Nebraska Senator Cavanaugh pauses filibuster on trans bill.

A Nebraska lawmaker who had been filibustering every bill before the legislative body for weeks to protest a bill that would ban gender-affirming therapies for minors has paused her filibuster in a deal that will see lawmakers debate the bill next week. The bill would outlaw gender-affirming therapies such as hormone treatments and gender-affirmation surgery for those 18 and younger. If the bill advances, the lawmaker will resume filibustering every bill for the remainder of the session. The Nebraska bill and another that would ban trans people from using bathrooms and locker rooms or playing on sports teams that don’t align with the gender listed on their birth certificates are among roughly 150 bills targeting transgender people that have been introduced in state legislatures this year.