Human Rights Campaign recorded the introduction of 550 bills last year, with more than half targeting LGBTQ+ youth

Citing what it calls “the most damaging and destructive legislative session on record”, the LGBTQ+ advocacy group Human Rights Campaign (HRC) on Tuesday published its annual state-by-state scorecard of policies, laws and services.

The 2023 state equality index documents a broadening push towards “state-sanctioned discrimination” – the elimination or restriction of rights and protections for trans and non-binary communities in Republican-controlled states, which the HRC had already declared a national emergency.

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