‘Drag is so Healing’: Austin’s Queens Won’t Back Down
Capitol-area performers remain committed to their art in the face of persecution.
Queer Rights
Texas Sets New Hate Crimes Record, DPS Data Show
Data from the Department of Public Safety shows that bias incidents against queer people occur at more than four times the rate of all hate crimes.
The Awful 88th
Losers included taxpayers, teachers, trans youths, and anyone who uses electricity.
Fast & Furious XI: Texas’ Transgender Youth
Headed for the governor’s desk, SB 14 shows the Legislature has no idea what healthcare for trans kids even is.
Documents Reveal ‘How to Defund Trans Pediatrics’ in Texas
The American College of Pediatricians—which has been designated a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center—found common cause with Republican megadonor Monty Bennett.
Bigotry Is Bigger in Texas
52 bills, and counting. This current legislative session is Texas’s most brazen attempt to eradicate our state’s LGBTQ+ community.
Ag Commissioner Sid Miller Doubles Down on Transphobic Dress Code
Legal experts told the Observer that the policy could open the Texas Department of Agriculture to discrimination lawsuits.
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Ag Commissioner Sid Miller’s New Transphobic Dress Code
An April 13 memorandum from the Department of Agriculture welcomes “Western wear” but requires employees to dress according to “biological gender.”
The Texas Observer Lives!
After a terrifying near-death experience, we live to muckrake another day.
I Am a Trans Texan
A state resident ties the current gender panic to fascist politics through the lens of their own experience.