Your Guide to LGBTQ+ Ballot Measures in 2026
Voters in seven states will decide how trans youth can participate in school sports, access gender-affirming health care, and more. This story was originally reported by Brooke Migdon of The 19th , an
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Your guide to LGBTQ+ ballot measures in 2026
Voters in seven states this fall will weigh more than half a dozen ballot initiatives with direct bearings on LGBTQ+ people — disproportionately on transgender youth. They come as LGBTQ+ rights issues