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Redistricting fights across South put future of Voting Rights Act in the spotlight again
By Fredreka Schouten On December 21, 2023 One of the things Edna Courville remembers most about the 1960 presidential election is her mother’s fury as the adults gathered in the dining room of their Minden, Louisiana, home to review the preamble to the US Constitution. They were preparing, she said, for the state’s Jim Crow-era…
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Ohio governor vetoes ban on gender-affirming care for minors
By Anumita Kaur On December 26, 2023 Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine struck down a bill that would have banned gender-affirming care for minors, breaking from fellow Republican governors’ precedent and preserving such care for residents beyond his state as well, because families of transgender youths who live in states with bans have been traveling to…
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Activists hope pope’s approval of same-sex blessings could ease anti-LGBTQ+ bias and repression
By Nicole Winfield On December 19, 2023 NEW YORK (AP) — A winter weather system moving through the U.S. is expected to wallop the East Coast this weekend with a mix of snow and freezing rain from the southern Appalachians to the Northeast — although it’s too early to say exactly which areas will get…
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DeSantis spread false information while pushing trans health care ban and restrictions, a judge says
By Brendan Farrington On December 22, 2023 TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A federal judge hearing a challenge to a transgender health care ban for minors and restrictions for adults noted Thursday that Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis repeatedly spread false information about doctors mutilating children’s genitals even though there’s been no such documented cases. The law was…
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Seattle hospital sues Texas AG who sought records of trans minors
By Kim Bellware, Molly Hennessy-Fiske, Timothy Bella and Ben Brasch On December 21, 2023 Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) tried to compel a Seattle hospital to hand over information about gender-affirming treatment Texas youths may have received across state lines, according to court filings, signaling an escalation of his office’s attempts to crack down…
Read MoreFederal judge blocks Idaho gender-affirming transgender care ban
By Kiara Alfonseca On December 27, 2023 A federal judge has preliminarily blocked an Idaho law banning gender-affirming healthcare treatments for transgender people under 18 years old. The law was set to go into effect on Jan. 1, 2024, and would have made it a felony to provide such care. District Court Judge Lynn Winmill…
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A Republican House member spoke in support of a Ugandan law that doles out a death penalty for ‘aggravated homosexuality’
By Madison Hall On December 28, 2023 A Republican member of the House of Representatives spoke in support of a Ugandan law that provides the death penalty for those convicted of “aggravated homosexuality.” The Young Turks uncovered earlier in December that Rep. Tim Walberg, who’s represented Michigan in Congress since 2011, made the speech in October…
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Opponents gave input on ballot language for abortion-rights measure, Ohio elections chief says
By the Associated Press On December 6, 2023 COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Republican Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose consulted with three prominent anti-abortion groups while drafting the contested ballot language used to describe Issue 1, an abortion-rights measure overwhelmingly approved by voters earlier this month, cleveland.com reported Wednesday. The Republican elections chief and 2024 U.S. Senate candidate revealed having help with…
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