Texas sued over 'Don't Say Gay' law that bans LGBTQ+ student clubs
The ACLU of Texas and SEAT are challenging a law that includes an LGBTQ+ student club ban, a forced outing policy, and a DEI ban.
June 23, 2025
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The ACLU of Texas and SEAT are challenging a law that includes an LGBTQ+ student club ban, a forced outing policy, and a DEI ban.
The ban is supposed to go into effect on September 1.
The new wording is aimed at transgender employees and will affect cisgender ones too.
The law can't go into effect for at least another two weeks as deliberations on a lawsuit continue.
The state had appealed a temporary restraining order on the investigation of a trans-supportive family, putting the court challenge on hold, but it will now proceed.
It comes after LGBTQ+ rights groups sued the state of Texas on Tuesday.
The litigation seeks to prevent the Republican ban on drag performance to take effect next month.
The judge wrote that he believed that the law was likely to be ruled unconstitutional.
Magnolia Independent School District is being sued over a policy requiring short hair for boys but not girls.
Legislators debate a bill making it "child abuse" to let kids have transition procedures, while advancing a trans-exclusionary sports bill.
The judge had previously issued a temporary block only for the family that brought a lawsuit against a policy that claimed gender-affirming care is child abuse.
An activist reflects on how she and her fellow human rights defenders are winning the battle in a place once called the most homophobic nation on earth.