Legislation

We strongly opposed a bill which would have banned terms like “racial guilt” in the classroom, barred the use of school books that have a "viewpoint," and required school staff to address students by “the pronouns associated with their biological gender.”

At a meeting of a state legislative commission designed to examine the impact of the criminalization of sex work, we testified in favor of decriminalization of these offenses and provided a number of other policy recommendations on the topic.

For individuals who are transgender or gender non-conforming, the ability to access private and safe bathroom facilities is critical.

We supported legislation that makes a number of changes to the state’s fair housing law prohibiting discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity.

This bill would require that all newly constructed single-user public bathroom facilities be gender neutral, and thus allow all Rhode Islanders to access bathrooms in a non-stigmatizing manner.

We supported this important legislation which updated Rhode Island’s parentage and adoption laws to reflect the diversity of families that live in the state.

We supported legislation which would have updated Rhode Island parentage and adoption laws to reflect the diversity of families that live in the state.

Legislation sought to permit the recipients of "less than honorable" military discharges to qualify for state veterans' benefits when the discharge was based on the veteran's sexual orientation.