How Louisiana Defeated Radical Gender Ideology

On June 8, 2026, Governor Jeff Landry signed House Bill 578 into law.

With that signature, Louisiana officially closed the chapter on what many conservatives say was one of the most radical social experiments in modern American history. HB 578, the Restoring Biological Truth Act authored by District 27 Representative and House Speaker Pro Temp Mike Johnson (R) of Pineville, removed references to ā€œg…