Minnesota lawmakers have passed a bill to protect its trans community, including rules that prevent them from being forced out of the state to de-transition under anti-trans laws passed elsewhere in the US.
It will also welcome trans people from other states who need to access trans healthcare and sees Minnesota ban conversion therapy for LGBTQ+ people.
Pro-LGBTQ+ lawmakers voted to pass bill HF146 in a close third reading vote of 34-30 on Friday, April 21. The bill, co-authored by 36 Minnesotan politicians, aims to block out-of-state subpoenas that would see families with trans kids forced back to anti-trans states to prevent them from accessing gender-affirming care.
It means that, despite the shocking rise in anti-LGBTQ+ legislation across the US, the state of Minnesota will, for now, remain a place where trans youth are protected from legislative discrimination. #lgbtq_civil_right