US EditionTrans Couple Starts Fundraiser to Buy Local Bookstore
- On July 1, 2025, Iowa's Republican-led legislature removes gender identity protections from the Iowa Civil Rights Act, weakening legal safeguards for transgender and nonbinary Iowans.
- Republican lawmakers argued removing gender identity was necessary to protect women in bathrooms and sports, claiming federal law would still safeguard transgender rights.
- Evidence shows the Iowa Civil Rights Act's protections against discrimination for transgender and nonbinary Iowans are repealed, risking being turned away in housing, employment, or public spaces, Young said.
- Following the law’s enactment, trans Iowans prepare to leave Iowa, while the Iowa Trans Mutual Aid Fund anticipates increased support requests.
- Legal advocates foresee court challenges to overturn Iowa's law, citing federal protections under Title VII that still safeguard transgender rights.
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What to know about the new laws going into effect July 1
New Iowa laws on issues from transgender civil rights protections to changes to Iowa’s unemployment insurance tax system will be officially enacted Tuesday. July 1, the beginning of the fiscal year, is when most laws passed during a legislative session…
Trans couple starts fundraiser to buy local bookstore
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — The current owners of Outside of a Dog Books and Games, decided to sell their bookstore and move out of state because of the current anti-trans laws in the state. They will be moving by the end of the summer. Local firefighters react to Idaho shooting Elias and Nova Donstad are a trans couple who were inspired to start a GoFundMe to buy the store after friends urged them to. "We really respect what they're doing …
Transgender Iowans prepare to see legal protections weakened as law stripping gender identity from Iowa Civil Rights Act goes into effect
Protesters fill the Iowa state Capitol to denounce a bill that would strip the state civil rights code of protections based on gender identity, Feb. 27, 2025, in Des Moines. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall) Buy Photo The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. Transgender and nonbinary Iowans will see their legal protections weakened this week when a law removing gender identity from the Iowa Civi…
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