All posts tagged "John Bel Edwards"
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Lawmakers Override Veto of Trans Health Care Ban in Louisiana
Starting in 2024, Louisiana doctors will be prohibited from prescribing gender-affirming treatments to transgender-identifying minors.
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Louisiana Republicans Pass Slate of Anti-LGBTQ Bills
Louisiana Republicans have passed three bills opposing efforts to affirm transgender students' gender identity in schools and in medical care.
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Louisiana Is The Only Deep South State Not Banning Trans Youth Health Care
A Republican state senator's defection leaves Louisiana as the only state in the Deep South without a ban on gender-affirming care.
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Louisiana Lawmakers Pass Transgender Sports Ban into Law
A Louisiana bill barring transgender athletes from competing on sports teams that match their gender identity has become law after the state’s Democratic governor declined...
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Louisiana Lawmakers Pass Trans Sports Ban
Louisiana lawmakers have passed a bill prohibiting transgender athletes from competing on sports teams based on their gender identity, reviving a debate over a similar...
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Louisiana Republicans fail to override veto of bill barring transgender athletes from sports
On Wednesday, Republicans in the Louisiana House of Representatives failed to amass the number of votes needed to override a veto of a bill that...
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Louisiana governor opposes bans on trans athletes and transition-related health care for youth
Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards has come out in opposition to three proposed bills targeting trans athletes and health care for trans youth.
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Louisiana governor candidate attacks transgender community in new ad
U.S. Congressman Ralph Abraham's new ad attempts to rally social conservatives around his candidacy
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Louisiana governor’s pro-LGBT executive order overturned
A Baton Rouge judge has thrown out Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards’ executive order protecting LGBT state employees, claiming that the governor was attempting to...
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NBA moves All-Star Game to LGBT-friendly New Orleans
City's selection underscores economic benefits that North Carolina will lose due to its anti-LGBT HB 2 law
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Louisiana governor signs LGBT nondiscrimination order
Gov. John Bel Edwards says order balances religious freedom and LGBT rights
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Louisiana Gov. Edwards to rescind Jindal’s anti-gay order
A spokeswoman for the office of Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards (D) has told reporters that the governor intends to rescind an executive order targeting...
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Louisiana Gov.-elect Edwards to sign nondiscrimination order
Louisiana’s incoming governor John Bel Edwards (D) will issue an executive order protecting LGBT individuals who are state employees or government contractors from employment discrimination...
