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Mark Satta, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Wayne State University

Anti-LGBTQ laws in the US are getting struck down for limiting free speech of drag queens and doctors

Anti-LGBTQ laws passed in 2023 included measures to deny gender-affirming care to trans children. Mario Tama/Getty Images

Nearly 500 anti-LGBTQ bills have been introduced in state legislatures in the U.S. in 2023. Many of those bills seek to reduce or eliminate gender-affirming care for transgender minors or to ban drag performances in places where minors could view them.

Most of those bills have not become law. But many of those that have did not survive legal scrutiny when challenged in court.

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