LGBTQ Rights

The freedom to marry became the law of the land, even here in Texas, in June of 2015. But the fight for equality didn’t end there. Texas remains a state where LGBTQ individuals can be fired from their job, denied a place to live or refused service at a business simply because of who they are or whom they love.  Far-right activists and politicians continue to work to preserve the right to discriminate and roll back gains made by the LGBTQ community at the local level.

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Texas Health Curriculum Standards Overhaul Veers Off Course Out of the Gate

by TFN
Blog, LGBTQ Rights, Press Releases, Reproductive Rights, Sex Education

In a state that long has had one of the highest teen birth rates in the nation, it's clear that the state's abstinence-focused curriculum standards for health and sex education need an overhaul. But that's not how abstinence-only politicians on the State Board of Education see things. Information TFN has obtained through an open records request shows the first revision of the health standards in more than two decades already appears headed off the rails toward another unnecessary culture war  battle -- this time with the health of millions of Texas students on the line. Check out the press release we just sent out. Read More

Texas House Vote for SB1978: Lawmakers Are Trying to Score Anti-LGBTQ Political Points

by Dan Quinn
Blog, LGBTQ Rights, Press Releases

The Texas House just gave preliminary approval to SB1978, an anti-LGBTQ bill masquerading as legislation supporting religious freedom. The House must still pass the bill on third reading. The Senate has already passed it. We just sent out the following press release. Read More

TFN Statement: SB1978 Is about Discrimination

by Dan Quinn
Blog, LGBTQ Rights, Press Releases

The Senate just gave preliminary approval to an amended version of SB1978, the religious right's so-called "Save Chick-fil-A" bill shielding businesses that promote discrimination against LGBT Texans. We just sent out the following statement:…… Read More

Lt. Gov. Patrick Rams Discrimination Bill Through Senate Committee

by Dan Quinn
Blog, LGBTQ Rights, Press Releases

Today Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick took a big step forward in his obsession with passing a bill targeting LGBT Texans for discrimination. The lieutenant governor rushed through committee -- with virtually no notice or public hearing -- passage of SB1978. We just sent out the following press release. Read More

Next Anti-LGBT Bill Could Be Stirring in the Texas House

by Dan Quinn
Blog, LGBTQ Rights

Just weeks after the Texas Senate passed SB17, a sweeping anti-LGBT discrimination bill, state Rep. Matt Krause, R-Fort Worth, has a message for fellow lawmakers: My bill is even more extreme. Read More

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A bill banning gender-affirming and medically-recommended health care for trans youth missed a key deadline in the House last week. The Senate version of the bill is still alive and is being heard in that chamber right now. Watch live: bit.ly/3mOJUJF #txlege

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