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How the Bathroom Bill Weaponizes Transphobia Against Public Institutions

A legal expert called the new anti-trans Texas bathroom law “the most plainly unlawful, undemocratic legislation I’ve seen in recent history.”

by Kit O'Connell

Keep Reading

‘License to Discriminate’: Texas Senate Advances Anti-LGBTQ Bill

by Vicky Camarillo

Dan Patrick May Have Just Sparked Bathroom Bill 2.0

by Justin Miller

Eye on Texas: Transgender Youth in Texas

by Ilana Panich-Linsman

Line, SB 4 Mar 08, 2017

In Ritual Beating-Up of Vulnerable Texans, Senate Advances ‘Bathroom Bill’

Hundreds of Texans again asked for their essential dignity to be respected and maintained because of arcane political maneuvering.

by Christopher Hooks

Mar 07, 2017

First Texas ‘Bathroom Bill’ Hearing Brings Hundreds of Transgender Advocates to Capitol

Hundreds of people chanted “Y’all means all!” and “Ain't gonna let no bathroom bill turn us around.”

by John Wright and Sam DeGrave

Mar 06, 2017

Dan Patrick Compares Bathroom Bill Fight to Alamo at Briefing Hosted by Anti-LGBT Hate Group

At pastors’ briefing, Senator Lois Kolkhorst calls her filing of the bathroom bill a ‘spiritual’ decision.

by John Wright

obsessed, bathroom, loon star Mar 01, 2017

Loon Star State: Obsessed

The so-called bathroom bill will be considered by a Senate committee on March 7.

by Ben Sargent

About 100 LGBT Texans, supporters and allies marched outside Rockwall City Hall Monday night to protest the mayor's proposal to criminalize some trans people for using public restrooms. Bathroom ordinance Feb 09, 2017

Dan Patrick’s ‘Bathroom Bill’ is State-Sponsored Bullying, and Trans Texans Are Fighting Back

Transgender Texans already face violence and discrimination, and the ‘bathroom bill’ would only increase the threat.

by Nell Gaither

Feb 06, 2017

Dan Patrick Invokes Bathroom Bill at Prayer Rally, Spars With Business Group Over Economic Impact

Attorney General Ken Paxton says Christian lawmakers are at "spiritual war, and your prayers are what make the difference in that."

by John Wright

Jan 31, 2017

Collin County Mayor Becomes Texas’ First Transgender Elected Official

Jess Herbst, who became mayor of tiny New Hope last May, came out in an open letter to the town’s residents.

by John Wright

About 100 LGBT Texans, supporters and allies marched outside Rockwall City Hall Monday night to protest the mayor's proposal to criminalize some trans people for using public restrooms. Bathroom ordinance Jan 26, 2017

New Data Suggests ‘Bathroom Bill’ Would Burden Nearly All Transgender Texans

Health department stats show few trans Texans have corrected their birth certificates, making them vulnerable to discrimination under Senate Bill 6.

by John Wright

March for non-discrimination ordinance in San Antonio Jan 19, 2017

North Carolina Mayor Warns Texas of ‘Manmade Recession’ If Bathroom Bill Passes

The bill, one of several anti-LGBT proposals in the Legislature, would be much harder to repeal than pass, the mayor said.

by John Wright

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