Iowa Legislature Votes to Eliminate Transgender Civil Rights Protections

Yesterday, both chambers of the Iowa Legislature passed SF 418, a bill that strips transgender people of protections under the state’s Civil Rights Act, effectively legalizing discrimination against them statewide. The legislation, which originated as HSB 242 in a subcommittee of the Iowa House Judiciary Committee, was split into two identical bills, HF 583 and SF 418. After both passed their…

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