Here Are the Worst Anti-LGBT Bills to Watch for in 2019

By Samantha Allen Like clockwork, anti-LGBT bills emerge every year. Only a handful become law—like 2015’s Religious Freedom Restoration Act in Indiana, North Carolina’s “bathroom bill” in 2016, and Mississippi’s infamous HB 1523 in 2017. Last year, two states—Kansas and Oklahoma—passed laws targeting LGBT adoption, carving out room for religious child welfare agencies to deny placement with same-sex couples. Legal challenges against those …