Tag Archives: anti-LGBTQ
Religious Exemption Bill Could Leave LGBTQ Texans Scrambling for Health Care
About a quarter of Texas counties have two or fewer primary care doctors and pharmacists. What happens if they refuse service?
Matthew Glass said the first red flag was when the pharmacist called across the room, loud enough for other customers to hear, “What’s the Truvada for?” T...Read More
Texas Republicans’ Push for a Religious ‘License to Discriminate’ is Depressingly Familiar
Today’s targets of religious discrimination are members of the LGBTQ community. Not long ago they were African Americans and women.
One of the landmark constitutional questions of our day is being fought at the Texas Capitol: Does the right to religious freedom give people license to discr...Read More
Donna Campbell Says ‘Bathroom Bill’ Needed to Keep Texas a ‘Beacon of Hope’
Senator Donna Campbell, R-New Braunfels, who represents portions of San Antonio, said she isn’t worried about the prospect of the Alamo City losing the 2018 F...Read More
Texas Association of Business: Anti-LGBT Laws Would Cost $8.5 Billion and 185,000 Jobs
TAB determined that anti-LGBT legislation would cost Texas roughly 0.5 percent of its gross domestic product, mostly from decreased travel and tourism....Read More
LGBT News Roundup: Patrick Renews Push for Anti-Trans Bathroom Bill
The Lite Guv renews his crusade concerning transgender Texans' bathroom use, and a trans man files suit against Houston cops alleging ill treatment....Read More
GOP State Lawmakers Sign Brief Opposing Same-Sex Benefits
Fifty GOP members of the Texas Lege have signed a court brief arguing that the same-sex spouses of government employees shouldn’t be entitled to benefits....Read More
Feds To Appeal Injunction in Texas Transgender Discrimination Lawsuit
The DOJ says it will appeal a Texas judge’s injunction barring the Obama administration from implementing guidelines protecting trans students....Read More
Trump Defender Robert Jeffress to Rally Anti-LGBT Troops in Houston Before Election
The First Baptist Dallas pastor will speak to a who's-who of anti-gay groups at the Houston Stand4Truth conference about the "coming implosion" of America.
The First Baptist Dallas pastor will speak about the "coming implosion" of America to a who's-who of anti-gay groups at the Stand4Truth conference....Read More
UPDATED: Online Posts Appear to Show TDCJ Officers Encouraging Violence Against Trans Prisoner
Comments on a September Observer article include ‘one to the back of the head.'
Comments on a September Observer article include ‘one to the back of the head,’ and ‘let the f-cker suffer.’ ...Read More
