Category: Texas
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Fund The Fight To Stop Republicans From Defunding Libraries Now!
Despite their significant importance, states like Florida, Missouri, Texas, and Idaho are working to pass legislation that will do everything from limiting access to books and resources, to reducing staff, forcing libraries to cut programs and services or outright close. Rating: Transsupportive, National Campaign for Justice, June 14, 2023 (PDF archive)
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Janelle Monae Vows To Fight Anti-LGBTQ Bills: I’ll Never ‘Be Silent’
“If we’re erasing history, how are we supposed to correct the mistakes that the past has made and create a better future?” Monáe asked. Rating: Transsupportive, Huffington Post, June 8, 2023 (PDF archive)
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LGBTQ Americans Are In A State of Emergency, HRC Declares
LGBTQ+ Americans are facing “real, tangible and dangerous” threats, said Human Rights Campaign CEO Kelley Robinson. Rating: Transsupportive, Huffington Post, June 6, 2023 (PDF archive)
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Texas Becomes Most Populous State To Ban Gender-Affirming Care For Minors
Gov. Greg Abbott signed the bill into law on Friday, making Texas one of at least 19 states to have enacted similar bans. Huffington Post, June 4, 2023 (PDF archive)
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Drag Show Artists Fear Crackdown As Texas Passes Sexual Conduct Bill
Texas would expand what is considered an illegal public performance of sexual conduct, under a bill approved late Sunday by state lawmakers that drag artists fear will be used to criminalize their shows. Huffington Post, May 29, 2023 (PDF archive)
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Texas and Uganda pass new anti-gay laws
Lawmakers in Texas passed a law on Sunday banning “public performance of sexual conduct” which prohibits “prurient” drag and “accessories or prosthetics that enhance the female or male form” in public, or anywhere children might see it. It is “part of a broader effort in Texas and other conservative states to crack down on drag…
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Texas Children’s to stop transgender care in coming months, CEO email says
It’s very likely Senate Bill 14 will be signed into law by Gov. Greg Abbott, which would ban transgender care for minor children in Texas. These are services that were being offered by Texas Children’s Hospitals. ABC13 Houston, May 25, 2023 (PDF archive)
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May Anti-Trans Legislative Risk Map
The map of anti-trans risk has polarized into two Americas – one where trans people have full legal protections, and one where they are persecuted by the state. Rating: Transsupportive, Erin In The Morning, May 20, 2023 (PDF archive)
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What states are restricting transgender health care
Politicians in red states are placing new limits on gender-affirming care for transgender people, creating a patchwork of sanctions on health providers who offer such services and limits on access. Rating: Transsupportive, Axios, May 17, 2023 (PDF archive)
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Trans journalist Erin Reed on fighting anti-LGBTQ+ hate and working at the coalface of transphobia
Independent journalist Erin Reed might be one of the busiest legislative trackers of the year. Rating: Transsupportive, Pink News, May 9, 2023 (PDF archive)