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By Metro Weekly Contributor
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December 21, 2011
On March 2, Hollywood's elite will gather at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles for the glitziest night of the year -- The 97th Academy Awards. When the Oscar-cast goes live on ABC Sunday evening -- and, for the first time ever, simultaneously streams on Hulu -- seven LGBTQ individuals will sit in hushed anticipation at the possibility of winning Hollywood's highest honors.
For a body often criticized for its lack of diversity and inclusivity, and with the arts under a prolonged political attack from far-right politicians, Sunday night offers a number of potentially groundbreaking moments for queer representation in front of and behind the screen.
A newly introduced Republican bill in Texas seeks to criminalize anyone who identifies as transgender.
Introduced by State Rep. Tom Oliverson (R-Cypress), the bill would amend the Texas Penal Code to create a new form of fraud known as "gender identity fraud."
Under the bill, if a person makes a "false or misleading verbal or written statement" to a government entity or a private employer asserting that their gender is the opposite of the biological sex assigned to the person at birth, that person could be charged with a felony, could serve up to two years in prison, and be fined $10,000.
California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom has drawn the ire of the LGBTQ community for stating that allowing transgender women to compete against cisgender female athletes is "deeply unfair."
Newsom made the remarks on the inaugural episode of his podcast, This is Gavin Newsom, in which he seeks to interview "the biggest leaders and architects in the MAGA movement."
In the episode, Newsom interviewed conservative firebrand Charlie Kirk, executive director of the conservative youth-focused Turning Point USA.
Newsom asked Kirk what advice he would give to the Democratic Party.
