Wyoming Equality
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FROM WYOFILE:
2023 law banning transgender girls from competing in girls sporting events breaks with state’s 46-year tradition of defeating bills to restrict LGBTQ civil rights.
As a wave of legislation restricting transgender rights swept through statehouses across the country this year,...
CASPER —In November, Wyoming’s Republican Sen. Cynthia Lummis defied expectation when she chose to vote in favor of the Respect for Marriage Act — a federal law that enshrines protection of same-sex marriages. Her vote for the historic legislation was a change from her previous record on same-sex...
CASPER — Wyoming’s largest LGBTQ advocacy organization plans to file a lawsuit challenging new legislation banning transgender students from competing on interscholastic sports teams.
Gov. Mark Gordon allowed the legislation — Senate File 133 — to become law on Friday without his signature,...
CHEYENNE — Stakeholders had the weekend to sit with the final decisions announced Friday by Gov. Mark Gordon on several pieces of legislation passed during the recent general session.
Their reactions were divided, as Wyoming became the first state to ban the use of abortion pills and followed...
CHEYENNE — Gov. Mark Gordon signed one controversial anti-abortion bill late Friday night, while letting another pass into law without his signature to further implement a pro-life policy agenda.
The governor also allowed a piece of legislation described by opponents as anti-transgender become...
CHEYENNE — Wyoming LGBTQ+ advocates spent the final hours before a Monday legislative deadline fighting a bill that would bar transgender girls from competing in sports.
They came before the House Appropriations Committee to voice their opposition to Senate File 133, which was re-referred for its...
CASPER —There’s an experience that Sen. Wendy Schuler comes back to often when she explains why she wants to restrict transgender athletes from competing on female school sports teams.
She was in high school. Title IX hadn’t come into play yet. Her school didn’t have female sports teams, so she...
ROCK SPRINGS —Senate File 117, “Wyoming Parental Rights in Education Act,” passed the Senate on second reading Thursday afternoon after getting an initial vote of support Wednesday.
The majority of Wednesday’s debate focused on page 2, lines 1 through 18, which forbids educators from discussing...
CHEYENNE —On the first day of the legislative session Tuesday, supporters braved high winds in front the state Capitol to rally in support of House Bill 80, the latest attempt to pass Medicaid expansion in Wyoming.
The rally, hosted by the Healthy Wyoming coalition, drew a moderate crowd of roughly...
CHEYENNE – U.S. Sen. Cynthia Lummis, R-Wyo., voted in support of federal protections for same-sex marriage Tuesday, one of 12 Republicans to vote in favor of the Respect for Marriage Act as it passed 61-36 in the Senate.
She was not joined by Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., who has previously said in...
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