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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Texas Lawman Loses to Lesbian
Over the objections of the Texas attorney general, a probate judge in Texas has recognized a lesbian's common law marriage to her deceased wife.
SEPTEMBER 17, 2015
Judge Tells Texas Its Voting Laws Are Racially Motivated
Lawmakers in Texas gerrymandered their district maps along racial lines, a federal judge says.
MARCH 11, 2017
Texas Governor: Let States Override Supreme Court, Federal Laws
Gov. Greg Abbott's plan for amending the U.S. Constitution to give states this power would be a way of getting around the marriage equality ruling.
JANUARY 9, 2016
Texas Judge Strikes Down Anti-Drag Law Days After Another Upholds College Drag Ban
Very different conclusions came from two federal judges in the same state.
SEPTEMBER 26, 2023
Texas Expands Anti-Trans Sports Ban to Include College Athletes
The state had already barred trans athletes from competing under their gender identity in K-12 public schools.
JUNE 16, 2023
Pornhub Sues Texas Over Age Verification Law Taking Effect Next Month
A group, which includes Pornhub, said the law is not about protecting minors but about restricting content that Texas lawmakers disfavor.
AUGUST 12, 2023
Texas Anti-Drag Law Blocked Again by Judge
The law can't go into effect for at least another two weeks as deliberations on a lawsuit continue.
SEPTEMBER 13, 2023
Texas House moves toward repealing anti-sodomy law
The law has been unenforceable since 2003, but it remains on the books. More votes are needed to repeal it.
MAY 15, 2025
Texas AG Ken Paxton 'Willing and Able' to Defend Sodomy Law
The statement is totally in keeping with Paxton's anti-LGBTQ+ record.
JUNE 30, 2022
SCOTUS Kills Texas Lawsuit Against California Sparked by Antigay Law
California banned state-funded travel to Texas over an anti-LGBTQ+ Lone Star State law, leading Texas AG Ken Paxton to sue, but the Supreme Court won't take the case.
APRIL 27, 2021
Gender-Affirming Care Bans in Texas, Missouri Will Still Go Into Effect
Families, health care providers, and LGBTQ+ groups had sued to block the bans, but they'll be enforced while the lawsuits proceed.
AUGUST 26, 2023
Texas Investigates Parents of Trans Teen Under Abuse Law, ACLU Sues
"No family should have to fear being torn apart because they are supporting their trans child," said an ACLU of Texas representative.
MARCH 1, 2022
Texas Is Latest and Largest State to Ban Gender-Affirming Care for Trans Youth
Republican Gov. Greg Abbott signed a bill to this effect into law Friday.
JUNE 3, 2023
Texas May Finally Repeal Sodomy Law
The repeal would come 10 years after the law was declared unconstitutional. Several other states still have sodomy laws on the books as well.
APRIL 17, 2013
Texas Anti-Trans Sports Law Goes Into Effect
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, a far-right, anti-LGBTQ+ Republican, signed the bill into law in October.
JANUARY 18, 2022
Ready for Boycott? Texas Moves Closer on Anti-Trans Law
Senate Bill 3 moved ahead even after predictions of massive losses if the law ultimately passes.
JULY 22, 2017
LGBTQ+ Groups: SCOTUS Should Have Blocked Texas Abortion Law
The court did allow a suit against the restrictive law to proceed, but it leaves important rights in peril, activists say.
DECEMBER 10, 2021
Texas Governor Has Signed the 'Save Chick-fil-A Bill' Into Law
The legislation prevents state and local governments from "punishing" businesses because of their donations to faith-based groups, including anti-LGBTQ ones.
JUNE 11, 2019
Texas AG Is Latest to Claim Antigay Marriage Laws Protect Children
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott has asked a federal appeals court to overturn a lower court ruling that struck down the state's same-sex marriage ban as unconstitutional.
JULY 30, 2014
ACLU Calls for Federal Probe of Anti-LGBTQ+ Actions in Texas Schools
These actions violated federal antidiscrimination law, the ACLU of Texas says.
AUGUST 10, 2023