The LGBTQ community faces waves of legislation aimed at reducing their bodily autonomy and right to healthcare. If employers want to make a stand with their LGBTQ-identifying employees, they have to go beyond ERG events and social media posts during Pride Month.
The ACLU is tracking 409 anti-LGBTQ bills in the U.S., with many banning and criminalizing gender-affirming care for trans-youth, while creating exemptions for cisgender youth or even forcing this care onto intersex youth. Other bills want to block funding to medical centers that offer gender-affirming care as well as insurance coverage for transgender people.
