Georgia / April 2026
Every anti-LGBTQ bill failed
All of the roughly 15 anti-LGBTQ bills filed in Georgia's 2026 session died, including limits on care, library penalties and a forced-outing bill.
Wins, firsts and celebration
Queer Joy
The fight is real. So are the wins. Here is proof that organizing works and that we are still here, still loving and still celebrating across the South and beyond.
Worth remembering
Wins this year
Kentucky / April 2026
Zero anti-LGBTQ bills passed
Lawmakers filed about ten. None became law, a first in years, credited to steady organizing across the state.
Florida / 2026 session
Four of five bills stopped
Advocates stopped or neutralized a Pride flag ban, a "Don't Say Gay or Trans at Work" bill and new lawsuits against teachers and doctors.
Federal / Nov. 2025
Marriage equality stands
The Supreme Court turned away the Kim Davis case asking it to overturn same-sex marriage. No justice publicly dissented.
Virginia / July 2026
School facilities rule dropped
Gov. Spanberger ended a Youngkin-era rulemaking that would have limited trans students' access to school facilities and sports, saying the state had no legal authority to move forward.
Courts / 2026
Doctors, not officials, set care standards
A federal judge ruled HHS cannot invent its own standards of care to push providers out of Medicare and Medicaid, in the states that sued.
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