Iowa becomes first US state to remove gender identity protections from its civil rights code
Iowa became the first US state to remove gender identity protections from its civil rights code on Friday when Gov. Kim Reynolds signed into law a bill that opponents say will expose transgender people and other Iowans to discrimination in all aspects of daily life.
Iowa governor signs bill removing gender identity from state civil rights protections
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signed a bill that strikes gender identity from Iowa law, making the state the first to remove civil rights from a previously protected class.
Gov. Reynolds signs bill ending gender identity protections, civil rights code
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Bill Removing Gender Identity Protections Gets Final Approval in Iowa Despite Protests
Iowa's bill raced through the legislative process, despite opposition from LGBTQ+ advocates who rallied at the Capitol Monday and Tuesday.
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 approves bill removing gender identity protections despite massive protests
The Iowa House approved a bill Thursday that would strip the state civil rights code of protections based on gender identity, less than an hour after the state Senate backed the legislation. First introduced last week,
Governor signs gender identity bill into law
Governor Kim Reynolds today signed the bill into law that removes the words gender identity from the Iowa Civil Rights Act. The governor released a video statement saying the signing of the bill into law safeguards the rights of women and girls.
Passionate protests erupt in Iowa against bill that strips gender identity protections
Passions ran strong during Thursday's protests against a bill opponents say takes away basic human rights for people in Iowa, especially the transgender and int
Iowa governor signs unprecedented bill stripping gender identity protections from the state’s civil rights code
Iowa governor signs unprecedented bill stripping gender identity protections from the state's civil rights code.
Gov. Kim Reynolds explains why she signed the Iowa law repealing transgender civil rights
Senate File 418 removes gender identity as a protected class in the Iowa Civil Rights Act, which shields Iowans from discrimination.
Iowa Republicans Pass Bill To Remove Transgender Civil Rights Protections
Iowa’s Republican-controlled state legislature passed a bill on Thursday that would remove gender identity as a protected class in the state’s civil rights code. Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds is expected as soon as Thursday evening to sign the bill into law,
ACLU moves to take up gender identity lawsuit that EEOC is abandoning following Trump’s order
The American Civil Liberties Union is seeking to represent two restaurant workers in a gender identity discrimination lawsuit ...
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Iowa Republicans Back a Bill That Would Strip Gender Identity From the State's Civil Rights Code
Iowa Republicans Back a Bill That Would Strip Gender Identity From the State's Civil Rights Code DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Several protesters were arrested Monday at the Iowa state Capitol ...
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Iowa becomes first state to remove gender identity protections from civil rights code
"I know this is a sensitive issue for some, many of whom have heard misinformation about what this bill does," Reynolds said. "The truth is that it simply brings Iowa in line with the federal Civil ...
Federal appeals court rejects parents' challenge to school policy that hid students' gender identity
A federal court dismissed an appeal from Massachusetts parents who filed a lawsuit against Ludlow Public Schools after ...
Gender identity choices cut to male, female on Iowa university admission forms
Removing nonbinary gender choices from admissions forms is one of a number of changes Iowa universities are making to comply ...