Your guide to LGBTQ+ ballot measures in 2026
Voters in seven states will weigh more than half a dozen ballot initiatives affecting LGBTQ+ people, disproportionately transgender youth, in November's midterm elections.
Source: The 19th (19thnews.org)
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331 items of 1822 · updated Oct 30, 2026, 6:10 AM ET
Voters in seven states will weigh more than half a dozen ballot initiatives affecting LGBTQ+ people, disproportionately transgender youth, in November's midterm elections.
Source: The 19th (19thnews.org)
Ken Paxton's anti-abortion influence already extended beyond Texas, and he could take it further in the Senate.
Source: ProPublica (propublica.org)
As the WNBA finals begin in San Francisco, players and fans are pushing back against anti-trans attacks with a message of inclusion.
Source: The Guardian: Gender (theguardian.com)
A Texas woman is suing Students for Life for the cost of raising the children of two unplanned pregnancies, under a law the group helped pass.
Source: Truthout (truthout.org)
HHS demands answers from organizations over support for youth gender-affirming care, which studies show can be life-saving treatment for transgender young people.
Source: Truthout (truthout.org)
A man shot by ICE in NYC last week has yet to receive surgery for a bullet in his neck, and lawyers for Oscar Belgal have called for his immediate release.
Source: Truthout (truthout.org)
IA-01 Dem candidate Christina Bohannan answers an anti-trans ad without throwing trans people under the bus, an approach markedly different from Sand, Turek, and Trone Garriott.
Source: Erin in the Morning (erininthemorning.com)
Latino USA host Maria Hinojosa shares the story of Estrella Diamantina González, an undocumented transgender woman deported to Mexico after a nine-year sentence in a Texas men's prison.
Source: Democracy Now! (democracynow.org)
Rep. Analilia Mejía criticized ICE for secretly using a federal government warehouse in Roxbury, New Jersey, to stage and process detentions in September.
Source: Democracy Now! (democracynow.org)
Trump's new press secretary Katie Zacharia was ousted after 5 days; a Texas woman sues an anti-abortion group under a law it helped pass, and OB-GYNs are advised to start HRT sooner.
Source: Rewire News Group (rewirenewsgroup.com)
A transgender woman in Kansas is running as a Democrat for a state legislative district, and mismatched IDs are not stopping trans Kansans from voting.
Source: The 19th (19thnews.org)