Articles Tagged: LGBTQ

Governor discusses transgender bills during her first formal news conference in 8 months

Teri Patrick bristles at the idea she wants to ban books about LGBTQ issues in Iowa schools, arguing her only goal is ridding schools of sexually explicit material.

On this week’s edition of the On Iowa Politics podcast: our reporters who were on the ground give us their impressions of last week’s events featuring Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis, the massive legislation to reorganize the executive branch of state government is on Gov. Reynolds’ hand, and the train companies have made a deal.

Legislation that would prohibit transgender youth from using school bathrooms and locker rooms that correspond with their gender identity is headed to Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds for her signature.

Emboldened by six years of conservative reforms under their belts and multiple elections that expanded their majorities in the House and Senate, Iowa Republicans have felt empowered to push a more conservative agenda. It coincides with the 2024 GOP race for president, softening the ground for candidates to campaign on the same themes.

On this week’s edition of the On Iowa Politics podcast: LGBTQ bills, Iowa’s new state education director and 2024 Republican Iowa Caucuses

LGBTQ Iowans say ban and other bills will harm their community, especially children

Several hundred people crowded the west steps of the Iowa State Capitol to protest LGBTQ-related bills lawmakers are considering this year. They held signs that said “Trans People Belong in Iowa” and referenced the state’s motto — “Our liberties we prize and our rights we will maintain.” They flew rainbow and trans pride flags.

Lawmakers also advance jobs open to teens, limits on speed cameras

Republicans also were expected to move a ban on gender-affirming health care

Around this time eight years ago, the state of Iowa began crawling with what a few of us call “presidential …

The move would contradict the guidance of several major medical groups, including the American Medical Association, the American Pediatric Association and the American Association of Psychiatrists.

Republican state lawmakers continued to advance bills opponents say target and discriminate against Iowa’s LGBTQ community.

Republican former Vice President Mike Pence railed against “radical gender ideology” in public schools during a rally in Cedar Rapids.

Iowa’s state transportation commission would be required to prioritize making Highway 30 four lanes under a bill advanced Monday.