Gov. Tony Evers promised to veto all anti-LGBTQ+ legislation that comes to his desk. He has not failed.LGBTQ NationJohn Russell (He/Him)April 1, 2026On Transgender Day of Visibility, Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers (D) once again made good on his pledge to protect LGBTQ+ rights in the state, vetoing five anti-LGBTQ+ bills passed by the state legislature’s Republican majority.During a private ceremony at the state Capitol on Tuesday, March 31, Evers told a crowd of LGBTQ+ young people and their families that he would have like to have written “Hell no” on the bills which would have instituted anti-trans sports bans, required schools to out trans and nonbinary kids to their parents, and impacted Wisconsin doctors’ ability to provide gender-affirming care to minors.
They knew he would veto it, so why did they take the time to vote on these bills? Why did Republicans take the time to hear and vote on them?
Idaho's Republican-controlled legislature passed a bill on Friday to ban people in the state from using bathrooms or changing rooms that do not match the gender they were assigned at birth, in the latest restriction targeting transgender people in the United States.The bill, expected to be signed into law by Republican Governor Brad Little, passed the state Senate 28-7 on Friday. It passed the Idaho House of Representatives last week.Transgender people in the country have faced increasing limitations at the state and national levels, and those efforts have been bolstered since President Donald Trump returned to office last year. Trump has issued a series of executive actions targeting transgender rights and stated in a directive that the U.S. government will recognize only two sexes: male and female.
They wasted hours on this bill while more important legislation was left unaddressed!
A long-running legal battle over bills redefining sex likely has a new chapterBy: Jordan HansenDaily MontananMarch 30, 2026Gov. Greg Gianforte last week signed the final bill passed during the 2025 legislative session defining sex in state law, likely spawning a protracted legal fight.Senate Bill 437, which defines sex as only male or female, was signed on March 24, 2026, but sat on Republican House Speaker Brandon Ler’s desk for nearly a year. Senate President Matt Regier, R-Kalispell, signed the bill on April 21, 2025.The bill is similar to 2023 Senate Bill 458, which also defined sex and was challenged in court. The earlier legislation was thrown out in the midst of the 2025 session, and Missoula County District Court Judge Leslie Halligan signaled at the time any similar bills would also likely be found unconstitutional.But Ler said Monday that Republicans were deliberate about protecting the law from legal challenges, and the legislation should stand on its own.“We … believe the law should be evaluated on its own merits, not folded into broader challenges, and we are prepared to defend it,” Ler said in a statement.
The thing is, most people support our rights, just not MAGA. Republicans know that their bigoted, Christian Nationalist base eats it right up!
The Public Religion Research Institute wrote,
A new national survey released today by PRRI profiles LGBTQ Americans and tracks Americans’ views on LGBTQ rights across all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Based on interviews with more than 22,000 adults throughout 2025, this new data from the 2025 PRRI American Values Atlas measures public opinion on LGBTQ nondiscrimination protections, religiously based service refusals, and same-sex marriage. It also asks Americans if they agree that transgender Americans deserve the same rights and protections as other Americans.The survey finds that strong majorities of Americans support nondiscrimination protections for LGBTQ individuals (72%) and favor same-sex marriage (65%), although support for both measures has decreased slightly over the past three years (down from 80% and 69% in 2022, respectively). Roughly 6 in 10 Americans oppose allowing businesses to refuse service to LGBTQ people on religious grounds (59%, down from 65% in 2022).
We were never seen as a problem until Trump made us one with his bigotry. Look at Montana, they spent two years on bills targeting us, and they tied up the court system defending oppressive laws!
When I came out in 1999, the atmosphere was more supportive. Then Trump came along in the 2010s and helped fuel the Republican pogrom against us.
How many trans women in the last ten years have attacked women in bathrooms? Zero. Zilch. So why are they going after us? For votes. They are persecuting us for votes. Trans people are suffering and even dying for votes. Trans people’s healthcare has been cut… for votes.
Of all the problems facing our country, trans people are not one of them, and people know it.
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