Thread by @HRC

The attack on LGBTQ people in state legislatures is getting worse.

We are now tracking at least 174 anti-LGBTQ bills.

95 of those explicitly target trans people.

46 are anti-trans sports bills.

29 would limit health care for trans people.

Please read and share this thread.

Let’s start with the bills that have passed.

Last night, the Tennessee legislature voted to advance #HB3 #SB228, an anti-LGBTQ bill that would ban trans kids in middle and high school from playing sports.

If you live in TN, call the Governor and demand a veto: 615-741-2001

Yesterday, Arkansas’ Senate also passed #SB354, an anti-trans sports ban. It’s headed to Governor @AsaHutchinson’s desk for signature.

Call his office at 501-682-2345 and demand a veto.

In South Dakota, @GovKristiNoem continues to condone discrimination against trans kids by proposing an amended version of #HB1217, which would ban trans kids from elementary through high school from playing sports with their friends.

Call her office at 605-773-3212.

Let’s take a moment to be clear here: The problems that these anti-trans politicians say we need to address are manufactured. The anguish they are causing trans kids is real.

Last week, Arkansas legislators also passed #SB289 a medical refusal bill that would allow doctors and health care workers to deny services to LGBTQ people.

If you live in Arkansas, call the Governor @AsaHutchinson’s office at [phone].

Between now and Friday, 13 anti-LGBTQ bills will be considered in legislative chambers or committees across the country. Today as many as six anti-LGBTQ bills could be heard, including four in Tennessee:

Tennessee legislators are scheduled to hear:

#HB1027, an anti-trans medical prescription bill

#HB1182, an anti-trans bathroom bill

#HB529, requiring parental notification on sex-ed

#HB800, an anti-LGBTQ textbook bill

The Texas Senate Business & Commerce Committee heard #SB14, a bill that would preempt city-level protections for LGBTQ people, at 8 AM CT.

Kansas legislators will be holding a hearing on #SB208, an anti-trans sports bill, at 2:30 PM ET.

On Wednesday, the TN legislature (sensing a pattern here?) is scheduled to hear several more anti-LGBTQ bills, including bills limiting access to health care for trans people and #SB1367, which would allow anti-trans students to sue over bathrooms accommodating their trans peers.

On Thursday, the Texas House Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Committee will hear #HB610, which could be used to pre-empt local licensing requirements that say applicants must comply with non-discrimination law.

And on Friday, Montana’s Judiciary Committee will hear #SB280, which would make it harder for transgender Montanans to amend their birth certificates.

Two good pieces of news this week came out of Virginia, where Governor Ralph Northam signed #SB1321, an adoption bill, and #HB2130, establishing a Virginia LGBTQ+ Advisory Board. We applaud Virginia’s elected officials for their leadership.

What does this all add up to?

Any one of the bad bills covered in this thread would have a devastating impact on LGBTQ people. Together, they constitute a five-alarm crisis.

The way to stop them is to organize. We need your voices.

If you live in any of the states mentioned above, call your legislators. Demand they vote against these bills. And then join our grassroots team, so we can keep you updated and send you alerts wherever LGBTQ people are under attack. act.hrc.org/page/75829/pet…