Tag Archives: Transgender

Don’t Override LGBTQ+ Kids!

The votes are in, and the Louisiana Legislature will return for a veto override session next week. The majority of lawmakers declined to submit ballots that would have canceled the veto session. Louisiana legislators made attacks on LGBTQ+ youth their top … Continue reading

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Protect Gender-Affirming Health Care!

The Louisiana Legislature is not stopping! Tomorrow, May 16th, the House of Representatives will be voting on House Bill 648 (previously HB 463), Rep. Firment’s deadly Gender Affirming Care Ban. Best practice medical care for transgender youth is simply about living. … Continue reading

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TAKE ACTION: LGBTQ+ kids are at risk

This Wednesday, April 26th, the Louisiana House Education Committee will be considering two harmful anti-LGBTQ+ bills. The current fight over parental rights is turning public schools into political battlegrounds, fracturing communities, and diverting time and energy away from teaching and … Continue reading

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Here we go: 2023 Legislative Session begins Monday

Here we go again; new year, same story. Queer youth are under attack by the Louisiana Legislature! Extremist legislators are trying to censor LGBTQ+ voices in libraries, classrooms and the internet as well as refusing life-saving health care to gender non-conforming … Continue reading

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Happy Transgender Day of Visibility!

Today, March 31, Forum for Equality celebrates Transgender Day of Visibility (TDOV). Trans Day of Visibility was created to honor and lift up trans and gender-non-conforming people and raise awareness of the discrimination faced by the trans community. Today and every day, … Continue reading

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Speak up for LGBTQ+ Students

Last week, State Superintendent Dr. Cade Brumley issued a notice to Louisiana public schools that the State does not agree with President Biden’s guidelines for LGBTQ+ students and local schools do not need to follow them. Gay and trans kids … Continue reading

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Protect LGBTQ+ Students

Response to Superintendent Cade Brumley’s Opposition to LGBTQ+ Guidelines  On Tuesday, State Superintendent Cade Brumley issued a notice to Louisiana public schools that they did not have to follow President Biden’s guidelines for LGBTQ+ students published over the summer.  We understand … Continue reading

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Pride vs Prejudice

Their goal is clear: the Louisiana State Legislature is trying to push our community backwards. They’re attempting to ban our trans kids from playing sports, censor conversations about us, threaten families for providing the best possible care to their trans kids, … Continue reading

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Anti-Trans Sports Ban passes House

The Louisiana House of Representatives voted 72-21 to pass Senate Bill 44, a bill to ban transgender students from participating in school sports alongside their classmates. The bill now heads to the governor’s desk. If signed into law, SB 44 will … Continue reading

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Louisiana LGBTQ+ Legislative Town Hall

This Wednesday April 6 at 6:30 pm Hear from representatives, Advocates, Medical Professionals,& Queer Youth Affected by LGBT Bills . Facebook event page – https://www.facebook.com/events/345620930918117 Streaming on FB on the following pages: @FFELouisiana – https://www.facebook.com/forumforequality @ReJACNOLA – https://www.facebook.com/ReJACNOLA @LouisianaTrans – … Continue reading

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