Texas book ban law is likely unconstitutional, appeals court rules
The Texas READER Act's restrictions on book vendors' sales to schools can't be enforced while a lawsuit continues, the Fifth Circuit ruled.
January 17, 2024
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Progress in Texas as School Boards Move to Protect LGBT Students
With statewide antidiscrimination measures tending to stall in the legislature, many school boards are taking action.
September 29, 2015
A new online hub for students looks to fight discrimination, censorship, and more in Texas
There are major civil rights issues facing public school students in Texas. The ACLU Texas chapter is looking to support them.
August 13, 2024
Texas Moms' Group Seeks to Take Down Anti-LGBTQ+ Gov. Greg Abbott
Mothers Against Greg Abbott, in an ad that has gone viral, denounces the governor's anti-LGBTQ+, antichoice, and pro-gun policies.
July 19, 2022
Hunt for Offending Books, Including LGBTQ+ Ones, Closes Library
The temporary closure in Llano County, Texas is one consequence of a rash of challenges to library and school books throughout the state.
December 21, 2021
Texas teachers are being forced to deadname transgender students under a new state law
A Texas law requires school employees to use names and pronouns that conform to students’ sex at birth.
November 18, 2025
Texas School District That Removed LGBTQ+ Books Faces Federal Probe
The Education Department's Office for Civil Rights is investigating Granbury Independent School District, apparently the first investigation over book bans.
December 21, 2022
11 States Sue Feds for Right to Reject Trans Students
The suit was filed against federal guidance issued this month that suggests public schools that receive federal funding should respect the gender identity of transgender students.
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May 25, 2016
Texas Removes Access to Youth LGBTQ+ Suicide Hotline, Resource Page
The governor's office removed the page from the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services website after the governor was criticized for promoting "transgender ideology."
October 13, 2021
4 Ways LGBTs Are Under Attack in Texas
The state guts rights and endangers kids under the guise of religious freedom.
July 6, 2017
Anti-LGBTQ+ Texas judge rules against Biden’s Title IX protections for transgender students
Judge Reed O’Connor stepped in to block the U.S. Department of Education from protecting LGBTQ+ kids from discrimination in public schools, at least in Texas.
June 13, 2024
Texas legislature bans transgender people from public bathrooms
After a decade and more than 16 tries, state lawmakers will send to the governor's desk an anti-trans bill, which restricts access to public facilities and places a $25,000 fine on the first violation.
September 4, 2025
United Nations urged to investigate Texas’ anti-LGBTQ+ legislation as ‘human rights crisis’ (exclusive)
Equality Texas, ACLU, GLAAD, and Human Rights Campaign seek global intervention in response to Texas’ systematic attack on transgender rights.
January 22, 2024
Military vet Gina Ortiz Jones becomes first lesbian elected mayor of San Antonio
Jones, who was undersecretary of the Air Force in Joe Biden's administration, beat Rolando Pablos in a runoff election.
June 9, 2025
Missouri Agency Deletes LGBTQ+ Resources From State Website
It’s just the latest move to erase the experiences of LGBTQ+ people from public life.
September 4, 2023
Biden Picks Lesbian Vet Gina Ortiz Jones for Air Force Undersecretary
Former congressional candidate Jones would be the first lesbian, second member of the LGBTQ+ community, and first woman of color to serve in the post.
April 28, 2021
DOJ Files Brief Undermining Protections of Transgender Students
The brief signals that the department, now led by Jeff Sessions, could be changing its stance on the trans-affirming education guidelines issued by the Obama administration.
February 11, 2017
How President Cruz Will Save Bakers From the Gays
"Christian bakers and florists and wedding planners will be safe under a Ted Cruz presidency," promises a new plan from the Texas senator's religious liberty council.
March 25, 2016
LGBTQ People Must Condemn Violence Against Asian-Americans
Asian-Pacific Islanders are facing bigotry related to the current health crisis, and we must stand up for them, Emmett Schelling writes.
April 21, 2020
20 GOP Attorneys General Blast Biden's LGBTQ+ Policies
Republican state AG's, led by Tennessee's Herbert Slatery, are objecting to recent guidance on avoiding anti-LGBTQ+ and specifically anti-trans discrimination.
July 9, 2021
Why are Republicans challenging Biden's Title IX rules in court?
The Biden administration wants to fight this discrimination using the federal law known as Title IX, but Republican-dominated states are trying to stop the move.
June 19, 2024