In the past year, more than 300 bills targeting LGBTQ rights have been introduced by state

legislators around the U.S.

That's according to the advocacy group Human Rights Campaign.

Florida lawmakers introduced a controversial bill that would restrict the discussion of

sexual orientation and gender identity in classrooms with the Tennessee Republican leadership

filed legislation today to potentially limit children's transgender therapy in our state.

And knew this morning, Ohio lawmakers are pushing forward a bill that would ban transgender

athletes from playing women's and girls' sports.

Some of those bills got signed into law, like Florida's parental rights and education

bill.

It restricts classroom instruction in public school about sexual orientation and gender identity.

Here is Republican Governor Ron DeSantis when he signed that bill into law in March.

We will make sure that parents can send their kids to school to get an education, not an

indoctrination.

And across the nation, there was a lot of anti-LGBTQ rhetoric heard in political ads and

lead up to this year's midterm elections.

The Human Rights Campaign reported that at least $50 million were spent on airing anti-trans

radio ads in at least 25 states.

One ad from Georgia Senate Republican nominee Herschel Walker targeted transgender athletes

competing in women's sports.

But 2022 was also a record year in terms of the number of LGBTQ candidates running for

office nationwide.

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