Anti-trans bills in the US getting more ‘extreme’, warns charity

Legislation aimed at the LGBTQ+ community has become more “extreme” and is only getting worse under Donald Trump, a not-for-profit group has warned.

There has been a dramatic rise in anti-LGBTQ+ bills across the US over the past few years, particularly those that target trans people’s rights. Since 2023, the American Civil Liberties Union has tracked at least 1,570 proposed bills, with 527 already in just the first three months of this year.

The bills, mainly Republican-led, include efforts to ban gender-affirming care for transgender youngsters and censoring LGBTQ+ curriculum in state schools.

Of the 533 anti-LGBTQ+ bills proposed last year, 464 were defeated, 49 passed into law, and two are still advancing.