican lawmakers and Governor Kim Reynolds enacted several laws this year that discriminate against LGBTQ people. This week, seven Iowa families and the advocacy group Iowa Safe ...

LGBTQ Mike Johnson partnered with one of nation’s largest anti-gay organizations to promote conversion therapy By Richard Eberwein – 11/01/23

Before his career in Congress, Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) worked as a lawyer and collaborated with the anti-gay group Exodus International to help forcibly convert gay people.

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