As anti-trans laws get more extreme, here’s where state laws stand in 2025

Since 2020, every new year has brought a new record of state bills attempting to roll back transgender rights. And each year, those bills become broader and more extreme, as politicians look for new ways to enforce a binary definition of gender — and that escalation is turning up in the bills that do pass.

The ACLU is tracking 575 anti-LGBTQ+ state bills so far this year, most of which target transgender people. 54 have passed into law.

As anti-trans laws get more extreme, here’s where state laws stand in 2025