Arizona's Republican House speaker banned Democrats from using conference rooms after a lawmaker hosted a scheduled, adults-only, educational drag story hour.
Parents who seek out a safe, diverse, and inclusive space for their children to get involved in early literacy head to Drag Story Hour.
Republicans were in an uproar this year because Easter happened to fall on the same day as International Transgender Day of Visibility. However, as Arizona Rep. Lorena Austin pointed out yesterday, this was not intentional; this is how Easter works.
Rep. Lorena Austin commanded the floor when they spoke about SB1166. The bill would require parents to be notified no more than five days after their child starts using a pronoun different from their biological sex or if their child starts using a name that is not their legal first, middle, or a commonly used nickname.
The Republican operative bought airtime under an unregistered PAC named “Turn AZ Blue” to run attack ads against Marlene Galán-Woods in a hotly-contested Democratic primary.
Teacher and Arizona Rep. Judy Schwiebert voted no on Senate Bill 1166, which would require parents to be notified no more than five days after their child starts using a pronoun different from their biological sex or if their child starts using a name that is not their legal first, middle, or a commonly used nickname.
Two other Republican-introduced bills “based in fear and a caricature” of transgender students make their way through the legislature.
Arizona’s 2024 legislative session brought a slew of bills that would limit the freedoms and rights of LGBTQ Arizonans. Thirteen such bills were introduced—all by Republican legislators—and, while most are either dead or can expect to be vetoed, they send a clear...
Republican legislators continue to place emphasis on anti-LGBTQ legislation, brushing off a bill expanding Arizona’s existing non-discrimination laws to include sexual orientation and gender identity.
In her veto message, Hobbs called Senate Bill 1040 “discriminatory against LGBTQ youth” and pledged to veto every bill that “aims to attack and harm children.”
