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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Rachel Dobkin

Texas adds transgender bathroom bill to agenda for special legislative session to deal with deadly flooding

A transgender bathroom bill was added to the agenda for Texas’ special legislative session to deal with the deadly flooding event on July 4.

The 30-day session was called by Governor Greg Abbott in June to deal with six bills he had vetoed. But when flash flooding in Central Texas devastated communities along the Guadalupe River earlier this month, disaster preparedness became a focal point of the session.

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