The Texas Supreme Court on Friday partially blocked the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services from being forced to follow Gov. Greg Abbott's order to investigate the parents of trans children for abuse. In February, the governor penned a letter to DFPS...
In a campaign email to supporters this week, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick promised to recreate Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill during the next Texas legislative session. “I will make this law a top priority in the next session,” Patrick said of the 88th regular session, set to...
Texas House lawmakers recently penned a letter to Department of Family and Protective Services Commissioner Jaime Masters expressing concern with Gov. Greg Abbott’s order to investigate the parents of transgender youth for child abuse. Lawmakers said the order (which...
Moms of trans kids are so tired. We can’t keep living in flight or fight mode. We need you. I’m a Christian, a nurse, and a hard working, loving mom of seven children. One of them, my 11-year-old daughter Kai, is transgender. She’s happy and healthy, with a huge...
Texas’ Third Court of Appeals issued an opinion on Monday evening that continues to prevent Gov. Greg Abbott’s anti-trans order to the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services. The governor’s order directed the agency to investigate gender-affirming...
On Friday, a Travis County District Court will continue to hear litigation on Gov. Greg Abbott’s anti-trans orders to the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS). Until temporarily blocked by a judge, the department had been directed by Abbott and...
The day before the primary election day, Republicans hoping to make the ballot staged a last-ditch and desperate stunt to curry favor with the extreme members of their party. Three of Greg Abbott’s challengers: former state senator Don Huffines, former GOP Chair Allen...
Texas Republicans have been targeting trans children and their allies for years, but now Greg Abbott has intensified those efforts to a terrifying level. After Ken Paxton issued an attorney general opinion classifying certain procedures or medications for trans...
Indicted Attorney General Ken Paxton has a particularly awful record when it comes to LGBTQ rights and affirmation. Yesterday, Paxton took his bigoted crusade even further with an attorney general opinion that would classify certain medical procedures and medications...