The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is tracking 575 anti-LGBTQ+ state bills so far this year, most of which target transgender people. One hundred and five of those bills have failed and 54 have passed into law. Those newly passed laws include restrictions on trans students’ ability to use school restrooms or play school sports, Pride flag bans on government property, gender-affirming care restrictions, and bans on updating personal identity documents like driver’s licenses and birth certificates.
Republicans have become more explicit in trying to create legal distinctions between men and women based on their characteristics at birth — in the name of protecting women’s-only spaces or defining what a woman is. Now, 15 states strictly define sex based on reproductive anatomy, chromosomes or hormones. None of these laws were in place prior to 2023, and five of them went into effect this year. These laws exclude trans and nonbinary people from state nondiscrimination protections.
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