There are more than 200 LGBTQ+ lawmakers across the country, and they're increasingly finding themselves fighting against bills that target their communities
in 16 states, most with Republican-controlled Legislatures. Texas, Missouri and Tennessee alone account for more than 125 such bills; Florida has ten.
Rayner-Goolsby is a lawyer currently in a Master of Divinity program who was raised with a strong religious background. She's also the first Black lesbian lawmaker in the statehouse to be out. In Texas, there are three bills that would classify providing gender-affirming care to minors as a form of child abuse.
North Dakota Sen. Ryan Braunberger, a Democrat of Fargo, said it’s “frustrating” and “maddening” to be a gay lawmaker in a Legislature where anti-LGBTQ+ bills are debated and most of his colleagues are voting to pass them.a bill prohibiting drag shows in public spaces While LGBTQ+ lawmakers only compose a small fraction of state Legislatures, their numbers are growing, according to the group Out For America.
The targeted colleague, Democratic Rep. Stephanie Byers was the state's only transgender lawmaker and decided last year to not seek reelection.
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