An Iowa law removing gender identity as a protected class from the state’s civil rights code took effect Tuesday, the first ...

Iowa has become the first state to remove gender identity protections from its civil rights code. The law that took effect ...

Some Iowa school boards have approved removing "gender identity" from antibullying and harassment policies to align with Iowa law. Others — like Linn-Mar in Marion — have voted down removing "gender ...

The Dubuque City Council recently voted on updates to the city's Code of Ordinances, specifically focusing on the Human ...

Iowa is now the first state to strip gender identity protections from its civil rights code. The move means transgender and ...

A new Iowa law went into effect on Tuesday that removes “gender identity” from the state’s civil rights code, making ...

The city manager said he believes the language was changed because of concerns surrounding eligibility of federal funding.

A special city council meeting is scheduled for next Monday in Dubuque after an unexpected vote earlier this week removed gender identity as a protected class from the city’s human ...

Protesters fill the Iowa state Capitol to denounce a bill that would strip the state civil rights code of protections based on gender identity, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025, in Des Moines, Iowa.

Along with sexual orientation, gender identity was added to Iowa’s civil rights law in April 2007, with minimal but consequential Republican support. For quite a while, ...

The Iowa Civil Rights Act prohibits discrimination based on race, creed, color, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, religion, ancestry, disability and gender identity.

Iowa became the first US state to remove gender identity protections from its civil rights code on Friday when Gov. Kim Reynolds signed into law a bill that opponents say will expose transgender ...