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“This is scary. It’s adding to the vigilante state we live in.”
Texas' anti-trans bathroom bill went into effect December 4. Here's how the state government could weaponize this new #law against public institutions, from libraries to prisons: texasobserver.org/texas-bathro…
#Texas #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #news #trans #fascism #genocide #extremism #USpolitics #politics
How the Bathroom Bill Weaponizes Transphobia Against Public Institutions
A legal expert called the new anti-trans Texas bathroom law “the most plainly unlawful, undemocratic legislation I’ve seen in recent history.”Kit O'Connell (The Texas Observer)
Why not just add "Christian Nationalism 101" to the curriculum while you're at it? You can just slot it into where Civics, Science, and Art used to be!
#tpusa #texas #school #gregAbbott
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Texas launches plan to open Turning Point USA chapters in every high school
Republican officials in Oklahoma and Florida have also launched plans to expand the presence of the conservative youth organization founded by Charlie Kirk.Jaden Edison (The Texas Tribune)
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Federal Judge Orders Some #Texas #Schools to Remove #TenCommandments Posters
The judge sided with families of students who had argued that the displays infringed on their #ReligiousFreedom.
The #Texas redistricting case points directly at the mess that VRA has caused, which landed the law in front of the #SCOTUS earlier this year.
In the district court's order blocking the new map you can see arguments echoing those against the VRA in the Supreme Court.
I think a lot of people are going to be upset about the VRA challenge but celebrate the Texas ruling without realizing their contradiction.
ProPublica has found multiple cases of women with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions.
Tierra Walker, a 37-year-old mother, was told by doctors there was no emergency before preeclampsia killed her.
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#News #Women #Health #Abortion #Pregnancy #Texas #Law #USPolitics
“Ticking Time Bomb”: A Pregnant Mother Kept Getting Sicker. She Died After She Couldn’t Get an Abortion in Texas.
Walker is one of several women ProPublica found with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions.andrea.wise@propublica.org (ProPublica)
Win! For now anyway
Federal judges block #Texas from using its new US #House map in the 2026 #midterms
TX cannot use a new congressional map drawn by #Republicans in hopes of securing the party additional US House seats, a panel of 3 federal judges ruled Tuesday.
The ruling was a blow to #Trump’s efforts to have #GOP lawmakers in multiple states redraw their maps to help the party preserve its slim House majority in the midterm #elections.
Oil tank farm near Odessa, Texas
#Odessa #Texas #WorldWarII #undefined #photography #DorotheaLange
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In our magazine: Weeks after a transphobic attack, dozens of #trans, nonbinary, and gender-nonconforming folks gathered on the “free side” of #Austin’s Barton Springs to swim, celebrate, and fearlessly take up space.
Kit @oconnell was there to witness this moment of #queer joy and resilience... texasobserver.org/protect-tran…
#LGBTQIA+ #water #Texas #photography #CentralTexas #culture
At Barton Springs, Trans Existence Becomes Resistance
Following a transphobic incident earlier this year, community members gathered to "protect trans joy."Kit O'Connell (The Texas Observer)
