Texas Governor mocks threats to move future Super Bowl over anti-LGBT laws
The Governor of Texas has dismissed threats to move the Super Bowl out of Texas if he signs an anti-LGBT law. Republican lawmaker Greg Abbott previously led the state’s battle against LGBT rights and...
View ArticleGovernor of Texas: ‘We don’t care’ about boycott threats over anti-LGBT law
The Governor of Texas says he “doesn’t care” about likely boycotts that will cost the state thousands of jobs if he goes ahead and signs and anti-LGBT law. A number of anti-LGBT bills are currently...
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Governor of Texas says passing anti-LGBT bathroom bill is ‘top priority’
The Governor of Texas has said that passing a bill to stop transgender people using public bathrooms is his top priority. Republican Governor Greg Abbott has been a leading voice in backing a frenzy of...
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Texas Governor splashes out on special legislative session to pass anti-trans...
The Governor of Texas has announced plans for a special legislative session he will use to pass an anti-trans bathroom law. The Texas Legislature, which usually only meets once every two years,...
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Texas Republican to introduce two anti-LGBT bathroom bills for special session
A Republican lawmaker is set to introduce two new anti-LGBT bathroom bills in a costly special legislative session to take place next month. The bills will be introduced by Representative Ron Simmons,...
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This transgender woman’s selfie with the anti-trans Texas governor has gone...
A transgender woman’s selfie with the anti-trans Texas governor has gone viral for all the right reasons. Texas’s legislature reconvened yesterday in a second, emergency attempt to pass a law banning...
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Gay leather bar owner running for Governor of Texas
A former International Mr Leather is running for Governor of Texas as a Republican. Millionaire businessman Jeffrey Payne announced this week that he will seek the Democtatic nomination for next year’s...
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Oil and gas giants take a stand against Texas anti-trans law
Oil and gas and chemical companies have taken a stand against a proposed laws to restrict trans bathroom use in Texas. The Dallas Morning News reports that CEOs from BP America, Chevron North America...
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LGBT groups celebrate as anti-trans bathroom bill is killed off in Texas
An anti-trans bathroom bill has been killed off once more in Texas, and it’s possible that the discriminatory legislation may now be on the back burner for good. Despite support from the Republican...
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Texas governor Greg Abbott signs bill banning discrimination against homophobes
The Governor of Texas Greg Abbott has signed a bill to ban discrimination against businesses with anti-LGBT views, after Chick-fil-A faced boycotts over donations to anti-LGBT causes. Abbott staged a...
View ArticleMilitary veteran and his husband tragically die within hours of each other...
A US military veteran and his husband have both died within hours of each other at the same hospital after contracting coronavirus. Anthony Brooks, a veteran and councilman for the city of Live Oak in...
View ArticleVulnerable trans people ‘could be turned away from medical resources’ after...
LGBT+ equality groups in Texas have warned a recent decision to strip discrimination protections could have a grave impact on the trans community. After a recommendation from Republican governor Greg...
View ArticleTexas finally sees sense and unanimously reverses rule allowing social...
A Texas regulatory board has overturned a ruling that allowed social workers to freely discriminate against LGBT+ people, as well as people with disabilities. On October 12, Texas Republican governor...
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Texas governor compares healthcare for trans kids to ‘child abuse’ in...
Texas governor Greg Abbott has joined cruel calls by the attorney general to consider providing gender-affirming healthcare to trans youth as tantamount to “child abuse”. In a letter sent Tuesday (22...
View ArticleTexas district attorneys point-blank refuse to support ‘un-American’ attack...
District attorneys in Texas have hit back against the state governor’s “un-American” statement equating gender-affirming care, including puberty blockers, to “child abuse”. Five district attorneys...
View ArticleGay dinosaur erotica author expertly trolls relentlessly anti-trans Texas...
Erotica author Chuck Tingle, known for his work involving gay dinosaurs, unicorns, and Bigfoot, has bought a Texas governor’s website after he came under fire for comparing trans healthcare to “child...
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Texas governor sued over disgusting plot to investigate parents of trans kids...
Top activists have sued Texas governor Greg Abbott in an effort to stop state officials from cruelly investigating the parents and guardians of trans youth for “child abuse”. On Tuesday (1 March), the...
View ArticleAndy Cohen tears into ‘bully’ Texas governor over attack on trans kids in...
Television personality Andy Cohen delivered an emotional rebuke of Texas governor Greg Abbott for demanding state agencies to treat healthcare for trans youth as “child abuse”. To the Watch What...
View ArticleTexas appeals order blocking it from investigating parents of trans teen
Texas attorney general Ken Paxton has filed an appeal after a judge blocked the state from conducting a child abuse investigation on the parents of a trans teen. Paxton appealed the temporary order...
View ArticleLizzo slams Texas’‘regressive’ anti-trans, anti-abortion laws: ‘Trans rights...
Lizzo has slammed “regressive” bills on trans and reproductive rights in Texas, stating that she is “not proud to rep Texan politics”. During her keynote speech as part of this year’s South by...
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Meet the transgender reverend fighting ‘cruel and barbaric’ lawmakers for...
An Austin-based trans reverend has denounced “barbaric” efforts by Texas officials to “destroy” the families of trans youth. Investigations of parents of children who have been receiving...
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Jamie Lee Curtis’ beautiful tribute to her trans daughter is a masterclass in...
Jamie Lee Curtis has shared a heartfelt birthday tribute to her daughter Ruby while condemning “discriminatory” anti-LGBT+ bills emerging across the United States. The Freaky Friday and Knives Out...
View ArticleTerrified 11-year-old trans girl urges Texas governor to ‘please stop’...
An 11-year-old trans girl asks Texas legislators to “please stop” attacking her as she fears being “taken away” from supportive mum. Protestors gathered outside the Texas Capitol on Monday (14 March)...
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Trans teen attempted suicide after Texas ‘child abuse’ order. Now his family...
A trans teenager attempted suicide in Texas on the same day that governor Greg Abbott ordered the state to investigate families like his for “child abuse”. In February, the Republican governor...
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Texas court blocks ‘child abuse’ investigations into two families of trans kids
A Texas judge has ordered the state to stop ‘child abuse’ investigations into two families who are helping their trans kids access gender-affirming care. Travis County judge Amy Clark Meachum ruled...
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Texas governor kicks off Pride Month by signing ban on gender-affirming care...
Texas governor Greg Abbott has signed a bill banning life-saving, gender-affirming healthcare for trans youth. The Republican governor signed SB 14 into law Friday (2 June), which bars trans people...
View ArticleTexas governor Greg Abbott extends trans sports ban to college students
The governor of Texas, Greg Abbott, has signed another set of anti-trans laws as part of the state’s curb on LGBTQ+ rights. Two of the nine bills signed by Republican Abbott on Thursday (16 June) are...
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Meet the ‘Mama Bears’ fighting back in Republican-led states to protect...
A parent’s support for their LGBTQ+ kid can make all the difference – especially in states like Texas that are actively targeting queer youth – and a group of ‘Mama Bears’ have turned their...
View ArticleTexas governor Greg Abbott says UN can ‘pound sand’ after LGBTQ+ criticism
The governor of Texas, Greg Abbott, had a curt response after he learned that human rights groups had raised concerns to the UN about anti-LGBTQ+ discrimination in the state. In January, several...
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Texas Republicans call for ban on ‘abnormal’ gay marriage and parenting
The Republican Party of Texas wants to ban “abnormal” gay marriage, same-sex parenting and pretty much anything LGBTQ+. A list on the State Convention of the Republican Party of Texas platform is a...
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