While Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and some of his Senate cronies seem hellbent on passing anti-LGBT discrimination laws, House members have a chance to take a different direction this week. On Tuesday the House Business and Industry Committee will consider HB850 , which updates the state’s employment nondiscrimination laws to include protections for LGBT Texans. […]
This Monday, April 1, extremist lawmakers at the Texas Legislature are launching an all-out assault on abortion rights with a series of bills that include a complete ban on abortion. Here’s a list of those bills and where you can go at the Capitol to register your opposition at one of the registration kiosks. If […]
November’s elections showed that a rising generation of young, diverse Texans is emerging as an electoral giant. Soon 1 in 3 eligible voters in this state will be under the age of 30. But those in power right now don’t want that. They want to hold on to power by keeping young Texans and communities […]
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick is pushing discrimination in the Texas Legislature again. Today the Senate State Affairs Committee took up a sweeping bill that would allow every licensed professional in the state to use their religious beliefs to justify discrimination against LGBT Texans. Check out our press release below. UPDATE: The State Affairs Committee gave its approval to SB17 […]
Rally time! @HRCATX @EqualityTexas @TFN @ACLUTx @TransTexas #YallMeansAll pic.twitter.com/lyeDZPYBmR — Richard Hoang (@Rich_Hoang) March 18, 2019 The 86th Session of the Texas Legislature is half done, but its work is anything but — the big lifts and the big fights are all ahead in the next couple of months. For us, one of those battlegrounds […]
