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311 items of 1822 · updated Oct 30, 2026, 6:10 AM ET
After Taiwan legalized same-sex marriage, gender-themed bookstores are working to build the social acceptance that the law alone couldn't deliver.
Source: The Nation (thenation.com)
TN SB 2482: the report a physician is required to submit to the commissioner of health after performing an abortion may be submitted electronically; latest action (2026-03-25): sponsor change.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
TN HB 693 was enacted, making changes to pharmacy practice including removing the prohibition on an administrative fee for pharmacist-provided hormonal contraceptives when the patient is insured.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org)
TN HB 64 requires residential educational programs in this state that allow minors to access residential facilities to segregate restrooms, changing areas, and showers by immutable biological sex.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org)
TN HB 990, as enacted, clarifies the term 'serious risk of substantial and irreversible impairment of a major bodily function' in present law provisions relative to criminal abortion.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org)
TN SB 937, as enacted, prohibits a public school, LEA, teacher, employee, or contractor from requiring a student, teacher, employee, or contractor to provide the individual's preferred pronouns.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org)
TN SB 589, as enacted, requires health benefit plans that provide coverage for prescription contraceptives to provide coverage for a 12-month refill of contraceptives obtained at one time.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
In Michigan, 3 tribes are working to bring back the Arctic grayling, a fish that disappeared 100 years ago.
Source: Grist (grist.org)
Resolution 27-0096 authorizing reimbursement from the Council Contingency Fund for Councilmember Rowena Brown's travel costs to the 2026 International LGBTQ+ Leaders Conference passed.
Source: Legistar: 15 city and county councils (oakland.legistar.com) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
Virginia hospitals keep gender-affirming care programs for minors closed and are silent on whether they plan to reopen them amid federal investigations nationwide.
Source: The Advocate (advocate.com)
A Dem PAC's latest ad criticizes the GOP's bathroom obsession, saying Democrats should call out Republicans for monitoring children's bathrooms.
Source: Erin in the Morning (erininthemorning.com)
Elon Musk's America PAC has committed $100 million to a midterm push heavy on anti-transgender ads, which may be backfiring on Republicans.
Source: Truthout (truthout.org)
Iowa Democrat Christina Bohannan released a digital video ad pushing back against anti-transgender attacks in her race for Congress.
Source: them (them.us)
An Iowa candidate for Congress is pushing back against anti-transgender attacks in new ads without treating LGBTQ+ people as obstacles.
Source: The Advocate (advocate.com)
Two Pennsylvania school boards approved policies restricting transgender athletes from sports aligning with their gender identity; Conestoga Valley School District approved its policy in a 7-1 vote.
Source: them (them.us)
Two school boards in Pennsylvania approved policies restricting transgender athletes from participating in sports that align with their gender identity.
Source: The Advocate (advocate.com)
GLAAD lays out the records of who is targeting LGBTQ+ rights in Ohio.
Source: The Advocate (advocate.com)
A transgender woman has sued Tennessee over its refusal to change the sex marker on her driver's license to match her Illinois birth certificate.
Source: The Advocate (advocate.com)
A lawsuit against Students for Life under Texas' House Bill 7, which allows private citizens to sue those helping distribute abortion medication, could weaken the law.
Source: The 19th (19thnews.org)
Denver City Council adopted Proclamation 26-1505 in observance of Indigenous Peoples' Day in the City and County of Denver.
Source: Legistar: 15 city and county councils (denver.legistar.com) · Status, sponsor and your legislators