The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) is one of several large spending bills Congress is supposed to pass this year to keep the federal government funded. House Republicans used their slim majority to fill the NDAA and the other bills with anti-LGBTQ+, anti-abortion, and other far-right provisions. Republicans added several anti-LGBTQ+ measures to the NDAA, including measures to remove any gender-affirming care coverage for trans troops and ban any book that has “pornographic materials. They also added a provision banning the military from helping servicemembers stations in states that ban abortion to travel to a state where they can access an abortion. Now, the version hammered out as a compromise with the Democrat-controlled Senate has been released, and it omits the controversial provisions far-right Republicans demanded. This has infuriated Republican extremists in the House, setting up a showdown with newly installed Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA). Johnson, arguably the most vociferously anti-LGBTQ+ member of Congress, seems to have given his blessing to remove the provisions in an attempt to get the legislation passed and sent to President Joe Biden for his signature. With only a bare majority in Congress, Johnson will likely need to rely on Democrat support to pass the bill. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), who has made a career out of attacking transgender people, has said she’ll vote against it. #LGBTQ+ Civil Rights