April 14, 2021 | Wyatt Ronan

Texas Senate Passes Anti-Transgender Sports Ban Bill

Discriminatory bills based on false claims will harm trangender youth and distract legislators from priorities like pandemic recovery and electric grid reliability

April 14, 2021 | HRC Staff

NCSEN: Human Rights Campaign Slams Pat McCrory’s Entry into North Carolina Senate Race

Today, former North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory announced that he would be entering the race to replace retiring Sen. Richard Burr in the United States Senate.

April 14, 2021 | Lauren Precker

Meet Rebekah, A 14-Year-old Field Hockey Player Turned Transgender Advocate

So far in 2021, legislators in more than 30 states have introduced bills to ban trans kids from playing sports. Few of those lawmakers actively trying to pass these bills…

April 13, 2021 | Guest Contributors

Telling Trans Stories: Daniel

Across the country, state legislatures are trying to pass dangerous bills that attack transgender kids. From legislation preventing kids from playing sports to others that would prevent access to gender-affirming…

April 13, 2021 | Madeleine Roberts

HRC Mourns Jaida Peterson, Black Transgender Woman Killed in North Carolina

HRC is deeply saddened to learn of the death of Jaida Peterson, a 29-year-old Black transgender woman who was killed on April 4 in Charlotte, N.C. At least 14 transgender…

April 13, 2021 | Wyatt Ronan

Arkansas Legislature Sends Sham ‘Hate Crimes’ Bill to Governor’s Desk

ARKANSAS — Today, the Arkansas legislature passed Senate Bill 622, a vague and unenforceable sham ‘hate crimes’ bill that does nothing to protect Arkansas’s most targeted communities from bias-motivated crimes.…