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Iowa lawmakers remove gender identity protections

Headline from The Columbian, from the development of Feb 27, 2025

Newest development Mar 1, 2025 · 2 reportsIowa Becomes First State To Axe Transgender Protections From Civil Rights Code

DES MOINES, Iowa — Iowa lawmakers voted to remove gender identity protections from the state’s civil rights code Thursday despite massive protests by opponents who say it could expose transgender peop

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    Iowa lawmakers remove gender identity protections

    Headline from The Columbian ·

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    Iowa Becomes First State To Axe Transgender Protections From Civil Rights Code

    Headline from The Daily Caller ·

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  1. New York Times

    Iowa Lawmakers Pass Bill to Eliminate Transgender Civil Rights Protections (opens New York Times)

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    New York Times's feed description

    If signed by Gov. Kim Reynolds, the Republican-backed measure would eliminate state civil rights protections for transgender Iowans.

  2. Minneapolis Star Tribune

    Iowa gives final approval to a bill removing gender identity protections despite massive protests (opens Minneapolis Star Tribune)

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    Minneapolis Star Tribune's feed description

    Iowa moved to remove gender identity protections from the state's civil rights code Thursday despite massive protests by opponents who say it could expose transgender people to discrimination in numerous areas of life.

  3. NBC News

    Iowa gives final approval to a bill to remove gender identity protections despite massive protests (opens NBC News)

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    NBC News's feed description

    The bill — the first legislative action in the country to remove nondiscrimination protections based on gender identity — heads to Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds.

  4. Minneapolis Star Tribune

    Iowa's governor signs a bill removing gender identity protections from the state's civil rights code (opens Minneapolis Star Tribune)

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    Minneapolis Star Tribune's feed description

    Iowa became the first U.S. state to remove gender identity protections from its civil rights code on Friday when Gov. Kim Reynolds signed into law a bill that opponents say will expose transgender people and other Iowans to discrimination in all aspects of daily life.

  5. ABC 7 Los Angeles

    Iowa lawmakers vote to remove gender ID from state civil rights protections (opens ABC 7 Los Angeles)

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    ABC 7 Los Angeles's feed description

    Iowa gender identity bill: Iowa lawmakers voted Thursday to strike gender identity from state civil rights protections.

  6. Advocate

    BREAKING: Transphobic discrimination legalized in Iowa (opens Advocate)

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    Advocate's feed description

    Iowa has stripped gender identity from its antidiscrimination law, making it the first state to remove any trait from such a statute.

  7. Minneapolis Star Tribune

    Iowa gives final approval to a bill removing gender identity protections despite protests (opens Minneapolis Star Tribune)

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    Minneapolis Star Tribune's feed description

    Iowa lawmakers became the first in the nation to approve legislation removing gender identity protections from the state's civil rights code Thursday, despite massive protests by opponents who say it could expose transgender people to discrimination in numerous areas of life.

  8. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

    Iowa votes to bar gender identity as protected class (opens Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)

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    Arkansas Democrat-Gazette's feed description

    DES MOINES, Iowa -- Iowa lawmakers voted to remove gender identity protections from the state's civil rights code Thursday despite widespread protests by opponents who say it could expose transgender people to discrimination in numerous areas of life.

  9. Washington Examiner

    Iowa lawmakers pass bill removing transgender civil rights protections- Washington Examiner (opens Washington Examiner)

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    Washington Examiner's feed description

    If Gov. Kim Reynolds (R-IA) signs the legislation, Iowa will be the first state in the nation to remove explicit protections for transgender people.

  10. CBS News

    Transgender rights protections ended under Iowa bill hastily OK (opens CBS News)

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    CBS News's feed description

    Iowa lawmakers became the first in the nation to approve legislation removing gender identity protections from the state's civil rights code, despite large, intense protests.

  11. Anchorage Daily News

    Iowa lawmakers vote to remove civil rights protections for transgender people (opens Anchorage Daily News)

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    Anchorage Daily News's feed description

    The measure would make Iowa the first state in the U.S. to revoke nondiscrimination protections based on gender identity.

  12. NBC News

    Iowa governor signs bill removing gender identity from state civil rights protections (opens NBC News)

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    NBC News's feed description

    Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signed a bill that strikes gender identity from Iowa law, making the state the first to remove civil rights from a previously protected class.

  13. CNN

    Iowa becomes first US state to remove gender identity protections from its civil rights code (opens CNN)

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    CNN's feed description

    Iowa became the first US state to remove gender identity protections from its civil rights code on Friday when Gov. Kim Reynolds signed into law a bill that opponents say will expose transgender people and other Iowans to discrimination in all aspects of daily life.

  14. Truthout

    Iowa Legislature Votes to Eliminate Transgender Civil Rights Protections (opens Truthout)

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    Truthout's feed description

    Iowa is poised to become the first state in US history to remove a protected class from its civil rights act.

  15. The Columbian

    Iowa lawmakers remove gender identity protections (opens The Columbian)

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    The Columbian's feed description

    DES MOINES, Iowa — Iowa lawmakers voted to remove gender identity protections from the state’s civil rights code Thursday despite massive protests by opponents who say it could expose transgender peop

  16. The Daily Caller

    Iowa Becomes First State To Axe Transgender Protections From Civil Rights Code (opens The Daily Caller)

    Published

    The Daily Caller's feed description

    Republican Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds signed into law Friday a bill expunging transgender protections from the Hawkeye State’s civil rights code.

  17. Voice of America

    Iowa removes gender identity protections from state's civil rights code (opens Voice of America)

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    Voice of America's feed description

    Law creates explicit legal definitions of female and male based on reproductive organs at birth, rejecting the idea that a person can transition to another gender

  18. NPR

    Iowa strips protections for transgender people from its civil rights act (opens NPR)

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    NPR's feed description

    Iowa is the latest state to limit transgender rights as it removes gender identity from the Iowa Civil Rights Act, which provided protection from discrimination in housing, education and employment.

  19. New York Post

    Iowa becomes first state to end transgender civil rights protections (opens New York Post)

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    New York Post's feed description

    Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signed into law a bill that strips transgender citizens of civil rights and anti-discrimination protections.

  20. Breitbart News

    Iowa First to Reverse 'Gender Identity' Rights Claim (opens Breitbart News)

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    Breitbart News's feed description

    Iowa is set to become the first state to roll back previously passed civil rights protections based on "gender identity."

  21. Fox News

    Iowa governor signs bill removing transgender protections from civil rights code (opens Fox News)

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    Fox News's feed description

    Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds on Friday signed a bill that removes transgender protections from the state's civil rights code. The law will go into effect in July.

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