(Washington, DC) — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, along with Evangelical, Baptist, and Jewish organizations, filed a Supreme Court brief opposing legal protections for transgender people. The brief argues such protections could “jeopardize established rights and protections securing religious freedom.” LGBTQ-plus advocates counter that transgender rights do […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — A bill restricting transgender students from university housing that does not align with their biological sex is returning to the Utah House after passing the Senate yesterday. H.B. 269, which excludes unisex and single-occupant housing, allows intersex exceptions and requires an “unamended” birth certificate to […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah lawmakers are advancing legislation affecting the state’s transgender community. During a debate yesterday, discussions centered on where minors can be incarcerated and restricting transgender adult inmates from receiving gender-affirming care. HB-252 mandates that transgender youth be housed in cells matching their sex assigned at […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — A bill that would require those living in student housing at Utah’s public universities to stay in gender-assigned areas is advancing. The measure would mean those in dorms would have to live only in areas designated for the sex they were assigned at birth. That […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — The Utah state auditor says only a few complaints out of thousands submitted merited action for supposed violations of the state’s new transgender-exclusionary public restroom law. State Auditor John Dougall says his office has identified five that required attention. Dougall also notes he’s not happy […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — The Utah School Board will hold a closed door meeting today to discuss Natalie Cline. The school board member has been facing backlash for nearly a week since falsely claiming a high school student was transgender on Facebook. The School Board only has the power […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah Governor Spencer Cox signed two controversial bills into law yesterday. The first was House Bill 257, also known as the “transgender bathroom bill”, which requires transgender people to use a public bathroom or changing room that coincides with their sex assigned at birth. The […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) – A compromise by Utah lawmakers is behind the passage announced of a controversial transgender bathroom bill. The bill now heads to Governor Spencer Cox. House members had initially said no to changes the Senate was offering to House Bill 257. The bill was batted back […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Big changes have been made to Utah’s controversial “trans bathroom bill”. House Bill 257 originally banned people from using public restrooms that don’t align with the gender on their birth certificate, but this is no longer the case. The current version of the bill allows […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — A Utah bill that would restrict transgender people from accessing public restrooms has passed the Senate Business and Labor Committee. That means the bill is now another step closer to becoming a law. House Bill 257 will now go to the full Senate for a […]
