LGBT Rights South Dakota, Uned Stat: homosexualy, gay marriage, gay adoptn, servg the ary, sexual orientatn discrimatn protectn, changg legal genr, donatg blood, age of nsent, and more.
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- ONLY 40 GAY COUPL APPLY TO BE MARRIED IN S.D. IN 1ST MONTH
- UNPRECENTED SOUTH DAKOTA BILL AIMS TO ERASE LGBTQ PEOPLE FROM PUBLIC LIFE ENTIRELYHB 1215 WOULD OUTLAW MARRIAGE EQUALY AND PERMANENTLY LEGALIZE GAY NVERSN THERAPY, AMONG OTHER ANTI-LGBTQ {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}NEWSBY KATE SOSJANUARY 31, 2020/12:30 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:5304PX;WIDTH:7952PX;}GETTY IMAGRPECT FOR HOMOSEXUAL AND ANTI SEXUAL DISCRIMATN MPAIGN. YOUNG BETIFUL PRSED AND SRED ASIAN STUNT WOMAN WH GAY FLAG ON HER BACKPACK VICTIM OF ABE AND BULLYGBY KATE SOSJANUARY 31, 2020 / 12:30 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"UNPRECENTED SOUTH DAKOTA BILL AIMS TO ERASE LGBTQ PEOPLE FROM PUBLIC LIFE ENTIRELY","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2020-01-31T17:30:31.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2020-01-31T17:30:31.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"KATE SOS","KEYWORDS":"TRANSGENR","ARTICLESECTN":"NEWS"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LGBTQ SOUTH DAKOTANS ARE FACG THE FIGHT OF A {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ON THURSDAY, REPUBLIN STATE REP. TONY RANDOLPH TRODUCED A BILL THAT WOULD OUTLAW MARRIAGE EQUALY, PERMANENTLY LEGALIZE NVERSN THERAPY, BAN CHANG TO LEGAL GENR MARKERS, AND BLOCK THE PASSAGE OF LGBTQ NONDISCRIMATN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HOE BILL 1215 IS THE THIRD A TR OF ANTI-LGBTQ BILLS BROUGHT TO THE STATE'S LEGISLATURE THIS MONTH. ON WEDNDAY, THE HOE PASSED A BILL THAT WOULD CRIMALIZE TRANS-AFFIRMG MEDIL RE FOR MORS. THE OTHER, SENATE BILL 88, WOULD REQUIRE MENTAL HEALTH PROVIRS TO OUT KIDS EXPRSG GENR DYSPHORIA TO THEIR PARENTS. ANTI-LGBTQ LAWMAKERS AND ANIZERS E THE STATE AS A TT SE FOR THE NATN, EXPERTS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KARA INGELHART, A STAFF ATTORNEY AT LAMBDA LEGAL, CHARACTERIZ HB 1215 PARTICULAR AS ONE OF THE MOST PREHENSIVE BILLS TO DATE TARGETG LGBTQ {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“THE PRCIPL WH ARE TRYG TO ERASE LGBTQ PEOPLE OM PUBLIC LIFE,” SHE TELLS NEWNOWNEXT. “IT’S EXTREME.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HB 1215 EXPLICLY F MARRIAGE AS BETWEEN ONE MAN AND ONE WOMAN, BARRG UNTI OM ISSUG MARRIAGE LICENS TO SAME-GENR UPL. IT FORBIDS THE REGNN OF TRANS AND NON-BARY PEOPLE AS THEIR LIVED GENRS AND PROHIBS UNTY CLERKS OM ISSUG THEM AMEND BIRTH CERTIFIT. IT BARS PUBLIC LIBRARI AND SCHOOLS OM HOSTG DRAG QUEEN STORY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT ALSO PERMANENTLY LEGALIZ GAY NVERSN THERAPY, A LONG-BUNKED PRACTICE THAT RRI A HIGH RISK OF PTSD, SUICIDAL IATNS, AND OTHER SER MENTAL HEALTH ISSU FOR SURVIVORS. NETEEN STAT AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CURRENTLY HAVE LAWS ON THE BOOKS RTRICTG OR OUTLAWG THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“[HB 1215] IS THE KD OF DANGERO BILL THAT THREATENS THE TEGRY AND DIGNY OF LGBTQ PEOPLE LIVG SOUTH DAKOTA,” INGELHART ADDS. “THAT SENDS A DANGERO MSAGE TO EVERYBODY.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT IS ALSO UNNSTUTNAL, DIRECTLY NTRADICTG THE 2015 SUPREME COURT LG THAT MA MARRIAGE EQUALY LEGAL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LGBTQ ADVOT CRICIZE HB 1215 AS A BLATANT ATTEMPT TO SEND A MSAGE THAT QUEER PEOPLE ARE UNWELE THE STATE. RANDOLPH DID NOT RPOND TO A REQUT OM NEWNOWNEXT TO EXPLA THIS TENT BEHD THE BILL OR HOW HE SAW PLAYG OUT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}INGELHART CLED TO SPECULATE ON WHETHER NSERVATIVE LAWMAKERS WERE AIMG TO REVIS THE QUTN OF MARRIAGE EQUALY AT THE SUPREME COURT, STATG ONLY THAT ADVOT ON THE GROUND ARE READY TO BAT THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}EVEN BEFORE THE TRODUCTN OF HB 1215 ON THURSDAY, NATNAL LGBTQ ANIZATNS REPORTED THAT THEY WERE ASSEMBLG A FIELD MPAIGN SOUTH DAKOTA TO BATTLE ANTI-LGBTQ {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE STATE IS SEEN AS GROUND ZERO FOR ANTI-TRANS LEGISLATN WHERE REPUBLINS NTROL BOTH CHAMBERS AND THE ERNOR’S OFFICE. IN 2016, THE STATE WAS THE FIRST TO TRODUCE A BILL BARRG TRANS KIDS OM G BATHROOMS AND LOCKERS THAT ALIGNED WH THEIR GENR. THE MEASURE PASSED BUT WAS ULTIMATELY VETOED BY FORMER REPUBLIN GOV. DENNIS DGAARD. MEDIA REPORTS SUGGTED THAT DGAARD WAS SWAYED AFTER MEETG WH TRANSGENR CHILDREN AND THEIR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CATHRYN OAKLEY, STATE LEGISLATIVE DIRECTOR AND SENR UNSEL AT HRC, TELLS NEWNOWNEXT THAT SOUTH DAKOTA LEGISLATORS N EXPECT TO HEAR OM THEIR TRANS NSTUENTS THE G {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“YOU HAVE TO CENTER THE PEOPLE WHO ARE IMPACTED,” OAKLEY SAYS. “YOU HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO TELL THEIR STORI. I DO THK THAT ONE OF THE THGS THAT IS SO IMPORTANT ABOUT THE BILLS IS THAT FOLKS ARE EMPOWERED TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK UP AGAST THEM. IT'S CREDIBLY DIFFICULT, PECIALLY WHEN THE BILLS ARE TALKG ABOUT KIDS.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
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ONLY 40 GAY COUPL APPLY TO BE MARRIED IN S.D. IN 1ST MONTH
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(AP) — Forty gay upl South Dakota applied to be married durg the first month followg a landmark U.
UNPRECENTED SOUTH DAKOTA BILL AIMS TO ERASE LGBTQ PEOPLE FROM PUBLIC LIFE ENTIRELYHB 1215 WOULD OUTLAW MARRIAGE EQUALY AND PERMANENTLY LEGALIZE GAY NVERSN THERAPY, AMONG OTHER ANTI-LGBTQ {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}NEWSBY KATE SOSJANUARY 31, 2020/12:30 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:5304PX;WIDTH:7952PX;}GETTY IMAGRPECT FOR HOMOSEXUAL AND ANTI SEXUAL DISCRIMATN MPAIGN. YOUNG BETIFUL PRSED AND SRED ASIAN STUNT WOMAN WH GAY FLAG ON HER BACKPACK VICTIM OF ABE AND BULLYGBY KATE SOSJANUARY 31, 2020 / 12:30 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"UNPRECENTED SOUTH DAKOTA BILL AIMS TO ERASE LGBTQ PEOPLE FROM PUBLIC LIFE ENTIRELY","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2020-01-31T17:30:31.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2020-01-31T17:30:31.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"KATE SOS","KEYWORDS":"TRANSGENR","ARTICLESECTN":"NEWS"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LGBTQ SOUTH DAKOTANS ARE FACG THE FIGHT OF A {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ON THURSDAY, REPUBLIN STATE REP. TONY RANDOLPH TRODUCED A BILL THAT WOULD OUTLAW MARRIAGE EQUALY, PERMANENTLY LEGALIZE NVERSN THERAPY, BAN CHANG TO LEGAL GENR MARKERS, AND BLOCK THE PASSAGE OF LGBTQ NONDISCRIMATN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HOE BILL 1215 IS THE THIRD A TR OF ANTI-LGBTQ BILLS BROUGHT TO THE STATE'S LEGISLATURE THIS MONTH. ON WEDNDAY, THE HOE PASSED A BILL THAT WOULD CRIMALIZE TRANS-AFFIRMG MEDIL RE FOR MORS. THE OTHER, SENATE BILL 88, WOULD REQUIRE MENTAL HEALTH PROVIRS TO OUT KIDS EXPRSG GENR DYSPHORIA TO THEIR PARENTS. ANTI-LGBTQ LAWMAKERS AND ANIZERS E THE STATE AS A TT SE FOR THE NATN, EXPERTS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KARA INGELHART, A STAFF ATTORNEY AT LAMBDA LEGAL, CHARACTERIZ HB 1215 PARTICULAR AS ONE OF THE MOST PREHENSIVE BILLS TO DATE TARGETG LGBTQ {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“THE PRCIPL WH ARE TRYG TO ERASE LGBTQ PEOPLE OM PUBLIC LIFE,” SHE TELLS NEWNOWNEXT. “IT’S EXTREME.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HB 1215 EXPLICLY F MARRIAGE AS BETWEEN ONE MAN AND ONE WOMAN, BARRG UNTI OM ISSUG MARRIAGE LICENS TO SAME-GENR UPL. IT FORBIDS THE REGNN OF TRANS AND NON-BARY PEOPLE AS THEIR LIVED GENRS AND PROHIBS UNTY CLERKS OM ISSUG THEM AMEND BIRTH CERTIFIT. IT BARS PUBLIC LIBRARI AND SCHOOLS OM HOSTG DRAG QUEEN STORY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT ALSO PERMANENTLY LEGALIZ GAY NVERSN THERAPY, A LONG-BUNKED PRACTICE THAT RRI A HIGH RISK OF PTSD, SUICIDAL IATNS, AND OTHER SER MENTAL HEALTH ISSU FOR SURVIVORS. NETEEN STAT AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CURRENTLY HAVE LAWS ON THE BOOKS RTRICTG OR OUTLAWG THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“[HB 1215] IS THE KD OF DANGERO BILL THAT THREATENS THE TEGRY AND DIGNY OF LGBTQ PEOPLE LIVG SOUTH DAKOTA,” INGELHART ADDS. “THAT SENDS A DANGERO MSAGE TO EVERYBODY.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT IS ALSO UNNSTUTNAL, DIRECTLY NTRADICTG THE 2015 SUPREME COURT LG THAT MA MARRIAGE EQUALY LEGAL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LGBTQ ADVOT CRICIZE HB 1215 AS A BLATANT ATTEMPT TO SEND A MSAGE THAT QUEER PEOPLE ARE UNWELE THE STATE. RANDOLPH DID NOT RPOND TO A REQUT OM NEWNOWNEXT TO EXPLA THIS TENT BEHD THE BILL OR HOW HE SAW PLAYG OUT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}INGELHART CLED TO SPECULATE ON WHETHER NSERVATIVE LAWMAKERS WERE AIMG TO REVIS THE QUTN OF MARRIAGE EQUALY AT THE SUPREME COURT, STATG ONLY THAT ADVOT ON THE GROUND ARE READY TO BAT THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}EVEN BEFORE THE TRODUCTN OF HB 1215 ON THURSDAY, NATNAL LGBTQ ANIZATNS REPORTED THAT THEY WERE ASSEMBLG A FIELD MPAIGN SOUTH DAKOTA TO BATTLE ANTI-LGBTQ {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE STATE IS SEEN AS GROUND ZERO FOR ANTI-TRANS LEGISLATN WHERE REPUBLINS NTROL BOTH CHAMBERS AND THE ERNOR’S OFFICE. IN 2016, THE STATE WAS THE FIRST TO TRODUCE A BILL BARRG TRANS KIDS OM G BATHROOMS AND LOCKERS THAT ALIGNED WH THEIR GENR. THE MEASURE PASSED BUT WAS ULTIMATELY VETOED BY FORMER REPUBLIN GOV. DENNIS DGAARD. MEDIA REPORTS SUGGTED THAT DGAARD WAS SWAYED AFTER MEETG WH TRANSGENR CHILDREN AND THEIR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CATHRYN OAKLEY, STATE LEGISLATIVE DIRECTOR AND SENR UNSEL AT HRC, TELLS NEWNOWNEXT THAT SOUTH DAKOTA LEGISLATORS N EXPECT TO HEAR OM THEIR TRANS NSTUENTS THE G {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“YOU HAVE TO CENTER THE PEOPLE WHO ARE IMPACTED,” OAKLEY SAYS. “YOU HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO TELL THEIR STORI. I DO THK THAT ONE OF THE THGS THAT IS SO IMPORTANT ABOUT THE BILLS IS THAT FOLKS ARE EMPOWERED TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK UP AGAST THEM. IT'S CREDIBLY DIFFICULT, PECIALLY WHEN THE BILLS ARE TALKG ABOUT KIDS.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
HB 1215 would outlaw marriage equaly and permanently legalize gay nversn therapy, among other anti-LGBTQ measur. * south dakota gay marriage *
The number of marriage licens issued to gay upl South Dakota reprents about 5 percent of the 839 licens issued to all upl om June 26 to July 27, The Associated Prs found s analysis of the data. Although the numbers pale parison to borrg Mnota, where more than 1, 600 licens were issued Augt 2013 when same-sex marriage was legalized there, gay rights advot lled the statistics reflective of the barriers the gay muny still fac South Dakota and other nservative stat.
By parison, gay upl Mnota ma up almost a third of all licens issued Augt of 2013, the first month gay marriage was legal the state after was passed by the state Legislature the sprg.
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Rosenbrahn, who married her wife Mneapolis last year, said gay South Dakotans have to feel they're secure at their job and their hog before they ci to go to a public ernment office and ask to be married. All other unti issued three or fewer licens sce gay marriag began the state, which means at least 49 unti have not issued a marriage license to a gay uple. The number of marriage licens issued South Dakota so far appears to be le wh projectns, acrdg to Christy Mallory, senr unsel at UCLA's Williams Instute, which tracks the mographics of gay and lbian Amerins.
It bars public librari and schools om hostg drag queen story also permanently legaliz gay nversn therapy, a long-bunked practice that rri a high risk of PTSD, suicidal iatns, and other ser mental health issu for survivors. South Dakota beme the send state to rewre s marriage laws to ny lbian and gay upl the right to marry, followg a siar law enacted last year Utah.
Radil right groups at a recent Iowa rally vowed to pass anti-gay marriage legislatn throughout the 50 stat a preemptive attack on the Hawaii lawsu. Director of the ACLU’s Natnal Lbian and Gay Rights Project Matthew Col rpond, “Marriage is a fundamental human right that every Amerin should have the eedom to choose… Although many lbian and gay upl have been together for s, and share the same rponsibili that married upl share, they are treated as no more than strangers unr the law.
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The state has sold 283 marriage licens to same-sex upl sce the law changed June of Falls Pri is Saturday, a ftival that also happens to fall close to the two-year anniversary sce South Dakota clerk of urts started issug marriage crentials to gay upl. ►Related: Thoands fly gay pri, show support for Orlando victims“It was such a foreign ia for to get married, ” Rosenbrahn said. ”South Dakota lawmakers long opposed gay marriage.
SOUTH DAKOTANS ON GAY MARRIAGE LG: JOY, DISAPPOTMENT
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— This is an unlikely state to blaze a trail for gay Dakota has the smallt percentage of gay and lbian rints the natn -- 10, 000 adults, or ls than 2% of the populatn. “I believe havg gay sex is a s. But gay marriage?
Across the South, anti-gay-marriage measur have easily drawn 75% year, amendments South Carola, Tennsee and Idaho are expected to pass easily. Haggard, who supports the marriage ban, admted Friday he bought methamphetame and received a massage om a gay prostute.
“This is the bt thg gay-marriage supporters uld have hoped for, ” said Ted Olsen, news director of Christiany Today, an evangelil magaze. On the other hand, as many as 40% of Colorado’s ballots are st before electn day, absentee or early votg, so the effect may be before Haggard’s actns beme public, the relig right had been stgglg to igne a sense of urgency about gay marriage.
SOUTH DAKOTA GAY MARRIAGE BAN RULED UNNSTUTNAL
And they warn that broad language validatg all “quasi-maral” relatnships uld end up hurtg straight unmarried upl as well as gays and South Dakota, the mpaign agast the ban is appealg to the sense of muny and Christian kdns that bds many ral towns. The Arg Lear, the state’s biggt newspaper, opened an article about the movie “Brokeback Mounta” the wter wh this observatn: “At least prently, the ia of fdg two gay, male South Dakota ranchers is as foreign as the avian flu.
SOUTH DAKOTA MT ALLOW GAY MARRIAGE: JUDGE
She has no right to ci whether two gay men should marry, she said, “bee I’m not one of ‘em. She’s no gay-rights activist; when her granddghter staged a weddg of two Barbie dolls, Bye was so disturbed that she shed out to buy a Ken doll to serve as groom. “You’re not gog to stop gays om existg.
”Natnal gay-rights activists are all but ncedg already, sayg they’ll nsir a victory if they even e close to featg any of the eight bans on ballots Tuday. Opposn of religly based refals to serve gay and lbian people? Support of homosexualy by US state?
HistoryHomosexual activy South Dakota?
SOUTH DAKOTA JUDGE STRIK DOWN GAY MARRIAGE BAN, CALLG UNNSTUTNAL
Homosexual activy South Dakota is legal. Current statSce Sep 20, 2011Legal Don't Ask, Don't Tell is officially repealed throughout the Uned Stat, and gays and lbians may openly donatns by MSMs South Dakota?