Is gay marriage legal Texas? Stick wh while we explore everythg you need to know about same-sex marriage the Lone Star State.
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IS GAY MARRIAGE LEGAL TEXAS?
The Legislature banned puberty blockers and hormone therapy for trans kids, rtricted the llege sports teams trans athlet n jo and expand the fn of sexual nduct to clu some drag shows. But a “Don’t Say Gay” provisn for schools missed key adl. * gay marriage bill in texas *
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.
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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. 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 One bill signalg a shift opn toward the LGBTQ muny was Hoe Bill 2055, which would have repealed the state law crimalizg gay sex.