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Special Session 2 Week 3 Wrap-up: An all-night fight against discrimination
Standing on the shoulders of giants, our community is a force to be reckoned with. We proved that — YOU proved that — this week.
Special Session 2 Week 2 Wrap-up: Sports Ban Hearing on Tuesday
The Texas House now has a quorum — the minimum number of legislators that have to be present in order for the legislature to do business. Immediately after quorum was met, the House referred the anti-transgender sports ban, SB 2, to committee and set the bill for a hearing in
Special Session 2 Week 1 Wrap-up: 10 months
Texas’ second special session started last Saturday and Texas elected leaders wasted no time in attacking transgender kids. Already, the Texas Senate held a hearing and passed SB 2 (Perry), the bill excluding transgender youth from their peers by banning them from participating in sports. In the first special session’s Senate hearing
Special Session Lege Week 5 Wrap-up: the attacks that never seem to end
There’s no break from hate at the Texas legislature. Today — Friday, August 6 — is the last day of the first special session of 2021. Governor Abbott announced just yesterday that the legislature will reconvene for the second special session of 2021, beginning Saturday, August 7. That’s right: tomorrow
Special Session Lege Week 4 Wrap-up: Preparing for the next round
With most Democratic state House members still in DC and no new updates in the legislature or with the Governor’s office, LGBTQ+ advocates watch and wait for what comes next. 17 anti-LGBTQ+ bills, the majority of them targeting transgender kids, sit stalled in the state legislature without a quorum. With
Special Session Lege Week 3 Wrap-up: Hope is on the horizon
We are halfway through the July Special Session, and preparing for all possibilities to come. As a reminder, last week two anti-transgender sports bans — SB 2 (Perry) and SB 32 (Perry) — passed through the Senate at a record pace. With the House lacking quorum, these dangerous bills remain stagnant for the time being. Meanwhile, in