LGBTQ+ Issues

A Senate committee has heard testimony on a bill involving gender affirming care for young South Dakotans. The debate presents religious beliefs and medical recommendations.

We talk to the ACLU South Dakota about the bills they're watching in Pierre this session. Samantha Chapman discusses free speech, voting rights and LGBTQ+ legislation.

Lawmakers (briefly) resurrected a bill from the 2023 session in 2024. We hear the discussion on the bill and where it could run afoul of constitutional protections.

The House State affairs committee rejected a bill to prohibit lewd content on public university campuses.

The first Friday of legislative session marked LGBTQ+ equality, visibility and advocacy day in the capital.

During the 2023 legislative session, gender-affirming care was banned for transgender youth. We ask how that impacted parents like Elizabeth Broekemeier.

On January 8, 2016, Attorney General Marty Jackley announced South Dakota joined nine other states in a lawsuit objecting to President Obama’s directive regarding the use of school locker rooms and bathrooms by transgender students.

The Transformation Project will hold a grand opening for the Prism Center this week. Plus, the Transforming the Runway show spotlights gender-diverse fashion.

A first-of-its-kind community center has opened its doors in Sioux Falls.

South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley is joining an amicus brief opposing a ruling denying a request to allow students to opt out of LGBTQ+ topics.