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Texas House votes to strictly define man and woman, excluding trans people from state records
| May 12, 2025
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If it becomes law, the bill would define sex based on reproductive organs and require state documents and policies to comply with that framework.
VIDEO: LGBTQ+ Texans condemn anti-trans bills as ‘insidious attack’
| May 9, 2025
Ahead of an expected vote in the Texas House, LGBTQ+ advocates denounced two bills targeting transgender Texans — part of an onslaught of more than 200 anti-LGBTQ+ bills filed this session.
Texas women face prosecution for abortions if new bill becomes law
| May 8, 2025
The Texas Senate has passed a new anti-abortion bill which would open the door to women being criminally prosecuted for obtaining an abortion — even in a different state.
Texas graded its public schools. Critics call the results a ‘politically motivated attack’
| May 6, 2025
When the TEA released the scores on April 24, some school districts and a coalition of state lawmakers called the methodology "deceptive, harmful, and a blatant attempt to discredit neighborhood public schools to justify school privatization schemes.”
VIDEO: ‘Dark day for Texas’ as Greg Abbott signs $1 billion school voucher law
| May 5, 2025
Gov. Greg Abbott signed his school voucher bill into law on May 3, celebrating with hundreds of supporters on the lawn of the Texas Governor’s Mansion.