Topic: Anti-trans Legislation

New Hampshire Democratic Senate candidate, U.S. Rep. Chris Pappas speaks to supporters and media outside of the Webster Elementary School on Nov. 3, 2026 in Manchester, New Hampshire. (Joseph Prezioso/Getty Images)

Gay candidates won in unlikely places

Dimitrios Aletras Jr.
Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., stops to speak to a TV crew as she arrives for the House Republican Conference caucus meeting in the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, September 10, 2024. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Ex-Mace aide: Anti-trans bill "a ploy"

Griffin Eckstein
Greg Abbott and Ken Paxton (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Trans teen caught up in Paxton's game

Eleanor Klibanoff - The Texas Tribune
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis | A huge multi-colored flag flies over Ocean Drive as people participate in the Pride Parade, during the Miami Beach Pride Festival, in Lummus Park, South Beach, Florida on September 19, 2021. (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

GOP revives deadly "gays recruit" myth

Amanda Marcotte
Transgender Flag (Getty Images/Vladimir Vladimirov)

9 anti-trans bills in first week of '22

Jon Skolnik
Donald Trump (Getty Images)

Red states keep the Trump agenda alive

Jon Skolnik
Roger Marshall, John Thune and Mike Braun (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

GOP targeting abortion, trans women

Ramsey Touchberry
Mr. Potato Head, The Cat In The Hat and Marjorie Taylor Greene (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images/Dr Sues Media Center)

GOP's faux culture war will win in 2022

Amanda Marcotte
Pete Snyder and Amanda Chase (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images/Pete Snyder Official Campaign)

VA GOP going full transphobia

Ramsey Touchberry