#lgbtqia-rights

#lgbtqia-rights

Lawmakers across the country have introduced hundreds of bills targeting transgender people in the first month of 2026, a surge that advocates said reflects a decadelong political strategy that has steadily escalated since major court victories for LGBTQIA+ rights. The American Civil Liberties Union is tracking just shy of 400 anti-LGBTQIA+ bills in state legislatures nationwide, including measures carried over from prior sessions that remain active this year.

Valve has permanently banned Final Girl Games' VILE: Exhumed from Steam, citing sexual content with real people, a claim the developer contests as inaccurate.

This year's theme, forged in resistance, shaped by love, is a defiant message of hope in a time of political attacks against the LGBTQIA+ community by the Trump administration.

By dismissing trans identities and rights as Prime Minister Starmer has done, the government risks repeating historical injustices that have profoundly affected LGBTQIA+ communities.