The Outlook is our weekly roundup of political issues that affect the LGBTQ+ community.
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has begun mass layoffs, including cuts at the Office of Infectious Disease and HIV/AIDS Policy.
- In California, legislators have blocked two bills that would have banned trans athletes from playing sports in the state.
- On Transgender Day of Visibility, leaders in Chicago came together to support the trans community.
- Despite support from Democratic legislators, 15 bills focused on expanding LGBTQ+ rights in Arizona have been blocked from moving forward by the state’s Republican leadership.
- A new law similar to a controversial 2016 bill, would ban trans people from using the bathroom that matches their gender identity in North Carolina.