So far in 2023, barely a day has passed without state lawmakers across the country introducing a new anti-LGBTQ bill. Many of those bills are advancing, and in some cases, being enshrined into law.
Kentucky on March 29 became the eighth state this year to ban gender-affirming care for minors, after Republican lawmakers overrode Democratic Governor Andy Beshear’s veto of the measure known as SB 150. West Virginia passed a similar bill the same day.
At least 425 anti-LGBTQ bills have been introduced this year — more than in the past five years combined. They vary in scope, and more than 20 have so far made it into law. Some 127 of the bills focus on limiting health care for transgender people in various ways, with nine states so far converting some of those proposed restrictions into law.
