The 10 states that have passed pro-LGBTQ+ bills — or defeated the most anti-LGBTQ+ ones — in 2025https://www.advocate.com/politics/10-states-pro-lgbtq-bills#rebelltitem1 🔗Trudy Ring (12 Nov 2025)
Although more than 20 states enacted anti-LGBTQ+ laws this year, three states passed supportive ones, and anti-LGBTQ+ legislation withered on the vine in several others. Some conservative states made the list for most failed bills because they such saw a huge volume of such legislation introduced that it was impossible to pass all of it.
As it often is, California was a leader in LGBTQ+ rights in 2025. Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom... did sign six pro-LGBTQ+ or specifically pro-trans bills into law this year while vetoing three.
Democratic Colorado Gov. Jared Polis, a gay man, signed three pro-LGBTQ+ bills into law this year. One repealed a state statute that banned same-sex marriage. Polis also signed the Kelly Loving Act, named after a trans victim of the Club Q mass shooting, which classifies intentional deadnaming or misgendering as discrimination, requires schools to recognize students' chosen names and allow any choice of clothing that doesn't violate the dress code, and lets people change their gender marker on a state-issued ID without a court order. The third bill requires insurers to cover gender-affirming care that a doctor deems medically necessary.
Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey, a Democrat and one of only two out lesbian governors in the nation, signed a bill strengthening the state's shield law for abortion and gender-affirming care. The new law further prevents the disclosure of sensitive data, such as a physician's name, and prohibits local law enforcement from cooperating with other jurisdictions in their investigations. It also directs the Department of Public Health to create an advisory group to help guide businesses as they implement privacy protections for storing or managing electronic medical records.------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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