The avalanche of anti-LGBT discrimination bills has begun to move in the Texas Legislature. The Senate State Affairs Committee has set a hearing at 8 a.m., Tuesday, March 7, for Senate Bill 6, a bill that specifically targets transgender Texans for discrimination. Here’s everything you need to know to prepare for the hearing. For SB6 […]
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Anti-LGBT Haters to Speak at Texas Capitol on Same Day as Anti-Transgender Bill Hearing
This is hardly a coincidence. The State Affairs Committee of the Texas Senate has scheduled a public hearing for Senate Bill 6, the transgender discrimination bill, on the same day that a parade of prominent anti-LGBT speakers will join Gov. Greg Abbott, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and Attorney General Ken Paxton at a so-called “Pastors’ Briefing” at the […]
Adult Sen. Huffines Claims He Was Ambushed By School Kids
By now you might have seen (see below if you haven’t) the video of state Sen. Don Huffines, R-Dallas, yelling at children from the Richardson Independent School District who don’t want their public schools defunded to pay for one of Huffines’ pet causes: private school vouchers. […]
TFN Takes Stand Against Anti-LGBT Discrimination Bills
The Texas Freedom Network joined with other advocacy groups and policy experts on Thursday to sponsor a briefing at the Texas Capitol targeting anti-LGBT discrimination bills state lawmakers will consider this session. Here’s the joint press release we sent out. […]
Does Government Own Women’s Bodies?
With the 85th Texas Legislature set to convene in Austin on Jan. 10, we’re already seeing proposed bills that would make it even harder for women to access abortion and other reproductive health care services in the state. Politicians in Texas and elsewhere simply refuse to trust women to make decisions about whether and when to have children. […]
