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Posted May 4, 2022, 5:00 pm
Arnie Bermudez
/TucsonSentinel.com
Pardon me for speaking out of turn, here. As a man, I have no right to tell women what to do with their bodies. I have no right to tell anyone what to do with their body, for that matter. This is not just about the right to choose or even women's rights, though.... Read more»
Posted Mar 10, 2022, 4:42 am
Michael McDaniel
/Courthouse News Service
Highlighting growing political divisions and controversy in Arizona — and around the nation — a Republican-controlled legislative committee voted Wednesday to approve two transgender-focused bills and one abortion bill. ... Read more»
Posted Mar 7, 2022, 4:35 am
Alyssa Gomez
/Cronkite News
The recent Arizona Gay Rodeo - started in 1984 when Arizona became the fifth state to host a gay rodeo - at the Corona Ranch and Rodeo Grounds highlighted an event and a community determined to provide a safe space for anyone interested in participating in western activities. ... Read more»
Posted Mar 7, 2022, 3:50 am
Eryka Forquer
/Cronkite News
After an unprecedented number of bills targeting transgender youth became law across the country last year, advocates in Arizona are pushing back against a new wave of bills introduced in this session. ... Read more»
Posted Feb 23, 2022, 9:30 am
Sandy West
/Kaiser Health News
As state legislators in Arizona and across the country introduced a record number of anti-transgender bills in 2021, the larger debate outside of medicine amid these legislative efforts to restrict access to care is having a detrimental impact on transgender youth.... Read more»
Posted Feb 18, 2022, 3:06 pm
Blake Morlock
/TucsonSentinel.com
Gay people, teachers, transgender students and F. Scott Fitzgerald are in the sights of Arizona Republicans, who seek to silence the politically and culturally disobedient.... Read more»
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Posted Feb 17, 2022, 8:34 am
Gloria Gomez
/Don Bolles Fellow, University of Arizona
A week after a move to ban all gender-affirming care for transgender youth in Arizona was rejected, GOP lawmakers passed a measure barring gender confirmation surgery for minors with no public testimony allowed by Committee Chair Nancy Barto. ... Read more»
Posted Feb 10, 2022, 10:21 am
Gloria Gomez
/Don Bolles Fellow, University of Arizona
The Senate Health and Human Services Committee voted down a controversial proposal that would have made it illegal for doctors to provide minors with puberty blockers, hormone therapy and gender affirmation surgeries for trans kids in Arizona. ... Read more»
Posted Feb 8, 2022, 10:12 am
Matt Heinz & Demion Clinco/The Arizona Mirror
Homophobic bills advanced this session by Arizona lawmakers are descendants of a shameful Arizona legacy and a decrepit conservative agenda out of step with the nation - in fact, not even representative of the mainstream GOP.... Read more»
Posted Feb 8, 2022, 6:23 am
Aallyah Wright
/Stateline
In at least seven states—Arizona, South Dakota, Georgia, Indiana, New Hampshire, Tennessee and Virginia—Republican lawmakers have filed legislation that would prohibit transgender girls from participating on sports teams for girls and women in high school and college. ... Read more»
Posted Feb 4, 2022, 3:26 pm
Gloria Gomez
/Don Bolles Fellow, University of Arizona
To allow parents to scour lessons for elements of "critical race theory," Arizona teachers would be required to upload a list of every book and worksheet they use in their classrooms online for parental review if a Republican-backed bill becomes law.... Read more»
Posted Feb 4, 2022, 10:58 am
Gloria Gomez
/Don Bolles Fellow, University of Arizona
The Republican-controlled House passed a measure Thursday that would ban sexually explicit materials in K-12 classrooms across the state.... Read more»
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Posted Feb 3, 2022, 1:35 am
Laura Gómez
/Arizona Mirror
Senate Republicans approved a bill barring transgender women and girls in Arizona from playing on girls’ and women’s teams in K-12 and university sports.... Read more»
Posted Feb 2, 2022, 10:00 am
Jerod MacDonald-Evoy
/Arizona Mirror
Arizona schools could be fined up to $1,000 if they don't display the United States flag, the U.S. Constitution, the Bill of Rights and allow students to recite the Pledge of Allegiance.... Read more»
Posted Feb 1, 2022, 11:42 am
Jim Small
/Arizona Mirror
Arizona Republicans are wistful for days gone past, and they’re determined to do everything they can to catapult the state backwards in pursuit of winding back the clock. ... Read more»
Posted Jan 31, 2022, 10:30 am
Brenda Muñoz Murguia
/Cronkite News
Arizona no está financiando programas y legislación orientada a prevenir el uso de cigarrillos electrónicos y productos de tabaco con sabor que están aumentando entre los jóvenes, según un nuevo informe.... Read more»