All posts tagged "texas"
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Man who used Grindr to rob and assault gay men gets 15 years in prison
Nigel Garrett pleads guilty to 18 charges, including bias enhancements, in plot targeting gay victims
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Uber driver kicks gay couple out of car for kissing
Couple left on deserted stretch of road along the freeway in Houston around 4 a.m.
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Republican candidate for Texas governor would “gladly” execute gay people
Larry Kilgore, who wants Texas to secede, advocates for biblical law
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Republican Senator urges Trump to “reconsider” nominating anti-LGBTQ Jeff Mateer
Trump's nominee for a federal judgeship once called transgender children "part of Satan's plan"
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Texas business group will continue to oppose bathroom bill legislation
Republicans who supported bathroom bill and sanctuary cities bill took hits in pro-business group's lawmaker ratings
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Ann Coulter thinks it’s “more credible” that homosexuality caused Hurricane Harvey
Coulter believes that gays are more responsible than climate change for the devastating storm
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Texas bathroom bill defeated as special session wraps up
LGBTQ groups are breathing a sigh of relief as Texas legislators adjourned their special legislative session without approving a bill that would police which restrooms...
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3 same-sex couples sue Houston for trying to yank marital benefits
Three city employees and their same-sex spouses are suing the city of Houston and Mayor Sylvester Turner to preserve health care and other same-sex marital...
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Texas businesswomen say they’re not props for anti-trans bathroom bill
–Casandra Matej, CEO of Visit San Antonio, speaking at a rally outside the Texas Capitol opposing a trio of proposed “bathroom bills” that would strictly...
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Texas interfaith coalition launches online PSAs opposing bathroom bill
A statewide coalition of faith leaders is setting itself up as the face of religious opposition to a “bathroom bill” that would police which restrooms...
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Calls to suicide hotline spike after introduction of trans military ban and Texas bathroom bill
The Trevor Project says that the number of transgender youth calling into its suicide prevention hotline spiked following the announcement of President Trump’s proposed ban...
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Big Oil and Houston-area corporations oppose Texas’ proposed bathroom bill
In a move that is likely to be ignored and disregarded by most Republican members of the Texas legislature, more than 50 business leaders have...
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Transgender activist trolls Texas governor with selfie to protest bathroom bill
A Texas transgender activist expertly trolled Texas Gov. Greg Abbott over his support for a “bathroom bill” that places restrictions on transgender people’s ability to...
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Texas CEOs write letter to Republican leaders opposing bathroom bill
Letter sent to governor and other lawmakers before a vote on bathroom bill
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Bathroom bill rears its head amid Texas political showdown
At this point, Texas House Speaker Joe Straus (R-San Antonio) is the only obstacle preventing the Lone Star State from passing a North Carolina-style law...
