Molly Cook, Texas's first out LGBTQ+ state senator, is ready to make change (exclusive)
The emergency room nurse and grassroots organizer will advocate for both incremental and revolutionary change.
May 16, 2024
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The emergency room nurse and grassroots organizer will advocate for both incremental and revolutionary change.
In Texas, Republican lawmakers are engaged in a game of political bigotry one-upmanship.
Sometimes heroes aren’t wearing capes, but they’re wearing pink and rainbow colors.
The litigation seeks to prevent the Republican ban on drag performance to take effect next month.
Venton Jones and Christian Manuel-Hayes are poised to be the first Black gay men in the legislature, and Black lesbian Jolanda Jones is likely to be reelected.
With statewide antidiscrimination measures tending to stall in the legislature, many school boards are taking action.
Trans youth and their families turned out in protest, with some as young as 10 speaking out.
Senate Bill 3 moved ahead even after predictions of massive losses if the law ultimately passes.
State leaders have arrived at their end game: deny rights and remedies to anyone who doesn't look or love like their tyrannical governor.
The bill passed in the third special session of the legislature this year, and Gov. Greg Abbott is expected to sign it into law.
"How will the Potty Police know I'm transgender if the Governor doesn't?" wrote Ashley Smith.
A bill allowing discrimination by adoption agencies is headed to the governor, and an anti-trans "bathroom bill" likely will soon be as well.
Legislators gave final approval to the ban Wednesday, and Gov. Greg Abbott has promised to sign it into law.
Rep. James White wrote a letter to the state's attorney general asking for clarification, writing that the U.S. Supreme Court cannot overrule state laws.
State Rep. Julie Johnson and the legislature's LGBTQ Caucus managed to keep the bill from coming up before the deadline for action.
Johnson, currently a Texas state legislator, is so far the front-runner in the 32nd Congressional District.
Lesbian Texas State Rep. Jessica Gonzalez on the state's GOP cruelty and what it means for LGBTQ+ Texans.
The state already bans such care for minors, but Rep. Brent Money's bill targets adults as well.