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Texas Republicans Crow about ‘Roe’ Reversal, Lament Supreme Court Leak

State GOP leaders have spun the leak as the rightful return of abortion regulation to the realm of red-state rights—and a crusade against the conservative Court.

Texas Observer

If Roe v. Wade falls, are LGBTQ rights next?

AUSTIN, Texas — A leaked draft of the U.S. Supreme Court’s forthcoming opinion on abortion says that the rights to gay marriage and same-sex partner intimacy may be safe — but only for now.

Tribune News Service

In Texas, transgender official says science is being ‘politically perverted’ to attack LGBT people

FORT WORTH, Texas — The nation’s top transgender official came to Texas this weekend to call out what she called the political perversion of medicine and science and urge doctors to stand up against attacks on LGBT Americans’ access to health care.

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After years of progress on gay rights, how did the US become so anti-LGBTQ+?

A slew of bills are rolling back recently won freedoms for gay people. Is America ready to fight for LGBTQ+ rights all over again?

The Guardian - US

Texas GOP wants to take over deportation

Experts say the plan is a "completely unserious" political stunt that will be struck down in court

Salon

Texas Anti-Trans Laws Target Intersex People, Too

Bans on trans kids' healthcare ensure intersex people continue to be subject to medically unnecessary surgeries in infancy.

Texas Observer

Mail-in voter registration deadlines coming up in 21 states

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From Doctor Oz to Herschel Walker: Here’s who Trump’s backing in primary races

May will be a crucial proving ground for the weight of aan endorsement from the de facto head of the Republican party, writes Eric Garcia

The Independent UK

Can Texas declare a border 'invasion' and return migrants to Mexico?

HOUSTON — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is facing mounting pressure from far-right and former Trump administration officials to immediately declare a migrant "invasion" at the U.S.-Mexico border, under a constitutional provision that would allow local law enforcement and National Guard troops to stop migrants at the border and send them…

Los Angeles Times

Child welfare workers protest bigotry

Agency "losing so many tenured staff and wisdom because this job is just not manageable anymore," a supervisor said

Salon

Twenty-one states sue Biden administration over public transport mask mandate

Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody (R), joined by 20 Republican and Democratic attorneys general, filed a lawsuit on March 29, 2022, in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida that aims to end the Biden administration’s federal mask mandate for public transport. The mandate, issued by…

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Abortion rights advocates and transgender people ‘play God,’ Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick says

AUSTIN, Texas — Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick cast the debate over LGBTQ rights as a religious fight between God-fearing people and those who lack faith in a higher power.

Tribune News Service

Automakers Come In Support Of EPA's Stricter Tailpipe Standards: WSJ

Automakers, stating in court papers, will back environmental regulators in defending the higher standards, thus backing the Biden administration's stricter air pollution standards for passenger cars, writes the Wall Street Journal. The Alliance for Automotive Innovation, a lobbying group for automakers and suppliers, petitioned the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington,…

Benzinga

GOP won't stop at "don't say gay" bill

Having conquered the Supreme Court, the GOP take aim at same-sex marriage, anti-discrimination laws, and even Pride

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Texas AG calls Pride Week "illegal"

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Tuesday accused the Austin Independent School District of violating state law

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Texas investigates ‘off-label’ use of puberty blockers amid ongoing fight over transgender care

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is investigating two pharmaceutical companies to determine whether they marketed certain drugs to treat transgender youth experiencing gender dysphoria.

The Guardian - US

Texas attorney general says school district’s Pride week ‘breaks state law’

Ken Paxton called district’s Pride week ‘sex education’ and claimed without parental consent it is against law

The Independent UK

Anger as Texas attorney general declares Pride Week ‘illegal’

‘The Texas Legislature has made it clear that when it comes to sex education, parents – not school districts – are in charge,’ writes Ken Paxton

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Attorney General Ken Paxton appeals to Texas Supreme Court as state halts probes into parents of trans children

AUSTIN, Texas — Attorney General Ken Paxton is asking the Texas Supreme Court to allow the state to restart its abuse investigations into the parents of transgender children.

Tribune News Service

Texas appeals court again halts child abuse investigations into parents of transgender youth

AUSTIN, Texas — A Texas appeals court has again temporarily blocked the state from investigating parents solely for providing gender affirming care to their transgender children.

The Independent UK

Conservative satire site The Babylon Bee locked out of Twitter for misgendering trans White House official

The Christian parody outlet is refusing to delete a tweet deliberately referring to Biden official Dr Rachel Levine as a man

Tribune News Service

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SC Sen. Tim Scott says Supreme Court vote on Judge Jackson won’t be based on skin color

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Texas AG Ken Paxton refuses to call transgender official Rachel Levine a woman — again

AUSTIN, Texas — After Twitter flagged him for “hateful conduct,” Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton dug in on his decision to deny the gender identity of the nation’s highest-ranking transgender official.

Tribune News Service

Twitter flags Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's tweet about US assistant health secretary, who is transgender

FORT WORTH, Texas — Twitter has decided it would be in the public's best interest to keep a tweet from Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on its website after he called U.S. Assistant Secretary for Health Rachel Levine a man.

The Independent UK

Trump’s spokeswoman attacks Jeb Bush’s son ahead of Texas attorney general runoff

George P Bush will face Ken Paxton in a runoff for Texas’s attorney general’s race

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