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• TEXAS GOP'S NEW PLATFORM LLS GAY PEOPLE 'ABNORMAL' AND REJECTS TRANS INTI
• TEXAS LT. GOV. DAN PATRICK WANTS TO PASS ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ LAW LONE STAR STATE
• IS GAY MARRIAGE LEGAL TEXAS?
• WILL TEXAS ADOPT ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ LAW AS STRICT AS FLORIDA’S L?
• TRANS, GAY TEENS ON HOW ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ LAW AND TEXAS ORR HARM LGBTQ KIDS
• CRICS OF TEXAS’ PH FOR A “DON’T SAY GAY” BILL SAY ACKNOWLEDGG LGBTQ PEOPLE ISN’T THE SAME AS TEACHG KIDS ABOUT SEX
• TEXAS GOP CENSUR US REP. TONY GONZAL OVER BREAKS ON GUN LAWS, GAY MARRIAGE

TEXAS GOP'S NEW PLATFORM LLS GAY PEOPLE 'ABNORMAL' AND REJECTS TRANS INTI

They were among several bills the Legislature nsired that would brg major chang to the liv of gay and transgenr Texans. But the lower chamber didn’t brg the amend legislatn up for nsiratn, killg the Senate’s third attempt at phg what crics dubbed the “Don’t Say Gay” provisn. Crics say the provisns about LGBTQ lsons — patterned on ntroversial “Don’t Say Gay” law om Florida — nta vague language that uld stifle even rmal discsn about LGBTQ people, such as teachers discsg their same-sex spo.

TEXAS LT. GOV. DAN PATRICK WANTS TO PASS ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ LAW LONE STAR STATE

The Republin Party of Texas, which oppos any efforts to validate transgenr inti and claims that homosexualy is “an abnormal liftyle choice, ” also nsirs banng the “teachg, exposure, and/or discsn of sexual matters (mechanics, feelgs, orientatn, or ‘genr inty’ issu)” to be a legislative prry. One bill signalg a shift opn toward the LGBTQ muny was Hoe Bill 2055, which would have repealed the state law crimalizg gay sex.

IS GAY MARRIAGE LEGAL TEXAS?

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WILL TEXAS ADOPT ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ LAW AS STRICT AS FLORIDA’S L?

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Provi a mon meetg ground and fom for lawyers, judg, and law stunts terted the legal problems of people who intify as gay, lbian, bisexual, or transgenr persons, as well as people who are livg wh HIV. The Texas Republin Party unveiled s official posn on LGBTQ issu over the weekend, fg homosexualy as an "abnormal liftyle choice" and also opposg "all efforts to validate transgenr inty. "Thoands of Republin activists met at the party’s biennial nventn Hoton on Saturday to agree to the party's platform on a range of issu, cludg the rejectn of the 2020 electn rults and a ll to repeal of the 1965 Votg Right Act, which was enacted to prevent discrimatn agast Black a sectn tled "Homosexualy and genr issu, " the party suggted that LGBTQ people should not be legally protected om discrimatn and that beg gay or trans is a choice.

TRANS, GAY TEENS ON HOW ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ LAW AND TEXAS ORR HARM LGBTQ KIDS

"Homosexualy is an abnormal liftyle choice, " the 40-page rolutn reads. "We believe there should be no grantg of special legal entlements or creatn of special stat for homosexual behavr, regardls of state of orig, and we oppose any crimal or civil penalti agast those who oppose homosexualy out of fah, nvictn, or belief tradnal valu. "The Texas Republin Party blocked the Log Cab Republins, a longstandg group of gay nservativ — which also supports many of the party’s anti-LGBTQ polici — om havg a booth at Saturday's nventn.

"The party's new official stance on sexual orientatn and genr inty also cis wh a recent natnwi surge charged rhetoric om media punds and policians about LGBTQ recent months, nservative lawmakers, televisn punds and other public figur have acced opponents of a newly enacted Florida tn legislatn — which crics have dubbed the “Don’t Say Gay” law — of tryg to “groom” or “doctrate” children. The word “groomg” has long been associated wh mischaracterizg LGBTQ people, particularly gay men and transgenr women, as child sex abers.

CRICS OF TEXAS’ PH FOR A “DON’T SAY GAY” BILL SAY ACKNOWLEDGG LGBTQ PEOPLE ISN’T THE SAME AS TEACHG KIDS ABOUT SEX

Acrdg to the Texas judicial missn’s 2019 warng, Hensley referred gay upl who wanted her to pri over their marriage ceremony to other people who would officiate. Texas Litenant Governor Dan Patrick told supporters he wants state lawmakers to pass a law siar to Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” legislatn the Lone Star State, a report said. Crics — who dubbed the legislatn the “Don’t Say Gay” law — claim that will have negative effects on LGBTQ children who need genr-affirmg stctn school.

TEXAS GOP CENSUR US REP. TONY GONZAL OVER BREAKS ON GUN LAWS, GAY MARRIAGE

Dan Patrick said he wants to implement a bill his state siar to Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” Janner/At Amerin-Statman via AP.

Patrick’s office did not immediately rpond to The Post’s qutns about what n be acplished durg those mtee heargs and if he has the support of other Texas lawmakers for a “Don’t Say Gay” bill Texas. Six of the pro-LGBT measur aim to repeal existg anti-LGBT laws — om the state’s 1973 ban on “homosexual nduct” to s 2005 nstutnal amendment banng same-sex marriage.

But others, such as a ban on promotg homosexualy public schools and a prohibn on nsensual sex between gay teens, threaten real-world discrimatory impacts. ‘Homosexual Conduct’ Law. 06 of the Penal Co, passed 1973, stat that gay sex is illegal Texas.