Today, Governor Kim Reynolds signed into law a bill removing gender identity from the Iowa Civil Rights Act, officially stripping transgender and non-binary Iowans of critical protections against discrimination in housing, employment, education, public accommodations, Read more…
Jan 28, 2025 [Des Moines, Iowa]— We are deeply disturbed by the series of executive orders issued by the Trump administration over the past week. They not only target the LGBTQ+ community but pose a Read more…
Jan 24, 2025 [Des Moines, Iowa]— Multiple independent sources have confirmed that Governor Kim Reynolds will introduce legislation to remove basic human rights protections from transgender Iowans. This bill would remove gender identity from the Read more…
April 2, 2024 [Des Moines, Iowa]— Today, at a private event, Governor Kim Reynolds signed into law SF2095, the so-called “Religious Freedom Restoration Act.” This new law will allow broad religious exemptions to otherwise generally Read more…
Feb 1, 2024 [Des Moines, Iowa]— Just one day after an Iowa House subcommittee unanimously rejected efforts to strip transgender Iowans of their civil rights, Governor Kim Reynolds introduced a new piece of legislation, HSB Read more…
Jan 31, 2024 [Des Moines, Iowa]— The attempt to pass HF2082, the bill seeking to eliminate gender identity from the Iowa Civil Rights Act, died in the House with legislators voting 0-3 to kill the Read more…
Jan 25, 2024 [Des Moines, Iowa]— Today, Iowa House Republicans scheduled a hearing for HF2082. This bill would remove gender identity from the Iowa Civil Rights Act, stripping transgender Iowans of critical anti-discrimination protections in Read more…
Press Release March 7, 2023 [Des Moines, Iowa]— Today the Iowa Senate advanced both SF538, a bill that would ban gender affirming care, and SF482, a school bathroom bill that would force trans students into Read more…
June 11th, 2022 [Des Moines]— During the Iowa GOP State Convention, Governor Kim Reynolds delivered inflammatory remarks that targeted LGBTQ Iowans and highlighted inclusion efforts in public schools as a negative that she wishes to Read more…
March 3, 2022 [Des Moines, Iowa]— Today at noon Governor Kim Reynolds signed HF2416, a law that bans transgender women and girls from participating in school sports from kindergarten through college. One Iowa Action Board Read more…