Sometimes, good news can come out of bad news. According to the Human Rights Campaign, there were 315 anti-LGBTQ+ bills introduced in state legislatures last year, but 91% of them failed to become law. That’s one of the findings in the ninth annual State Equality Index, released Thursday by the HRC Foundation and the Equality Federation Institute.
The largest proportion of the bills introduced out of 149, specifically targeted transgender and nonbinary people, particularly youth. There were 80 bills aimed at barring trans youth from playing school sports consistent with their gender identity and 42 bills to prevent trans and nonbinary youth from receiving gender-affirming health care. By the end of the 2022 legislative session, a record 17 bills attacking trans and nonbinary children passed into law. Overall, nineteen states exclude trans athletes from school sports and five states restrict access to gender-affirming health care.
Another trend was curriculum censorship legislation, restricting instruction on LGBTQ+ issues and other marginalized communities. Across the country, 70 curriculum censorship bills were filed and seven passed into law, including Florida’s infamous “don’t say gay” legislation.
Surprising Study Shows 91% Of All Anti-LGBTQ+ Bills Failed In 2022
- Paul Thomas
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