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379 items of 1822 · updated Oct 30, 2026, 6:10 AM ET
Voters in 7 states will decide ballot measures impacting LGBTQ+ rights this election, including how trans youth can participate in school sports, access gender-affirming health care, and more.
Source: Truthout (truthout.org)
Abortion rights are on the ballot in 4 states in the 2026 Midterms; voters in Missouri, Idaho, Virginia, and Nevada will decide the fate of abortion rights in their states.
Source: Truthout (truthout.org)
Mother Jones reports Missouri's GOP has a new strategy to ban abortion—attack trans kids; Dr. Jennifer Smith canvasses so her home state doesn't ban abortion again.
Source: Mother Jones (motherjones.com)
Truthout reports courts rejected an attempt to deploy ICE to intimidate voters, and a judge ordered Homeland Security to stop sending agents door to door in nine states to hunt for 'voter fraud'.
Source: Truthout (truthout.org)
NH HB 1376, relative to a parent's ability to raise their child in a manner consistent with the child's biological sex and to breast surgeries for minors, signed by Governor Ayotte 07/15/2026.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
The New York Times reports that those accused of illegal fishing have ended up in ICE detention and that officers in states like Florida have been deputized by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Source: The New York Times (nytimes.com)
Ex-border patrol chief Greg Bovino tells BBC that the Minneapolis withdrawal of the immigration enforcement operation was a 'surrender'.
Source: BBC News US & Canada (bbc.co.uk)
PA HB 1042, an act amending Pennsylvania statutes in crimes against unborn child, providing for the offense of murder of unborn child, was referred to Rules & Executive Nominations.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
Resolution HR 674 recognizing November 20, 2026, as Transgender Day of Remembrance in Pennsylvania was referred to Judiciary.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
East Elmhurst residents in Queens report an ICE operation.
Source: El Diario NY (eldiariony.com)
The Pentagon wants trans troops gone, but U.S. Navy and USMC review boards keep finding reasons to keep them.
Source: The Advocate (advocate.com)
Hundreds lose access to food after ICE arrested Bronx food pantry leader Aleksander Nilaj, who has been detained at Delaney Hall; community leaders and elected officials have called for his release.
Source: Documented (documentedny.com)
Police in Germany raided a transgender and queer community health center in Berlin during a weekly gathering for transfeminine people, according to the organization.
Source: The Advocate (advocate.com)
Doctors and nurses in Washington warn that an anti-transgender sports ballot measure would subject girls to invasive sex-verification requirements to participate in school athletics.
Source: The Advocate (advocate.com)
CBS News reports an ICE crackdown is prompting some Texas Latinos to turn away from Trump; one man says he regrets his votes for Biden and Trump.
Source: CBS News (cbsnews.com)
A Republican district attorney has launched a criminal investigation into mailers sent to thousands of Texas voters posing as guides from a transgender rights organization.
Source: The Advocate (advocate.com)
A Republican district attorney has launched a criminal investigation into mailers sent to thousands of Texas voters posing as guides from a transgender rights organization.
Source: them (them.us)
Washington Republican state lawmaker John Braun, running for a U.S. House seat, is campaigning for a ballot measure that would ban transgender girls from girls' school sports.
Source: The Advocate (advocate.com)
Florida drag queen Miss Bouvèé has raised over $25,000 for Pride by selling bricks from a Miami Beach rainbow crosswalk that was dismantled in October 2025.
Source: them (them.us)
VA HB 349 on inclusion of federally recognized tribes in emergency services and disaster preparedness programs was continued from last session on 2026-07-21.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators