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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. Unr the law, “homosexual nduct” — fed as “viate sexual terurse wh another dividual of the same sex” — is a class-C mismeanor, punishable by a fe of up to $500. Dpe the lg, Texas is one of 12 stat wh so-lled sodomy bans still on the books, and one of three where the laws specifilly target homosexual activy.
In 2009, El Paso police threatened to arrt several gay men for “homosexual nduct” after two of them kissed a rtrant, rultg a lawsu agast the cy that was settled out of urt. ‘No Promo Homo’ Schools. 007 of the Health and Safety Co, materials ed tn programs for people unr 18 Texas mt state that “homosexual nduct is not an acceptable liftyle and is a crimal offense.