Iowa has become the first state to remove gender identity protections from its civil rights code. The law that took effect ...

An Iowa law removing gender identity as a protected class from the state’s civil rights code took effect Tuesday, the first ...

Some Iowa school boards have approved removing "gender identity" from antibullying and harassment policies to align with Iowa ...

Gender identity is no longer part of the Iowa Civil Rights Act. The change is part of a sweeping law that also defines a ...

Iowa is now the first state to strip gender identity protections from its civil rights code. The move means transgender and ...

A new Iowa law went into effect on Tuesday that removes “gender identity” from the state’s civil rights code, making ...

Iowa became the first US state to remove gender identity protections from its civil rights code on Friday when Gov. Kim Reynolds signed into law a bill that opponents say will expose transgender ...

Protesters fill the Iowa state Capitol to denounce a bill that would strip the state civil rights code of protections based on gender identity, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025, in Des Moines, Iowa.

One of the most seismic activities of the 2025 session of the Iowa Legislature took place last week — legislation was passed to remove gender identity from the Iowa Civil Rights Act and signed ...

The Iowa Civil Rights Act prohibits discrimination based on race, creed, color, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, religion, ancestry, disability and gender identity.

The legislation now goes to Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds, who has been supportive of efforts to limit gender identity protections. The Iowa lawmakers’ actions came on the same day the Georgia ...

On February 28, Iowa's governor signed a bill that removes protections for transgender and nonbinary people from the state's civil rights law, in a move that opponents say is unprecedented. Senate ...