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Here are the new Texas laws that will affect trans and LGBTQ+ people

Of the more than 100 bills aimed at LGBTQ+ people in the state, less than 10 were approved by lawmakers this session.

The Texas Tribune

Here Are the New Anti-LGBTQ+ Bills Texas Passed into Law

Here Are the New Anti-LGBTQ+ Bills Texas Passed into Law

This session, the Legislature filed more anti-LGBTQ+ bills than ever before. The dozen that passed threaten to negatively impact queer Texans.

The Texas Legislature is having big battles over gender and sexuality. Track them here.

Lawmakers are quietly pushing bills that would limit access to bathrooms and measures preventing trans people from changing government documents.

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Odessa bans transgender people from using restrooms that don’t match sex assigned at birth

LGBTQ+ advocates called the ban one of the most extreme measures enacted by a local government.

The Texas Tribune

Republicans go on Offense Against Texas Democrats Blasting them for Supporting pro-LBGTQ+ Legislation

GOP targets U.S. Reps. Vicente Gonzalez and Colin Allred in new ads focusing on LGBTQ+ issues, sparking backlash from Democrats and advocacy groups.

Fight over trans medical care is at the core of leaked Houston health records case

A doctor says the government wants to punish him for calling attention to wrongdoing. Advocates say the families of trans kids are the ones at risk.

The Texas Tribune

Feds investigate another Texas school district for its gender identity mandate

Katy ISD’s board voted this past fall to require staff to notify parents if their child wants to use a different pronoun or identifies as a different gender.

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After controversy, Texas school board says transgender student can sing in school musical

After Max Hightower scored a role in the seminal American musical, administrators changed their policy on performers’ gender. After backlash, the school board directed the school to produce the original version “Oklahoma!” — not a youth version that cut Hightower’s solo.

The Texas Tribune

‘Death Star law’ to abortion: the new rightwing laws taking effect in Texas

‘Death Star law’ to abortion: the new rightwing laws taking effect in Texas

Hundreds of new state laws come into effect on 1 September, including attacking trans rights, further limiting abortion and pushing back climate efforts

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Anti-gay Texas judge banks on SCOTUS

Anti-gay Texas judge banks on SCOTUS

Dianne Hensley filed a lawsuit after a state agency warned her about refusing to marry gay couples

Texas judge who doesn’t want to perform gay marriage ceremonies hopes web designer’s Supreme Court case helps her fight

McLennan County Justice of the Peace Dianne Hensley filed a lawsuit after a state agency warned her about refusing to marry gay couples. She hopes a recent U.S. Supreme Court case about religious freedom helps her cause.

The Texas Tribune

Debate over Texas drag shows intensifies

Debate over Texas drag shows intensifies

A lawmaker is accused of hypocrisy after it emerges that he once wore a dress. He says it wasn’t sexual.

The Texas Tribune

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