All posts tagged "texas"
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Thousands of trans youth contact suicide hotline while Texas GOP pushes anti-trans bills
Trevor Project received nearly 4,000 crisis contacts from trans and nonbinary youth in Texas amid lawmakers' push for anti-trans bills.
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Texas Republicans reportedly have votes to pass ban on transgender athletes
Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan says there are enough votes in his chamber to pass a bill barring trans students from certain athletic teams.
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Hundreds of Texas students walk out of school over alleged anti-LGBTQ discrimination
Hundreds of students walked out of a Texas school after administrators removed “safe space” stickers from teachers’ doors and windows
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez shuts down right-wing newspaper that complained about trans-inclusive language
The Daily Mail tried to shame Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for using trans-inclusive language. She wasn't having it.
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Texas Republicans launch fourth attempt this year to ban trans athletes from competing in sports
For the fourth time this year, Texas lawmakers will seek to ban transgender athletes from competing in sports based on their gender identity.
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Texas employers issue letter urging lawmakers not to pass anti-LGBTQ bills
A coalition of business leaders says Texas loses out on economic opportunities when lawmakers pursue anti-LGBTQ legislation.
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Texas mom stops “ex-trans” activist from harassing her trans son in the bathroom
A Texas mother says she grabbed a man's phone and deleted pictures he had taken of her transgender son walking to the restroom.
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott claims gender-affirming surgeries for minors are “child abuse”
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has asked the Department of Family Protective Services to classify gender-affirming medical care as "child abuse."
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Anti-LGBTQ Republican who mocked COVID and vaccines dies after contracting virus
Dickinson council member H. Scott Apley, an anti-LGBTQ Republican, shared mocked the COVID vaccine days before he died
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Houston man charged in shooting that paralyzed transgender woman he met on dating app
A Houston man has been charged with shooting and paralyzing a transgender woman he met on a dating app back in May.
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Texas Senate passes bills barring trans athletes from sports teams matching their gender identity
The Texas Senate passed a pair of bills to bar transgender athletes from competing on sports teams matching their gender identity.
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Texas governor wants to ban transgender athletes from sports during special legislative session
Texas Republicans will take up several bills during the session, including one to bar trans athletes from competing in their gender identity.
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Three Texas men sentenced after using Grindr to target gay men for violent crimes
Victims were lured through Grindr to an empty apartment, where they were beaten, robbed, and sexually assaulted
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Fourth man pleads guilty to using Grindr to assault and rob gay men
Daniel Jenkins pleaded guilty for his part in a four-man operation that used Grindr to attack and rob gay men
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Texas bakery ‘overwhelmed’ by support after customers canceled orders over Pride cookies
Confections bakery lost a large order due to its LGBTQ support, but was quickly inundated with new customers
