Vander Hart: The Iowa Civil Rights Commission Seeks to Restrict Free Speech

The Iowa Civil Rights Commission says using the wrong name and pronouns for transgender persons could be considered “illegal harassment.”

Supreme Court Rules That Federal Employment Law Protects LGBT Persons

The Supreme Court ruled that federal employment anti-discrimination law does protect LGBT persons because of the prohibition against sex discrimination.

Iowa House GOP Bill Removes ‘Gender Identity’ From Civil Rights Act

Iowa House Judiciary Chair Steven Holt said he has no intention of forwarding a bill that removes gender identity from the Civil Rights Act citing unintended consequences.

40 Senate Democrats Put LGBTQ Agenda Ahead of Children

Forty Senate Democrats wrote a letter opposing the Childhood Welfare Provider Inclusion Act protecting faith-based adoption and foster care agencies at risk because of state and local SOGI laws.

Senate GOP Leadership Blocks Controversial NDAA Transgender Amendment

GOP Senate leadership blocked the Gillibrand-Collins Amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) allowing transgender military service.