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Contents:
- TEXAS GOP PLATFORM EMBRAC FAR-RIGHT AND ANTI-GAY RHETORIC
- TEXAS GOP'S NEW PLATFORM LLS GAY PEOPLE 'ABNORMAL' AND REJECTS TRANS INTI
- CRICS OF TEXAS’ PH FOR A “DON’T SAY GAY” BILL SAY ACKNOWLEDGG LGBTQ PEOPLE ISN’T THE SAME AS TEACHG KIDS ABOUT SEX
- LT. GOV. DAN PATRICK WANTS TEXAS VERSN OF FLORIDA LAW THAT CRICS DUBBED “DON’T SAY GAY”
TEXAS GOP PLATFORM EMBRAC FAR-RIGHT AND ANTI-GAY RHETORIC
Texas GOP platform embrac far-right and anti-gay rhetoric Texas Republins recently adopted homophobic and transphobic language their party platform, part of a larger trend of mov agast LGBTQ rights by nservativ. Texas GOP platform embrac far-right and anti-gay rhetoric. Texas Republins recently adopted homophobic and transphobic language their party platform, part of a larger trend of mov agast LGBTQ rights by nservativ.
TEXAS GOP'S NEW PLATFORM LLS GAY PEOPLE 'ABNORMAL' AND REJECTS TRANS INTI
LEILA FADEL, HOST: Texas Republins recently serted homophobic and transphobic language to the state party's platform.
But what Texas Republins had to say about gay rights and homosexualy and transgenr people really stands out. First and foremost, the party wrote that homosexualy is an abnormal liftyle choice. They also clud language that says there shouldn't be any special legal protectns for gay, lbian and bisexual people, and they oppose any crimal or civil penalti agast people who oppose homosexualy.
CRICS OF TEXAS’ PH FOR A “DON’T SAY GAY” BILL SAY ACKNOWLEDGG LGBTQ PEOPLE ISN’T THE SAME AS TEACHG KIDS ABOUT SEX
A LOPEZ: Well, you know, this was a tough event for gay Republins. He sound a ltle trated that, like, gay rights and cln is even somethg the party is still batg.
LT. GOV. DAN PATRICK WANTS TEXAS VERSN OF FLORIDA LAW THAT CRICS DUBBED “DON’T SAY GAY”
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.