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Iowa gives final approval to a bill removing gender identity protections despite massive protests

Iowa's Legislature voted to remove legal protections for individuals based on gender identity and to define male and female legally, with the Senate voting 33-15 and the House voting 60-36 in favor of the bill.
The bill, pending approval from Governor Kim Reynolds, restricts school teachings on gender being separate from biological sex.
Democratic State Representative Aime Wichtendahl criticized the bill as an attempt to marginalize individuals identifying as the opposite sex, claiming it would deprive them of their rights and happiness.
Valerie Kloosterman filed a lawsuit after being fired from her position for not endorsing transgender procedures due to her religious beliefs.

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Community brings differing viewpoints during Legislative Forum

WEBSTER CITY, Iowa -- After a week of much debate and protest at the Iowa Statehouse, lawmakers passed a bill removing civil rights protection from the Iowa state code. On Saturday morning, two Republican lawmakers attended a legislative forum at Iowa Central Community College in Webster City. Dennis Guth is a Republican State Senator from Hancock County. Shannon Latham is a Republican State Representative from Franklin County. Both were asked a…

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East Idaho News

House approves bill requiring same-sex dorms; sex education bill advances

Rep. Barbara Ehardt walks through the below ground corridors of the Idaho Statehouse. | Sami Edge, Idaho EdNews) BOISE (Idaho EdNews) — Friday could’ve been ordained “Rep. Barbara Ehardt Day” at the Idaho Statehouse. Three of the Idaho Falls Republican’s bills advanced — on her birthday. The bills include a proposal barring transgender college students from using same-sex university facilities that align with their gender identity. The House ap…

2 days ago·Idaho, United States

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KWWL

Iowans share opinions on gender identity bill at public hearing as measure passes House, Senate

DES MOINES, Iowa (KWWL) -- A bill that removes gender identity protections from Iowa's Civil Rights Act is being sent to Governor Reynolds after passing in the House and Senate.

2 days ago·Waterloo, United States

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Democracy Now!

Protests Erupt as Iowa Republicans Eliminate Civil Rights Protections for Transgender People

In Iowa, hundreds of protesters took to the Capitol building in Des Moines to defend trans rights as lawmakers passed an unprecedented bill stripping civil rights protections based on gender identity. Iowa state Representative Aime Wichtendahl — the first transgender woman elected to Iowa’s Legislature — spoke out against the bill from the House floor. Rep. Aime Wichtendahl: “This bill revokes protections to our jobs, our homes and our ability t…

2 days ago·New York, United States

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Iowa Lawmakers Pass Bill To Eliminate Gender Identity As A Protected Class Despite LBGTQ+ Insurrection On State Capitol

Last Updated on February 28, 2025 Iowa lawmakers are the first in the nation to pass legislation removing gender identity protections from the state’s civil rights code on Thursday as hundreds of LGBTQ+ activists protested in the Capitol rotunda in opposition to the unprecedented measure. Senate File 583, to remove gender identity as a protected class was introduced last week and expedited through the legislative process. The Iowa senate approve…

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