Across Texas and the nation, the far-right is engaged in a coordinated campaign to erase LGBTQIA+ stories and identities by banning books from schools and libraries. According to a PEN America report, Texas had the second-highest number of book-banning instances during the 2022-23 school year. 30% of the books banned across the U.S. had LGBTQIA+ […]
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Meet Val Benavidez, Texas Freedom Network’s Executive Director
Meet Val Benavidez, who became the executive director in 2020 after serving as TFN’s chief program officer and field director for almost 14 years. […]
Patriotic math? Far-right Texas SBOE sets its 2024 priorities
If the first meeting of 2024 is any indication, too many SBOE members are already more interested in playing politics than educating kids. […]
PragerU Kids Is Twisting Black History One Video at a Time
Content warning: This blog discusses historical racial violence. If you keep up with public education, you’ve probably heard of PragerU by now. Maybe you even followed the controversy when far-right State Board of Education (SBOE) member Julie Pickren falsely claimed it was coming to Texas classrooms last year. Let’s get it straight: PragerU is not […]
Loving families share their stories as the Texas Supreme Court argues the ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youth: ‘I will not let people who don’t know me or my family destroy our lives’
Arguments in the case against Texas’ ban on lifesaving gender-affirming care for transgender youth took place today at the Texas Supreme Court. We asked three families of transgender youth to share their stories. […]
