The Advisory Board of the Society for Medieval Feminist Scholarship joins the Medieval Academy of America (MAA) in condemning the wave of anti-LGBTQ+ legislation currently sweeping the United States. At the time of writing, a record-breaking number of 469 anti-LGBT+ bills have been introduced in state legislatures across the country, with 210 of these bills specifically targeting transgender and nonbinary people, more anti-LGBTQ+ bills than in each of the previous five years. Meanwhile, in the United Kingdom, members of Parliament are deliberating whether to halt the Gender Recognition Act Reform Bill legislation passed by the Scottish Parliament in December 2022, which permits adults to change their gender designation on their…
