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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
- SWEEPG ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL CLOSER TO BEG LAW AFTER TEXAS SENATE PASSAGE
TEXAS GOP'S NEW PLATFORM LLS GAY PEOPLE 'ABNORMAL' AND REJECTS TRANS INTI
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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 One bill signalg a shift opn toward the LGBTQ muny was Hoe Bill 2055, which would have repealed the state law crimalizg gay sex.
Venton Jon, a Dallas Democrat who is the first Black, gay and openly HIV-posive lawmaker to serve at the Capol.
SWEEPG ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL CLOSER TO BEG LAW AFTER TEXAS SENATE PASSAGE
The sectn is open to all lawyers, judg, and law stunts who have an tert laws that perta to gay, lbian, bisexual, and/or transgenr persons, as well as persons livg wh HIV. Promote the study of gay, lbian, bisexual, transgenr, and HIV law. Study and report on laws, cisns, and ernment regulatns as they affect the rights, rponsibili, and the needs of the gay, lbian, bisexual, and/or transgenr people, as well as persons who are livg wh HIV.
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.
"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.