The 2026 midterms brought historic victories for LGBTQ+ candidates, including groundbreaking wins for transgender and nonbinary representation. But amid those gains, voters in four states—Arizona, Colorado, Nebraska and Washington—approved ballot measures restricting the rights of transgender youth
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