In 2025, we will continue to post updates on legislative and judicial happenings, but we will be changing to a single-page format. It’s just too much to maintain multiple pages at the rate of the news cycle.
So bookmark this page, and we’ll keep it updated as best we can.
Our favorite sources for Queer News:
For legislative updates specifically, we look to:
- Erin in the Morning
- Trans Formations Project (and their Insta)
- The ACLU 2025 Legislation Tracker
- LGBTQ+ Legislation Alerts
State Updates: for our own mental health and productivity, we can’t provide updates on all discriminatory legislation in the states we operate in. We will strive to provide updates on legislation that directly affect our ability to provide care, and we encourage you to support the fine folks who are providing more detailed local legislative updates. We would also love to know your information sources, especially for local actions.
ALASKA – Alaskans Together For Equality has an action center and a mailing list.
CALIFORNIA – Equality California has not yet updated their legislation page to include 2025 bills. They do have a Take Action page
FLORIDA – Equality Florida does not have a legislation tracker, but does have frequent action alerts. You can subscribe to their mailing list at https://www.eqfl.org/stay-touch.
HAWAI’I – Stonewall Caucus of the Democratic Party of Hawai’i has a Take Action page and a Legislation page.
IDAHO – ACLU Idaho has a legislation tracker and a Take Action page.
MONTANA – ACLU Montana lists priority legislation, has a Montana Legislative Session 101 page and a Take Action page. Erin Reed often reports on Montana state happenings at Erin In The Morning.
OREGON – Oregon ACLU has a Take Action page.
UTAH – Equality Utah provides a legislation tracker at https://equalityutah.org/advocacy/. You can subscribe to their mailing list at https://equalityutah.org/subscribe/. The Utah ACLU provides a text alert service for action alerts.
WASHINGTON – We love Gender Justice League for their action alerts on FB and Insta, if you’re staying on those platforms. Here are their 2025 legislative priorities and mailing list signup. We also follow Queer Power Alliance for their excellent calls to action.
WYOMING – Wyoming Equality has a bill tracker and a mailing list with frequent action alerts.
ON HIATUS
February 20th Federal Updates:
Two new federal lawsuits challenging the federal administration’s executive order erasing trans, nonbinary, and gender diverse people from recognition:
Lamda Legal, along with the San Francisco AIDS Alliance, the Los Angeles LGBT Center, the GLBT Historical Society, the San Francisco Community Health Center, Prisma Community, Care, the NYC LGBT Community Center, the Bradbury-Sullivan Community Center, Baltimore Safe Haven, and FORGE, challenged executive orders 14168, 14151, and 14173 which stop federal funding going to programs or grantees that embrace DEIA (diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility). The lawsuit is San Francisco AIDS Foundation v. Trump, and was filed in the Northern District of California on the basis that the executive orders violate the First Amendment right to free speech, the Fifth Amendment’s due process clause, and the Fourteenth Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause. The suit also argues that the executive orders violate the Administrative Procedures Act.
Lambda Legal, in conjunction with the Legal Defense Fund, also filed another lawsuit on behalf of the AIDS Foundation Chicago, the National Urban League, and the National Fair Housing Alliance challenging the same executive orders.
Lamda Legal’s press release.
Quote from the Los Angeles LGBT Center.
“This historic case is about an existential threat to the TGNBI+ community—it is a fight for fundamental human rights, dignity, and the very lives of those most vulnerable in our community,” said Joe Hollendoner, CEO of the Los Angeles LGBT Center. “For too long, the TGNBI+ community has faced systemic discrimination and the denial of essential medical care. Now, the government is escalating these injustices, seeking to federally erase the very existence of TGNBI+ identity in what can only be described as a calculated and dangerous attack on LGBTQ rights. Today is proof that we will not idly stand by. We will fight—through the courts and on every front necessary— to mobilize and ensure that all of our community can access the services and care they need to live freely, safely, and authentically and no part of our community is left behind.”
February 18th State Updates
MONTANA:
HB121 – a bathroom ban bill passed both chambers and has been sent to the governor to sign.
SB218 passed the Montana Senate and was sent to the Montana House. This bill creates excessive requirements for liability coverage specifically for gender affirming care.
HB400– an intentional misgendering in education bill passed committee and has gone to the House floor.
SB164 – a bill to ban gender affirming care for youth under the age of 16. Makes providing such care a felony. Has passed the Senate and been sent to the House.
UTAH:
HB0269 – a student dormitory segregation bill has been signed into law.
HB0252 – had second Senate floor reading. This bill would prohibit the Utah Department of Corrections from starting gender affirming care for incarcerated persons and would deny appropriate housing for incarcerated trans youth.
HB0283 – restricts youth in foster care from receiving gender affirming care, requires outing of a youth’s gender or sexuality to the parent, guardian, or custodian, does not prohibit reuniting a youth with parents if they do not support the youth’s stated or expressed gender.
WYOMING:
SF0103 – prohibits state funding to support DEIA programs, including education or trainings about gender dysphoria. Introduced to committee.
HB0164 – a gender affirming care ban for minors by prohibiting “off-label” use of medications specifically for gender affirming care. Passed House and sent to Senate.
February 13th and 14th: Judges in Maryland and Washington issued temporary restraining orders on the executive order stopping federal funds to institutions or organizations that receive federal funds and provide gender affirming care to youth and young adults under age 19. Both injunctions will last for two weeks, with hearings at the end of those two weeks scheduled to end or continue the injunction. Some hospitals and providers have resumed care while others have not.
February 7, 2024:
The Attorneys General of Washington, Minnesota, and Oregon filed a lawsuit challenging the executive order banning gender affirming care for youth and young adults under age 19 and asking for an injunction. This lawsuit joins a lawsuit filed earlier this week by Marlyand, PFLAG, and GLMA also challenging the executive order.
WA Attorney General Nick Brown’s press conference this morning has some lovely moments. We encourage you to listen starting around the 2:30 mark: “This order is gross. It is disgusting. It is hateful.” It is worth it to listen to entire press conference.
Text of the suit is available at CourtListener.com. CONTENT NOTE for mention of youth suicide in section 115.
January 29th:
Our response to the executive order on youth care.
Via bsky: contact Chase Strangio if your child’s gender care was cancelled after the executive order.
January 28th:
WASHINGTON ACTION ALERT:
Please submit your opposition to HB1038 – House Bill to ban transgender youth care in Washington state. It’s easy to do.
- This link: https://app.leg.wa.gov/pbc/bill/1038
- Enter your information.
- Click “Oppose”.
- Add a comment as to why you oppose a youth care ban in Washington state.
January 27th:
Some tidbits of people and groups doing organizing:
A4TE (Advocates for Trans Equality) have announced a webinar on Wednesday the 29th at 1:30 pm PST discussing their plans for fighting back and how individuals can, too. Check their FB account to register.
FEDERAL ACTION ALERT:
Call scripts for S.9. – the Senate’s sports ban for trans athletes from @threnody.bsky.social.
RESOURCES:
ACLU’s Know Your Rights – Immigrants’ Rights
WASHINGTON:
Gender Justice League is hosting a legal clinic in Seattle on February 23rd from 1 – 4 pm PST. Currently posting on FB.
BILL UPDATES:
HAWAI’I:
SB116 – Broad nondiscrimination bill. passed committee. (Yay!)
SB1224 – NEW GOOD BILL – prohibits insurance companies from arbitrarily denying coverage for gender affirming care when the requested service is known to be considered a standard of care and for which scientific evidence exists that supports the service. Introduced and passed first reading.
SB 1150 – SAFE STATE BILL / SHIELD LAW -referred to committees.
MONTANA:
SB164 – Bill would make supporting a child through gender affirming care a felony. Hearing today 1/27.
UTAH:
HB0252 – Gender Affirming Care Ban For Prisoners – received a favorable recommendation in the House Judiciary Committee (BOO!)
January 23rd:
FEDERAL:
Erin Reed reports that the page on the Social Security Administration’s website with information on how to change your gender marker on your Social Security records has been removed.
January 21st:
FEDERAL: The consensus we see is that executive orders take time and there will be lawsuits.
Breaking today:
From Casey Parks (Washington Post reporter) on Bsky:
Listening to a press call with @aclu.org and @lambdalegal.bsky.social right now, and the big takeaway: The trans executive order is not immediately enforceable. As federal agencies try to make rules enforcing this order, ACLU and Lambda plan to sue based on the rules, ways those rules are made, etc
Also Lambda Legal senior counsel says if people DO travel with an X passport and run into issues, “We are your lawyers.”
From Erin Reed and NOTUS: passport restrictions will not be retroactive, but, unless things change, will apply to renewals. Trump’s Gender Order Won’t Affect Existing Passports – Unless They’re Renewed.
Erin has also published a detailed examination of the batch of executive orders. We haven’t fully read it yet, but passing it along: A Line By Line Analysis Of Trump’s Big Anti-Trans Executive Order.
January 20th:
We are following Erin Reed / Erin in the Morning today for executive order updates.
On bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/erininthemorning.com
From Alejandra Caraballo on bsky:
WASHINGTON:
from our friends at Queer Power Alliance:
Take Action for Our Students and Educators! ????
Last year, the harmful “Parent’s Bill of Rights” (I-2081) passed, threatening the well-being of students, educators, support staff, and the inclusive culture we strive to build in our schools. ????
Our kids deserve better. It’s time to stand up for our queer, undocumented, Black, Indigenous, and students of color—and the incredible educators who create safe, affirming spaces for every student in Washington!
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Use link to sign in and sign up! Together, we can build schools that prioritize love, equity, and safety for ALL students. ????✨ #QueerPowerAlliance #SB5180 #SB5181 #HB1296 #ProtectOurStudents #LGBTQLiberation See less
January 17th:
FEDERAL: The Supreme Court of the US has announced that it will hear Mahmoud v. Taylor, a case from Maryland, that argues that public schools violated parental rights to the free exercise of religion when students were not allowed to opt out of LGBTQ+ themed storybooks in primary school. See move via Chris Geidner’s LawDork posts and Wikipedia.
Florida: Florida attorneys argued in the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals that Judge Hinkle ruled incorrectly in June when he declared Florida’s ban on medical care for transgender youth and most of the restrictions on medical care for transgender adults were unconstitutional and blocked the law which restricted care. A three-judge panel stayed that block in August while the state appealed. Restrictions on care are currently in effect in Florida. We do not know when a ruling will be available. Separately, we expect a ruling from the Supreme Court on Tennessee’s youth care ban sometime before July.
January 16th:
FEDERAL – The US House of Representatives passed H.R.734, the bill which would ban trans girls and women from being on girls/women’s teams in sports and athletic programs that receive federal funding. Or, most schools and colleges. The bill also wants to define sex as “based solely on a person’s reproductive biology and genetics at birth,” which we all know is a very poor way of understanding biology, and certainly doesn’t describe gender. As Erin Reed states, “it would mark the first instance in recent U.S. law where transgender individuals are explicitly defined as not legally belonging to the gender with which they identify, as recognized by their identification documents and court rulings.”
It is now going to the Senate as S.9. Scripts for calling both Dem and GOP senators have been posted by emily quinn on Bluesky.
- US HB10372 (library protection – prohibit schools and public libraries from blocking internet access to LGBTQ+ resources.) Referred to committee.
Happenings in states where we are licensed:
Florida: Florida House Bill Search and Florida Senate Bill Search
- H0075 (Pride Flag Ban). In subcommitee.
- S01000 (Pride Flag Ban) Referred to committee.
Hawai’i: MOSTLY GOOD BILLS! Hawai’i State Legislature Tracking Page
- SB104 (prison nondiscrimination) referred to committee.
- SB453 (education nondiscrimination) introduced.
- SB59 (broad nondiscrimination) referred to committee.
- SB116 (broad nondiscrimination) referred to committee.
- SB23 (Insurance nondiscrimination/healthcare nondiscrimination) referred to committee.
- SB432 (broad nondiscrimination). Introduced.
- HB207 (Sports ban.) Introduced.
Idaho: Idaho Legislature Bill Tracker (login required)
- HCR002 (sports ban). First read and referred to committee.
Montana: Montana Legislature Bill Tracker
- HB121 (bathroom ban). Scheduled for 3rd reading.
- HB82 (“grooming” bill). Hearing in committee.
- SB164 (youth gender affirming care ban). Introduced.
Oregon: Oregon Bill Info Page
- HB3046 (LGBTQ+ Health Care / Healthcare nondiscrimination). First read and sent to Speaker’s desk.
- SB677 (Legal discrimination in education). First read and sent to President’s desk.
- SB787 (Sports Ban). First read adn sent to President’s desk.
- HB2037 (Sports ban). First read and sent to Speaker’s desk.
- SB844 (Data Protection Act). First read and sent to President’s desk.
- SB672 (Gender Affirming Care Ban For Prisoners). First read and sent to President’s desk.
- SB506 (Gender Affirming Care Ban For Prisoners). First read and referred to President’s desk.
- SB618 (sports ban). First read and referred to President’s desk.
- HB2439 (broad discrimination) First read and referred to Speaker’s desk.
- HB2308 (online obscenity law). First read and referred to Speaker’s desk.
- HB2309 (ban on birth certificate or id change). First read and referred to Speaker’s Desk.
- SB575 (broad nondiscrimination).
Utah: Utah 2025General Session Bills
- SB0074 (Gender Marker Change Ban). Received in Senate.
Washington: MOSTLY GOOD BILLS! Washington Legislature Bill Finder
- SB5181 (education nondiscrimination.) Scheduled for executive session in Senate committee
- HB1131 (prison nondiscrimination). Scheduled for executive session in House committee.
- SB5180 (Education nondiscrimination). Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education.
- SB5177 (LGBTQ+ Education). Public hearing in the Senate Committed on Early Learning & K-12 Education.
- HB1296 (Anti-Bullying/Education Nondiscrimination). Scheduled for public hearing in the House commitee on Education.
- SB5123 (Education nondiscrimination). Scheduled for public hearing.
- SB5097 (sports ban). Read and referred to Early Learning & K-12 Committee
- SB5012 (sports ban). Read and referred to Early Learning & K-12 Committee.
- SB5136 (Forced outing by schools/pronoun ban). Read and referred to Early Learning & K-12 Committee.
- HB0138 (youth care ban). Read and referred to Health Care & Wellness.
- HB1072 (Safe State bill). Read and referred to Health Care & Wellness.
- HB1027 (prison placement ban). Read and referredt o Community Safety.
Wyoming: Wyoming Legislature 2025 Bill Page
- SF0044 (sports ban in colleges) sent to committee. Committee meeting 1/17 at 8:00 am. Click on the Comment tab on the bill page to submit a comment.
- HB0072 (bathroom ban and prison placement ban). Referred to committee. Not on a meeting agenda right now. Click on the Comment tab on the bill page to submit a comment.
- HB0200 (Pronoun ban/forced outing in schools) Introduced. Click on the Comment tab on the bill page to submit a comment.
- HB0080 (public investment in ESG funds ban). Introduced and referred to committee.
- HB0032 (end legal recognition). Passed committee.
- HB0043 (online obscenity law). Introduced and referred to committee.
- HB0164 (youth care ban). Received for introduction.
January 10th:
FEDERAL – a Kentucky judge has struck down the Biden administration’s expansion of Title IX protections for LGBTQ+ students. These protections had already been suspended in many states, and are now are suspended nationwide. This sucks for all students, not just LGBTQ+. We are not entirely sure what version of Title IX is currently in effect.
AP article: Judge scraps Biden’s Title IX rules, reversing expansion of protections for LGBTQ+ students
FEDERAL – (ACTION) A House hearing is scheduled on Tuesday, January 14th on H.R. 734 “Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2023”. You can guess. Call your reps and oppose. Sample scripts and some discussion via Bluesky.
CALIFORNIA – GOOD BILL! – State Sen. Scott Wiener introduced the Transgender Privacy Act (SB 59) which would seal court records related to transition, including name, gender, or sex marker changes.
MONTANA – Montana house hearing today on a state-wide bathroom ban in public buildings. Erin Reed is covering live.
IDAHO – Federal judge denies bid to block Idaho’s ban on public funds for gender care. A request for a preliminary injunction has been denied. Idaho state funds (Medicaid) will continue to not cover transgender healthcare such as hormones, puberty blockers, or surgical procedures.
Bills to watch (via Erin Reed’s LGBTQ+ Legislative Tracking 2025 spreadsheet)
California:
- SB59 – Transgender Privacy Act (GOOD BILL!)
- AB89 – school sports ban
Idaho – HJM001 – asks the Supreme Court to reverse Obergefell v. Hodges (marriage equality)
Montana:
- HB121 – bathroom ban
- HB82 – LGBTQ+ “grooming bill”
- LC1295 – broad discrimination
- LC1329 – broad discrimination
- LC2044 – bathroom ban
- LC2924 – prohibit use of public funds for transgender surgeries
Utah: SB0041 – trans surveillance bill
Washington:
- HB1027 – prison placement ban
- HB1038 – transgender youth medicine ban
- SB5012 – school sports ban
- SB5097 – school sports ban
- SB5136 – forced outing in schools/pronoun ban
Wyoming:
- HB0032 – ending legal recognition
- HB0043 – online obscenity law
- HB0060 – school sports ban
- HB0072 – trans bathroom ban
- HB0080 – public investment funds ban
- SF0044 – college sports ban
- SF0062 – bathroom ban in public K12 schools
- SF0077 – pronoun ban
January 7th (ACTIONS):
Washington – WA Senate Bill 5136 has been filed. It is a school name bill requiring staff to use student’s names as they appear on their birth certificates and the pronouns associated with that listed “biological” sex unless written permission is given by the student’s parent(s) or guardian(s). Employees or contractors may not be required to use affirming pronouns if they don’t want to, regardless of youth or parental/guardian wishes.
What to do: go to this link, click on “Send a comment on this bill to your legislators” and tell them that you oppose the bill.
January 6th:
Florida – Content warning: forced detransition.
Erin Reed reports on a ruling by Florida Northern District Judge Allen Winsor rejecting an injunction request on a law removing access to gender care for incarcerated transgender individuals in Florida. Judge Winsor’s ruling stakes the claim that gender care is not necessary medical care. Incarcerated persons have the right to medical care, and this is an unconstitutional ruling. Read the ACLU’s press release.
January 3rd Call To Action (Federal):
From Erin Reed:
If you care about trans rights, now would be the time to call your conservative democratic senators (or any democratic senator for that matter) and tell them to filibuster Speaker Johnson’s title IX trans discrimination bill.
https://bsky.app/profile/erininthemorning.com
https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/republicans-release-top-bill-priorities
December 2024: Bills already filed for 2025 legislative sessions
Alaska: none
California: none
Florida:
- H00075 – Pride Flag Ban
Hawaii: none
Idaho: none
Montana:
- LC1295 – on sexual orientation, gender identity, and sex education
- LC1329 – on misgendering
- LC2044 – bathroom ban
- LC2129 – healthcare discrimination
- LC2924 – ban on public funds for surgical procedures
Oregon: none
Utah: none
Washington: (low risk of passing, but still)
- HB1027 – incarceration housing
- HB1038 – ban on youth care
- SB5012 – school sports ban
- SB5097 – school sports ban
Wyoming:
- HB0032 – legal recognition
- HB0043 – online content restrictions
- HB0060 – school sports ban
- HB0072 – bathroom ban
- SF0044 – collegiate sports ban
We expect 2025 to be difficult and draining. We also stand in solidarity with our direct and aligned communities.
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