Less than 10% of 2022’s anti-LGBTQ state bills became law, report finds

Less than 10% of the anti-LGBTQ bills proposed in 2022 became law, according to a new report from the Human Rights Campaign.

State legislators across the country proposed a record number of bills targeting LGBTQ rights last year, but less than 1 in 10 have become law, a report published Thursday by the Human Rights Campaign found. 

The LGBTQ advocacy group’s 2022 State Equality Index, an annual review of state legislation and policies that affect the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer people, found that state legislators introduced 315 bills that the Human Rights Campaign described as “anti-equality.” Just 29 became law. 

The majority of the new laws target transgender minors. In the last three years, 18 states have banned trans youths from playing school sports on the teams that align with their gender identities, and four states — Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas and Tennessee — have restricted or prohibited their access to gender-affirming medical care. 

Supporters of such measures claim that trans girls have an unfair advantage in sports and that minors are too young to receive gender-affirming medical care. The American Medical Association, the American Academy of Pediatrics and other medical associations oppose efforts to restrict gender-affirming care for minors. 

JoDee Winterhof, the senior vice president of policy and political affairs at the Human Rights Campaign, said the 315 bills are part of a coordinated conservative response to LGBTQ rights gained over the last few years.

https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-politics-and-policy/less-10-2022s-anti-lgbtq-state-bills-became-law-report-finds-rcna67619


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