Creatg a victory for LGBT advot, Cecil Bell Jr.'s anti-gay marriage bills died the Texas legislature along wh more than 20 anti-LGBT proposals.
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- SWEEPG ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL CLOSER TO BEG LAW AFTER TEXAS SENATE PASSAGE
- 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'S NEW PLATFORM LLS GAY PEOPLE 'ABNORMAL' AND REJECTS TRANS INTI
- LT. GOV. DAN PATRICK WANTS TEXAS VERSN OF FLORIDA LAW THAT CRICS DUBBED “DON’T SAY GAY”
- NOT JT FLORIDA. MORE THAN A DOZEN STAT PROPOSE SO-LLED 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILLS
- ANTI-GAY MARRIAGE AMENDMENT DI, CAPPG ‘HUGE VICTORY’ FOR LGBT RIGHTS
- ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL EMERG GEIA DAYS AFTER TEXAS SENATE PASS RTRICTIVE LEGISLATN
- IN SOME STAT, VERSNS OF ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILLS HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR AWHILE
SWEEPG ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL CLOSER TO BEG LAW AFTER TEXAS SENATE PASSAGE
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. * texas gay bill *
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. 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 One bill signalg a shift opn toward the LGBTQ muny was Hoe Bill 2055, which would have repealed the state law crimalizg gay sex.
CRICS OF TEXAS’ PH FOR A “DON’T SAY GAY” BILL SAY ACKNOWLEDGG LGBTQ PEOPLE ISN’T THE SAME AS TEACHG KIDS ABOUT SEX
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Venton Jon, a Dallas Democrat who is the first Black, gay and openly HIV-posive lawmaker to serve at the Capol.
TEXAS GOP'S NEW PLATFORM LLS GAY PEOPLE 'ABNORMAL' AND REJECTS TRANS INTI
” Siar legislatn, lled the “Don’t Say Gay” bill by opponents, passed Florida.
LT. GOV. DAN PATRICK WANTS TEXAS VERSN OF FLORIDA LAW THAT CRICS DUBBED “DON’T SAY GAY”
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This hort is also the most diverse yet, thanks to the electn of the first three Black and openly gay reprentativ. But ’s a rerd — and more than 30 years sce the state’s first openly gay legislator served.
At Democrat Glen Maxey beme the first openly gay state reprentative 1991, when the HIV/AIDS epimic was ragg and the state’s law crimalizg homosexualy uld still be enforced. “In my first term, I had legislators who would jt yell out, ‘Don’t vote for the gay guy’s bill, ’” he relled.
NOT JT FLORIDA. MORE THAN A DOZEN STAT PROPOSE SO-LLED 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILLS
“And jt havg an openly gay person there who uld teract and make relatnships, or havg the symbol of the muny beg jt a regular hard-workg legislator, was a huge step forward for the muny. Bis Garcia, the other three hmen are also the Hoe’s first woman and men who are Black and openly gay: Reps.
Jolanda Jon was “stunned” to know that she’s the first Black and openly gay member of the Texas Hoe, havg won a special electn May. This vote also marks the third time the GOP-ntrolled body has passed what crics dub the “Don’t Say Gay” provisn, which they say is both unnstutnal and harmful to LGBTQ Texans. Sarah Eckhardt, D-At, asked Creighton about different scenars that the “Don’t Say Gay” provisn uld affect.
ANTI-GAY MARRIAGE AMENDMENT DI, CAPPG ‘HUGE VICTORY’ FOR LGBT RIGHTS
For stance, she asked whether would ban gay-straight allianc.
‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL EMERG GEIA DAYS AFTER TEXAS SENATE PASS RTRICTIVE LEGISLATN
The send setback for this effort me as Senate Bill 1072, which pied SB 8’s “Don’t Say Gay” clse, also failed to pass out of s Hoe mtee by a key Saturday adle. “It is unnscnable that lawmakers would attempt to sneak a ‘Don’t Say Gay/Transgenr’ requirement to a bill that was not at all crafted for this purpose and prevly received bipartisan support, ” Carisa Lopez, senr polil director of the Texas Freedom Network, said a May 18 prs release. Creighton amend a Senate mtee to add the parental ntrol and LGBTQ stctn language, the latter of which opponents ll the “Don’t Say Gay” Sarah Eckhardt, D-At, qutned Creighton durg bate about whether LGBTQ stunt clubs would be allowed unr the bill.
IN SOME STAT, VERSNS OF ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILLS HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR AWHILE
”Lears om LGBTQ rights groups have blasted Creighton for addg the “Don’t Say Gay” language to what was once a nonntroversial bill that passed unanimoly the Hoe.