Articles tagged as: LGBTQ rights
February 14, 2025
IYG: Statehouse allies for LGBTQ+ Hoosiers 'walked away' on collegiate transgender sports ban
IYG, North America’s oldest continuously operating organization for LGBTQ+ youth and young adults, is speaking up after a House committee passed a collegiate transgender sports ban.
Read MoreJanuary 30, 2025
LGBTQ+ Day at the Statehouse responds to Trump executive order, calls for support
Advocates and LGBTQ+ Hoosiers gathered at the Statehouse Thursday to share resources and call attention to a measure to walk back Indiana’s gender-affirming care ban for transgender youth.
Read MoreDecember 7, 2024
Activists worry that Trump will bulldoze trans rights. Here's how they're preparing
Trump's campaign promised policies targeting the transgender community once he's in office. LGBTQ groups face fear, anxiety and uncertainty as they prep for an anticipated challenging four years.
Read MoreJune 17, 2024
Judge blocks Biden's Title IX rule with LGBTQ protections in 6 states, including Indiana
A federal judge temporarily blocked the Biden administration’s effort to expand protections for LGBTQ+ students.
Read MoreMay 20, 2024
Indiana tells schools to ignore LGBTQ student protections as Title IX fight begins
Indiana’s education department is telling school districts not to adopt new federal protections for LGBTQ+ students and sex-based discrimination as the the rules are challenged in federal court.
Read MoreAugust 2, 2023
Kentucky’s top education official resigns over anti-LGBTQ+ law
Kentucky Education Commissioner Jason Glass says he’d rather leave his job than be charged with implementing new restrictions on transgender students under Senate Bill 150.
Read MoreJuly 31, 2023
Judge denies ACLU's request to delay student pronoun, sex ed law
A judge ruled the law doesn’t define the terms “instruction” and “human sexuality” – which has caused confusion over what can and cannot be taught.
Read MoreJuly 16, 2023
Federal court rules Roncalli Catholic school, archdiocese was allowed to fire a 2nd gay counselor
For the second time, a federal appeals court ruled that the Archdiocese of Indianapolis did not violate discrimination laws when it fired a school counselor in 2018 for being in a same-sex marriage.
Read MoreJuly 10, 2023
Indiana's slate of anti-LGBTQ+ bills part of national fight over 2020 Supreme Court decision
Indiana lawmakers filed nearly two dozen anti-LGBTQ+ bills during this years legislative session, up from a peak of seven over previous years. The explosion in bills targeting LGBTQ+ Hoosiers is part of a national trend, in which state legislatures across the country proposed more than 500 bills in 2023.
Read MoreJune 9, 2023
ACLU files lawsuit to prevent Indiana's 'Don’t Say Gay' law from taking effect
Court documents said the acts lack of definitions about human sexuality and instruction mean teachers dont know what they can and cant teach.
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