"Although more than 20 states enacted anti-LGBTQ+ laws this year, three states passed supportive ones, and anti-LGBTQ+ legislation withered on the vine in several others. Some conservative states made the list for most failed bills because they such saw a huge volume of such legislation introduced that it was impossible to pass all of it. Here are the 10 states that passed the most pro-LGBTQ+ legislation or had the largest number of bad bills fail."
"As it often is, California was a leader in LGBTQ+ rights in 2025. Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom, who's considering a presidential run in 2028, has some doubting his commitment to the transgender community because of his infamous podcast with the late Charlie Kirk, but he did sign six pro-LGBTQ+ or specifically pro-trans bills into law this year while vetoing three. Those he signed strengthened confidentiality in health care, including for drugs used in gender-affirming care and abortion; sealed transgender and nonbinary adults' gender transition court records, a privacy protection already available to minors; made paid family leave protections more inclusive of LGBTQ+ people; allowed out-of-state queer couples to access in-state channels when adopting California-born children; mandated that universities provide all students with LGBTQ-specific suicide hotline information; and made it easier to change one's legal name and gender on official documents."
More than 20 states enacted anti-LGBTQ+ laws this year, while three states passed supportive measures and numerous anti-LGBTQ+ proposals failed to advance. Several conservative states recorded many failed bills because legislators introduced a very large volume of hostile measures, making passage of all impossible. A list highlights the 10 states that either passed the most pro-LGBTQ+ legislation or saw the largest numbers of anti-LGBTQ+ bills fail; most bill counts draw on American Civil Liberties Union information. In California, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed six pro-LGBTQ+ or pro-trans bills and vetoed three, strengthening healthcare confidentiality, sealing adult transition court records, expanding inclusive paid family leave, easing name and gender changes on documents, facilitating out-of-state queer adoptions for California-born children, and requiring LGBTQ-specific suicide hotline information at universities. He vetoed bills tied to insurer coverage of hormones and HIV-prevention drugs without prior authorization.
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