Civil Rights Documentation
Documented: Anti-Trans Actions in the United States, 2025–2026
Since taking office on January 20, 2025, the Trump administration has issued a sustained, coordinated campaign of executive orders, agency directives, and regulatory changes targeting transgender people in the United States. Simultaneously, Republican-controlled state legislatures have passed anti-trans laws at a rate without precedent in U.S. history.
This document catalogs every documented federal action and major state-level legislation through June 2026, maps them to their stated goals in the Project 2025 policy framework, and identifies the key structural themes across this campaign.
Key Structural Themes
1. Legal Erasure of Identity
The central strategic goal is not to regulate trans people but to define them out of legal existence. By redefining "sex" as immutable and binary in federal law, state codes, and identification systems, the campaign removes the legal scaffolding trans people rely on — from passports to healthcare to employment protections.
2. Defunding as a Weapon
Federal funding threats are used to compel compliance where direct bans face legal challenges. Schools, hospitals, states, and nonprofits face loss of federal dollars if they maintain trans-inclusive policies — a coercive mechanism that often achieves policy goals without passing legislation.
3. Healthcare Denial as Policy
Gender-affirming care — backed by every major medical association — has been methodically removed from coverage (ACA, Medicaid, FEHB), defunded at the research level (NIH), and banned for minors across states. Medical providers face felony charges in six states for providing care to youth.
4. Coordinated Federal-State Escalation
Federal action amplifies state action and vice versa. When the administration signals a priority — through executive orders, DOJ memos, or funding threats — state legislators accelerate. The Alliance Defending Freedom and similar organizations circulate model legislation copied across dozens of states with minimal modification.
5. Information Suppression
Removing words like "transgender," "gender," and "LGBT" from federal health databases, CDC tracking systems, NIH grant criteria, and educational curricula is not incidental — it erases the epidemiological and research record on which policy, clinical care, and legal arguments depend.
6. Criminalization and Surveillance
The December 2025 FBI bounty directive, bathroom arrest incidents, the Kansas ID invalidation, and proposed state felony charges for "gender identity fraud" represent a shift from restriction to active criminalization. Being transgender is increasingly framed in law as either a fraud or a threat.
7. Institutional Capture
The EEOC stopped investigating trans workplace discrimination. The Bureau of Prisons stopped reporting on trans prisoners. The 988 lifeline removed its LGBTQ+ option. These are not regulatory changes — they are the capture of protective institutions and their conversion into tools of harm.
8. Children as a Rhetorical Shield
Framing gender-affirming care as child abuse — and social transition as grooming — has been used to expand legislation beyond healthcare into child welfare systems, school policies, and parental rights laws, creating new vectors for state intervention into trans families.
Mapping to Project 2025
Project 2025 — the Heritage Foundation's 900-page governing blueprint — explicitly called for the rollback of transgender rights across federal policy. The following maps documented actions to the framework's stated goals. Match levels reflect how fully each goal has been implemented as of June 2026.
| Project 2025 Goal | Match | Actions Taken |
|---|---|---|
| Remove all terms related to gender identity from federal legislation, regulations, agency websites, and grants Project 2025, pp. 4–5 |
Complete | EO 14168 mandated replacement of "gender" with "sex" across all agencies. "Forbidden terms" lists distributed to HHS, CDC, and others. NIH grants terminated for LGBTQ+ keywords. Half of U.S. health datasets altered within two months. |
| Reverse policies allowing transgender individuals to serve in the military Project 2025, p. 104 |
Complete | Biden-era trans military EOs rescinded Day 1. EO 14183 signed January 27. DoD memo paused gender-affirming care February 7. Full ban memorandum issued February 26. Supreme Court allowed enforcement to proceed. |
| Eliminate federal funding for gender-affirming care; remove WPATH-based clinical guidelines | Complete | EO 14187 directed agencies to rescind WPATH guidance. HHS rescinded guidance affirming care as medically necessary. ACA final rule removed gender-affirming care from Essential Health Benefits. FEHB and PSHB coverage eliminated beginning 2026. |
| End federal recognition of nonbinary gender and restrict identity document markers | Complete | EO 14168 directed denial of gender self-identification on federal documents. Supreme Court (6-3) allowed enforcement. As of November 2025, all passports must reflect birth sex. Visa applicants listing a different gender face permanent entry bans as of April 2026. |
| Restrict transgender access to sex-separated spaces in federal facilities, prisons, and shelters | Complete | BOP directed to ignore PREA guidelines. Trans women transferred to men's prisons. BOP halted hormone replacement therapy. HUD stopped enforcing gender identity protections in housing. New HUD rules allow shelters to ban trans women. |
| Defund and dismantle DEI programs across the federal government | Complete | DEI Termination EO signed January 20. All DEI offices, programs, training, and grants eliminated. Used as basis for terminating LGBTQ+-related research grants and NGO funding worldwide. |
| Block federal funding to organizations promoting "gender ideology" | Complete | February 2025 memo stopped funding NGOs "undermining national interest." PREP program conditioned on removal of trans content. PSLF blocked for workers providing affirming care. Mexico City Rule expanded January 2026 to include "gender ideology." |
| Restrict youth access to gender-affirming healthcare and leverage state action | Substantial | EO 14187 directed comprehensive restriction of youth care. ACA rule removed coverage. 24 state healthcare bills passed in 2025. Court challenges have partially blocked enforcement. |
| Ban transgender women from women's and girls' sports at the federal level | Substantial | EO directing sports ban signed. Dept. of Education urged NCAA and NFHS to strip trans athletes' records. Visa bans issued for trans athletes. Over one-third of states now have trans sports bans. Full federal legislative codification pending. |
| Redefine "sex" across the entire federal code to exclude gender identity | Substantial | EO 14168 established the federal definition. Multiple agency rules issued. Still subject to ongoing litigation — Bostock v. Clayton County remains contested. Full statutory redefinition requires Congressional action. |
| Criminalize or classify gender-affirming care as child abuse | Partial | EO 14187 used language of "mutilation" and "abuse." Six states have made providing care to minors a felony. Federal criminal charges not yet materialized. FBI directive against trans activists signals escalating posture. |
| Remove LGBTQ+ nondiscrimination protections from employment (EEOC) | Substantial | EEOC stopped investigating trans discrimination claims and dismissed ongoing cases. Bostock v. Clayton County remains binding precedent — formal repeal requires legislation or Supreme Court reconsideration. |
Note on legal status: Many of these actions face ongoing litigation. Federal courts have issued temporary restraining orders and preliminary injunctions blocking portions of several executive orders. Legal blocks have been partial and temporary; the policy architecture remains largely in place.
Federal Executive Orders
5 Primary EOs| Date | Order | Effect |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 20, 2025 | EO 14168 — "Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism" | Defines "sex" as immutable binary at conception. Requires agencies to replace "gender" with "sex," cease funding gender-affirming care, deny updated gender markers on federal documents, and prohibit trans people from using sex-segregated federal facilities aligned with their gender identity. Directs BOP and DHS to house trans women in men's facilities.Source: Wikipedia / Federal Register |
| Jan 20, 2025 | Rescission of Biden Trans Military EOs | Rescinded Biden-era executive orders allowing transgender people to serve openly in the military.Source: The 19th |
| Jan 20, 2025 | DEI Termination EO | Terminated all DEI mandates, policies, programs, and activities of the federal government. Used to terminate NIH research grants mentioning LGBTQ+ topics and defund programs serving LGBTQ+ communities.Source: Guttmacher Institute |
| Jan 27, 2025 | EO 14183 — "Prioritizing Military Excellence and Readiness" | Declared transgender military service incompatible with readiness. Directed the Department of Defense to implement a full ban on transgender service members.Source: Wikipedia |
| Jan 28, 2025 | EO 14187 — "Protecting Children from Chemical and Surgical Mutilation" | Characterized gender-affirming care for minors as "mutilation," "maiming," and "sterilization." Directed agencies to cease funding or supporting youth gender transition. Described WPATH guidance as "junk science." Extended "children" to include 18-year-olds.Source: KFF |
Federal Agency Directives & Regulatory Actions
30+ ActionsIdentity, Documents and Legal Recognition
| Date | Agency | Action & Effect |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 20, 2025 | All federal agencies | Deleted all LGBTQ+ resources from federal websites within hours of EO signing, including the Stonewall National Monument page.Source: Wikipedia |
| Jan 2025 | HHS & health agencies | "Forbidden terms" list distributed internally, prohibiting "gender," "transgender," and "LGBT" across all communications. Affected roughly half of all U.S. health datasets within two months.Source: Wikipedia / The Lancet |
| Feb 24, 2025 | Dept. of State | Ordered worldwide denial of visas to transgender athletes. Issued permanent visa bans for anyone listing a gender other than assigned sex on a visa application, on grounds of "fraud." New regulation taking effect April 2026 applies this ban universally.Source: Civil Rights.org |
| Feb 26, 2025 | CDC | Announced it would stop processing transgender-related identity data entirely.Source: Wikipedia |
| Nov 2025 | Dept. of State / SCOTUS | Following a 6-3 Supreme Court ruling, the State Department required all passports to reflect birth sex — superseding a policy in place since 1992.Source: LGBTQ+ Bar Association |
Military
| Date | Agency | Action & Effect |
|---|---|---|
| Feb 7, 2025 | Dept. of Defense (Hegseth) | Paused all gender-affirming medical procedures for active service members.Source: Guttmacher Institute |
| Feb 26, 2025 | Dept. of Defense | Issued memorandum banning all transgender people from joining or continuing to serve in the military. Supreme Court subsequently allowed enforcement.Source: Civil Rights.org |
Healthcare and Research
| Date | Agency | Action & Effect |
|---|---|---|
| Feb 20, 2025 | HHS | Rescinded Biden-era guidance that gender-affirming care for minors is medically necessary. Also rescinded the position that ACA Section 1557 protects gender identity.Source: KFF |
| Mar 2025 | NIH | Terminated hundreds of research grants that included any keyword related to LGBT people or gender identity in a biomedical context.Source: Wikipedia |
| Mar–May 2025 | Multiple federal health agencies | Agencies warned clinics, pulled educational materials, and began investigating providers offering gender-affirming care.Source: HealthLGBTQ.org |
| Apr 2025 | Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program | Barred from supporting gender-affirming services. FY2026 budget eliminated all funding for Part F, which disproportionately serves LGBTQ+ and trans communities with HIV.Source: HealthLGBTQ.org |
| Jun 2025 | Medicaid / CMS | Rescinded guidance directing state Medicaid programs to collect sexual orientation and gender identity data.Source: KFF |
| Jun 25, 2025 | CMS (ACA Final Rule) | Prohibited gender-affirming care from being classified as an Essential Health Benefit in ACA plans, effective plan year 2026.Source: KFF |
| Jun–Jul 2025 | HHS / SAMHSA | Eliminated the "Press 3" LGBTQ+ option on the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline. Service terminated July 17, 2025.Source: Wikipedia |
| Aug 2025 | OPM | Announced gender-affirming care would no longer be covered by Federal Employees Health Benefits or Postal Service Health Benefits programs beginning 2026.Source: Wikipedia |
Education and Employment
| Date | Agency | Action & Effect |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 2025 | HHS (PREP program) | Demanded states receiving sex education funding remove all references to gender identity, transgender, and non-binary people. By November 2025, 11 states complied; 16 states and D.C. filed a lawsuit.Source: Wikipedia |
| Apr 2025 | Dept. of Education | Urged the NCAA and NFHS to strip titles, records, and awards from transgender women who competed in women's sports. Threatened to revoke funding from schools with trans-inclusive policies.Source: The 19th |
| Apr 22, 2025 | DOJ (AG Bondi) | Issued a memo to all DOJ component heads implementing EO 14168 across the full department.Source: Civil Rights.org |
| Apr 2025 | EEOC | Stopped enforcing federal workplace protections for transgender workers, dismissed ongoing cases, and halted payments to state agencies investigating gender identity discrimination.Source: LGBTQ+ Bar Association |
| Oct 2025 | Dept. of Education | Blocked Public Service Loan Forgiveness for any public worker involved in providing gender-affirming care to transgender youth.Source: Wikipedia |
ICE Detention and Immigration Enforcement
| Date | Agency | Action & Effect |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 20, 2025 | DHS / ICE (EO 14168) | EO 14168 directed immigration detention centers to house trans women in men's facilities based on birth sex — immediately reversing a 2015 policy written by Trump's own border czar Tom Homan that required individualized housing reviews and protection from sexual abuse.Source: The Advocate |
| Feb 4, 2025 | ICE | ICE stopped reporting transgender detainee population statistics — violating a 2021 congressional mandate requiring biweekly disclosure. The last published count, on January 12, 2025, was 47 transgender people in ICE custody. The actual number is believed to be higher as not all trans detainees self-identify for safety reasons.Source: Vera Institute |
| Mar 2025 | ICE / private detention contractors | ICE altered contracts with at least two detention centers in Florida and New York to remove all transgender care requirements. Removed requirements included individualized housing reviews, gender-appropriate clothing and hygiene products, private strip searches, use of correct pronouns, and access to gender-affirming healthcare.Source: The Intercept |
| Apr 17, 2025 | ICE (ERO memo) | ICE Acting Executive Associate Director Kenneth Genalo declared ICE would "no longer proactively screen for, or record in ICE data systems, related information on aliens who self-identify as a sex other than their biological sex at birth." Eliminated specialized Transgender Classification and Care Committees that had reviewed housing placements. Updated 2025 National Detention Standards replaced "gender" with "sex" throughout.Source: The Advocate |
| Sep 2025 | ICE / GEO Group (Aurora, CO) | ICE ended transgender medical care and protective policies at the Aurora, Colorado detention facility — one of only two facilities nationwide that had continued providing gender-affirming care. Ended a 2022 directive requiring facilities to continue hormone therapy for detainees already receiving it before detention.Source: LGBTQ Nation |
| Jan 2026 | ICE / DHS (multiple facilities) | At least 10 ICE contracts with private prison companies modified to strip all remaining transgender protections. As of January 5, detention centers in Arizona, New Mexico, Georgia, and at least two in Texas revoked safety measures and halted medical care. One contract in Laredo, TX stated "all transgender guidance provided here is hereby rescinded." Approximately 40% of trans detainees have historically reported sexual abuse in ICE custody — higher than any other population.Source: American Prospect |
| Jan 2026 | DOJ / federal prisons | DOJ issued a memo to prison abuse auditors stating that, effective immediately, prisons and jails would no longer be held responsible for violations of standards protecting LGBTQ+ people from harassment, rape, and sexual abuse — effectively removing rape protections for trans people in both ICE detention and the federal prison system simultaneously.Source: LGBTQ Nation |
Housing, Incarceration and Law Enforcement
| Date | Agency | Action & Effect |
|---|---|---|
| Feb 7, 2025 | HUD | Stopped enforcing the 2016 policy prohibiting gender identity discrimination in housing programs and shelters. Goal stated as allowing women's shelters to ban transgender women.Source: Wikipedia |
| Feb 7, 2025 | TSA | Barred transgender officers from conducting or witnessing security pat-downs and from using restrooms aligned with their gender identity.Source: LGBTQ+ Bar Association |
| Nov 2025 | HUD | Released new rules allowing denial of funding to any homeless housing program or shelter that "violates the sex binary."Source: Wikipedia |
| Early 2026 | Federal Bureau of Prisons | Adopted policies mandating housing of trans prisoners according to birth sex. Stopped publicly reporting the number of transgender prisoners held.Source: Wikipedia |
| Dec 2025 | DOJ / FBI (AG Bondi) | Instructed the FBI to offer cash bounties for information leading to arrest of transgender activists promoting "radical gender ideology," describing them as "domestic terrorist groups."Source: Wikipedia |
| Jan 2026 | Multiple agencies | Expanded the Mexico City Rule to block U.S. funding to any international organization that takes part in or promotes "gender ideology."Source: Wikipedia |
2026 Federal Actions
Jan to Jun 2026 + Congressional| Date | Agency / Action | Effect |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 1, 2026 | OPM / FEHB (takes effect) | Gender-affirming care coverage eliminated from Federal Employees Health Benefits and Postal Service Health Benefits programs effective January 1. Federal employees filed a class action complaint through the Human Rights Campaign Foundation with OPM named as defendant.Source: Al Jazeera |
| Jan 2026 | Mexico City Rule expansion | Expanded the Mexico City Rule to block all U.S. foreign funding and aid to any organization that participates in or promotes "gender ideology" — extending the anti-trans policy framework globally for the first time.Source: Wikipedia |
| Early 2026 | Federal Bureau of Prisons | Adopted new policies mandating housing of all trans prisoners according to birth sex, modeled on Florida's system. Policy also prohibits gender-affirming clothing and commissary items, requires staff to use incorrect pronouns, and mandates forced conversion therapy — requiring trans inmates' hair to be cut short, removal from hormone medication, and placement into psychiatric therapy and psychiatric drug regimens.Source: LGBTQ+ Bar Association / Wikipedia |
| Feb 12, 2026 | Federal court injunction (D.C.) | Court granted a preliminary injunction blocking Sections 4(a) and 4(c) of EO 14168 against plaintiffs — the provisions directing agencies to remove gender ideology materials and end federal funding of gender ideology. Injunction covers February 19 to May 20, 2026. Administration appealed to the D.C. Circuit.Source: LGBTQ+ Bar Association |
| Feb 24, 2026 | State of the Union | Trump repeated the false claim that children were receiving gender-affirming surgery in schools — repeated multiple times since 2024 with no supporting evidence. Fact-checkers noted no U.S. school has ever provided gender-affirming surgery to a student.Source: Wikipedia |
| Mar 10, 2026 | Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals | Ruled that West Virginia may continue its Medicaid ban on gender-affirming procedures for adults — extending healthcare denial beyond minors to the adult trans population covered by federal Medicaid funding.Source: Wikipedia |
| Mar 11, 2026 | Dept. of State | Published a new Diversity Immigrant Visa Program rule standardizing use of "sex" in lieu of "gender" across all visa regulations. Advocates noted the rule creates additional barriers for transgender and gender-diverse applicants. Rule takes effect April 10, 2026.Source: Washington Blade |
| Mar 12, 2026 | White House Proclamation | Trump issued a proclamation declaring the administration is "keeping men out of women's sports, enforcing Title IX as it was originally written," and would continue expanding anti-trans sports restrictions at the federal level.Source: Washington Blade |
| Mar 2026 | White House / SAVE Act | Trump announced he would refuse to sign any legislation until Congress passes the SAVE Act, and publicly claimed the bill already included bans on gender-affirming care for minors and trans women in sports. In fact, the version passed by the House in February 2026 did not include those provisions. Trump then pressured Senate Republicans to add them. As of March 2026, the Senate has not passed the bill — anti-trans provisions lack the 60 votes needed to clear a filibuster.Source: The 19th |
| Apr 10, 2026 | Dept. of State (visa rule takes effect) | New Diversity Immigrant Visa Program regulation takes effect, replacing "gender" with "sex" across all visa documentation and creating additional barriers for transgender applicants seeking entry to the United States.Source: Washington Blade |
| Jun 9, 2026 | Federal court (preliminary injunction) | Court issued a preliminary injunction blocking key provisions of EO 14168 and the DEI EO — including instructions to remove gender ideology materials, end federal funding of gender ideology, and terminate DEI offices and grants. Administration appealed to the D.C. Circuit.Source: KFF |
| 2026 | National Defense Authorization Act | The 2026 NDAA included one surviving anti-trans provision after most were stripped in the Senate: a ban on transgender women enrolled at U.S. military service academies from participating in athletic programs designated for women.Source: The 19th |
| 2026 (House vote) | U.S. House of Representatives | The House passed a bill 216-211, sponsored by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, that would criminalize the provision of gender-affirming care to any transgender person under 18 — subjecting providers to fines and up to 10 years in federal prison. The bill simultaneously endorsed non-consensual surgical procedures on intersex youth and infants. A companion measure would ban Medicaid coverage for gender-affirming care for minors.Source: ACLU |
State-Level Legislation
126 Laws in 2025 + 2026 Active
Scale context: 2025 was the sixth consecutive record-breaking year for anti-trans legislation. Over 867 bills were introduced; 126 passed into law across 29 states. In 2026, 740+ bills are under consideration in 42 states, with Kansas SB 244, New Hampshire SB 268, and Wisconsin SB 146 already enacted. Bills listed below represent major enacted laws from both years.
Source: Trans Legislation Tracker
Healthcare Restrictions
| State | Bill | Effect |
|---|---|---|
| Georgia | S.B. 185 | Restricts gender-affirming care for incarcerated people. |
| Idaho | H.B. 59 | Creates religious exemptions for healthcare providers refusing to provide gender-affirming treatment. |
| Tennessee | S.B. 0955 | Allows healthcare providers to refuse trans-related treatments on religious grounds. |
| Idaho | S.B. 1027 | Protects employers who refuse to facilitate gender transition treatments. |
| West Virginia | Medicaid (upheld Mar 2026) | Fourth Circuit ruled West Virginia may continue banning gender-affirming procedures for adults from Medicaid coverage. |
| Iowa | H.B. 0164 | Bans gender-affirming care for youth. |
| Multiple | 24 total (2025) | Healthcare-related anti-trans bills passed across AK, AL, AR, GA, IA, ID, IN, KS, KY, MO, MS, MT, NE, NV, OH, OK, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, WI, WV, and WY. |
Bathroom and Facilities Bans
| State | Bill | Effect |
|---|---|---|
| Texas | S.B. 8 | Bans trans people from facilities aligned with their gender identity in all K-12 schools and government-owned buildings. Fines of $25,000 for first violation, $125,000/day thereafter. |
| South Dakota | H.B. 1259 | Bans trans people from bathrooms in K-12 schools and all government-owned buildings. |
| West Virginia | S.B. 456 | Bars trans people from single-sex facilities at K-12 schools, domestic violence shelters, and prisons. Redefines sex as observable at birth. |
| Georgia | S.B. 1 | Bans trans students from facilities and sports teams aligned with their gender identities. |
| North Dakota | H.B. 1144 | Bans trans students from facilities aligned with their gender identities. |
| Idaho | H.B. 264 + expansion | Bans trans people from single-sex spaces not aligned with birth sex. Expanded to colleges, jails, and all government buildings. Allows private lawsuits. |
| Arkansas | Expansion | Widened K-12 bathroom ban to colleges, jails, and all government buildings. |
| Wyoming | HB/SB pair | Restricts bathrooms and locker rooms in all public buildings by birth sex. |
| Mississippi Montana Oklahoma | Various (2025) | Each passed or expanded bathroom restrictions in 2025. |
| Kansas | SB 244 (2026) | Sweeping bathroom ban combined with restrictions on updating gender markers on IDs. Enacted by legislative override of Democratic governor's veto. |
| New Hampshire | SB 268 (2026) | Amends anti-discrimination law to allow biological sex classification in bathrooms, locker rooms, sports, and institutional settings. |
| Iowa | S.F. 0062 + H.B. 0072 | Bans trans students from school facilities; bans trans people from public facilities not aligned with birth sex. |
Sports Bans
| State | Bill | Effect |
|---|---|---|
| Georgia | S.B. 1 | Bans trans students from sports teams aligned with their gender identities (K-12 and higher education). |
| Wyoming | HB companion | Restricts transgender girls' participation in school sports. |
| Iowa | S.F. 0044 | Bans trans students from sports teams aligned with their gender identities. |
| Multiple | 9 bills (2025) | Over one-third of states now have laws banning transgender students from sports. (AL, AZ, AR, FL, GA, ID, IN, IA, KY, LA, MI, MS, MO, MT, NE, NC, ND, OH, OK, SD, TN, TX, UT, WV, WY and more) |
Education - Pronouns, Curriculum and Forced Outing
| State | Bill | Effect |
|---|---|---|
| Tennessee | S.B. 0937 | Allows teachers to misgender transgender students. |
| Iowa | S.F. 0077 | Prohibits state employees including teachers from affirming a student's gender identity through names or pronouns. |
| Idaho | H.B. 352 | Bans instruction on LGBTQ+ identities in K-12 schools. |
| Idaho | H.B. 239 | Requires parental permission to study "human sexuality." |
| Iowa | H.B. 0032 | Redefines sex as unchanging and exclusively binary across state law. |
| Multiple | 27 bills (2025) | Education was the single largest category of anti-trans legislation in 2025, targeting pronoun autonomy, forced outing, and bans on gender identity education. (AK, AL, AR, FL, GA, ID, IN, IA, KS, KY, MO, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NV, OH, OK, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, WI, WY) |
Identity Documents
| State | Action | Effect |
|---|---|---|
| Arkansas | License law (2025) | Required gender to be displayed on all driver's licenses; stopped issuing licenses with an "X" gender marker. |
| Oklahoma | H.B. 1688 | Requires biological sex on birth certificates; bans nonbinary designations. |
| Texas | AG Paxton opinion | Argued in March 2025 that previously updated driver's licenses and birth certificates for transgender Texans should be reverted to assigned sex at birth. |
| Kansas | ID invalidation (Feb 2026) | Trans people received letters stating IDs would become invalid with no grace period. Driving to the DMV to correct could result in a $1,000 fine and six months in jail. |
| Wisconsin | SB 146 (2026) | Makes it a felony for anyone convicted of a violent crime to legally change their name. |
Religious Exemptions, Incarceration and Other
| State | Bill | Effect |
|---|---|---|
| Georgia | S.B. 36 | Allows religious exemptions that could deny housing, healthcare, and equal pay to LGBTQ+ people. |
| Iowa | H.B. 0207 | Allows religious exemptions that could deny housing, healthcare, and equal pay to LGBTQ+ people. |
| Oklahoma | S.B. 418 | Bans incarcerated trans people from facilities aligned with their gender identities. |
| Oklahoma | S.B. 658 | Allows anti-LGBTQ+ parents to foster LGBTQ+ children. |
| Idaho | S.B. 1198 | Prohibits DEI initiatives at state universities. |
| Kansas | DEI elimination (2025) | Required all state agencies to eliminate DEI positions, programs, training, and grants; removed pronouns from state employee email signatures. |
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