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Texas Supreme Court Hears Case of Judge Who Refuses to Marry Same-Sex Couples
The county justice of the peace who was formally reprimanded after she refused to perform wedding ceremonies for same-sex couples took her case to the Texas Supreme Court on Wednesday.Judge Dianne...
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Texas High School Says Transgender Boy Can't Play Male Lead in 'Oklahoma!'
Sherman High School in Texas is not OK with a transgender boy playing the male lead in Oklahoma!Max Hightower, a senior, was cast in the role about two weeks ago, TV station KXII reports. The station...
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Texas Man Pleads Guilty in Murder of Trans Woman Muhlaysia Booker
Kendrell Lavar Lyles, 37, has pleaded guilty to the murder of Black transgender woman Muhlaysia Booker in Dallas in 2019, and he will be sentenced to 48 years in prison.Lyles’s trial was set to begin...
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Neo-Nazi Ex-Soldier Targets Drag Queen Story Hour in North Carolina
Last month, a neo-Nazi known to the FBI menaced a North Carolina LGBTQ-friendly event. A recent protest against a drag story hour in Sanford featured Jarrett William Smith, a former U.S. soldier with...
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Transgender Boy Can Be the Lead in Texas High School's ‘Oklahoma!’ After All
After a pivotal board meeting on Monday night, Sherman High School in Texas decided to proceed with its production of Oklahoma! as initially planned before the controversial decision to remove...
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Texas Man Acquitted in the Deaths of Two Drag Artists — a Trans Woman and a...
LGBTQ+ activists are calling it an injustice that a Texas man was recently acquitted of murder in the deaths of two drag performers, one a gay man and one a transgender woman, in Fort Worth.The two...
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Hateful Anti-LGBTQ+ Minister John Hagee Addresses Pro-Israel Demonstration
The March for Israel event held Tuesday in Washington, D.C., drew participants and speakers from across ideological and partisan lines. But the presence of one speaker raised some concerns: John...
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Black Trans Woman LaKendra Andrews Shot, Killed, Misgendered in Texas
A Black transgender woman was shot and killed on the streets of Dallas earlier this year, but her death went unreported in the larger LGBTQ+ community when she was misgendered in initial media...
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Watch a Texas Democrat Leave Republicans Speechless After Using the Bible...
A video of Texas state Rep. James Talarico using biblical scripture to tear down conservative Christian arguments is going viral on social media, and it is glorious to watch.This past summer, Texas...
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How American Classrooms Are Being Censored in 2023: Report
A recent report from PEN America reveals an alarming rise in educational gag orders, particularly those targeting LGBTQ+ issues, even as the conservative group Moms for Liberty faces setbacks in...
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Ted Cruz Introduces Bill Limiting Pronouns and Names Despite Going by His Own...
Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz, legally named Rafael Edward Cruz, has introduced a bill in the U.S. Senate titled the Safeguarding Honest Speech Act. The legislation proposes prohibiting federal funds...
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Watch AOC Defend Transgender Americans in Heated Congressional Hearing
During a congressional hearing on Tuesday, lawmakers and advocates clashed over proposed restrictions targeting transgender athletes in sports.The hearing, marked by intense debate and critical...
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Media Matters Sues Far-Right Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton
Media Matters for America, a progressive media watchdog, has filed a lawsuit against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, accusing him of violating the First Amendment. This legal action comes after...
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Texas Man Pleads Guilty to Threatening Doctor Providing Gender-Affirming Care...
The Texas man who threatened the life of a Boston doctor providing care to transgender people has pleaded guilty.Matthew Jordan Lindner, 38, was arrested Dec. 3 on one count of interstate transmission...
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Seattle Hospital Sues Texas AG Over Demand for Trans Care Info
Seattle Children’s Hospital has sued Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton over his demand to know if the hospital has provided gender-affirming care to any minor Texan.Texas has banned the provision of...
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Dolly Parton gifted a bejeweled guitar to Texas drag queen. Here's why
A drag queen in Texas received a heartwarming gift from one of her idols on Fridayw while performing at a club, bookending a tumultuous year for the performer. Brigitte Bandit received a stunning and...
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Judge wonders if anti-transgender doctors sued 'because they wanted there to...
Federal appeals court judges and a Justice Department attorney this week expressed skepticism about a lawsuit filed by two Texas doctors challenging the Biden administration’s policy against...
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Queer erotica author Chuck Tingle uninvited from Texas book event over face mask
Queer erotica author Chuck Tingle is speaking out after being uninvited from the Texas Library Association's annual literature conference over a mask he calls his "neurodivergence aid."Tingle, author...
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Texas book ban law is likely unconstitutional, appeals court rules
A section of a Texas law requiring booksellers to review volumes for sexual content before selling them to schools is likely unconstitutional and can’t be enforced while a lawsuit against it proceeds,...
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Gay Olympian and world champ pole vaulter Shawn Barber is dead at 29
Shawn Barber, a world champion pole vaulter who came out as gay in 2017, died Wednesday at age 29.Barber died at his home in Kingwood, Texas. The stated cause of death was “medical complications,”...
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United Nations urged to investigate Texas’ anti-LGBTQ+ legislation as ‘human...
Human rights groups including the American Civil Liberties Union of Texas, Equality Texas, GLAAD, and the Human Rights Campaign have united to submit a comprehensive report to various United Nations...
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Texas AG Ken Paxton won't leave trans people alone, again requests data from...
Despite having no legal jurisdiction, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has once again requested medical records from a transgender health care provider in another state.The latest request was issued...
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Fox News and GOP politicians falsely claim Lakewood Church shooter was...
Soon after news broke that a person had entered Joel Osteen’s Lakewood Church in Houston, Texas, on Sunday and opened fire, right-wing influencers, Republican politicians, and right-wing media...
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott tells U.N. to 'go pound sand' after LGBTQ+ rights...
Republican Gov. Greg Abbott has demonstrated his disregard for international law after human rights groups accused Texas' anti-LGBTQ+ legislation of violating human rights.The American Civil Liberties...
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Texas quietly restricts gender-affirming care for trans adults: 'Canary in...
Starting tomorrow, Texas Medicaid will no longer cover gender affirming care for transgender adults in the state. The new rule will go into effect as of Friday, March 1 through Texas Health and Human...
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A Texas university president banned drag and compared it to blackface....
A group of students in Texas has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to issue an injunction allowing them to hold a charity drag show later this month.Represented by the Foundation for Individual Rights and...
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Beloved Texas teacher resigns after Libs of TikTok stoked outrage over his...
After Libs of TikTok amplified rage against a popular chemistry teacher in Texas for wearing a dress during a school spirit day activity, the beloved teacher has resigned. Rachmad Tjachyadi, a science...
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Supreme Court refuses to lift ban on Texas university drag show, sparking...
A controversial decision reverberated across the academic and LGBTQ+ communities on Friday after the U.S. Supreme Court opted not to intervene in a dispute over a drag show ban at West Texas A&M...
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A Texas woman was charged with murder for having an abortion. Now, she's...
A Texas woman is suing her local prosecutors after they charged her with murder for self-managing an abortion.Lizelle Gonzalez was 19 weeks pregnant in 2022 when she used misoprostol, one of two drugs...
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There have already been 4,000 instances of book banning in America this...
A new report from PEN America reveals a dramatic escalation in book bans, with over 4,000 instances recorded in the first half of the 2023-2024 school year alone — a stark increase from the previous...
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