Austin American-Statesman13d
Iowa once led on LGBTQ rights. Activists say removing trans rights takes state 'backwards'
“They are at odds." ‘I don't think that this is the Iowa that we had 16 years ago,’ LGBTQ advocates lament Iowa has had a long history of defying the national mood to expand rights for ...
The Hill on MSN13d
Iowa governor signs nation’s first bill removing transgender civil rights protections
The bill, introduced last week, sped through the Legislature despite widespread opposition from Democrats and LGBTQ rights ...
Des Moines Register13d
Reynolds signs law ending trans civil rights protections; Iowa 1st state to repeal rights
Reynolds, a Republican, signed the fast-tracked legislation privately Friday, one day after a heated day of protests and debate in the Iowa Capitol as more than 2,000 LGBTQ rights supporters ...
Radio Iowa8d
New Iowa law may prompt LGBTQ people and families to leave the state
The leader of an Iowa LGBTQ rights nonprofit is encouraging Iowans who want to change the sex on their Iowa birth certificate ...
Iowa lawmakers vote to remove gender identity as a protected class
Iowa’s Republican-led Legislature voted Thursday to remove gender identity as a protected class from the state’s civil rights code, sending the first-of-its-kind measure to Gov. Kim Reynolds ...
Iowa Public Radio9d
LGBTQ rights organization says it's getting more calls about state ID changes
The law signed by Gov. Kim Reynolds that removes gender identity from the Iowa Civil Rights Act also removes the way ...