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UPDATED: Texas House approves trans erasure bill HB 229 on 2nd reading
UPDATED with a statement from Equality Texas Interim CEO Brad Pritchett: “House Bill 229 is a threat to all Texans and would require each of us to have to ‘prove’”’ our gender. But the threat to trans and intersex people is significantly greater. When trans…
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SPARTA Pride issues statement on ban on trans people in the U.S. military
SPARTA Pride has released the following statement in response to the Supreme Court’s stay of the preliminary injunction on transgender service members: “The Roberts Court’s decision staying the preliminary injunction will allow the Trump purge of transgend…
Arts + Culture
Supreme Court allows military trans ban to begin
SEE STATEMENT FROM SPARTA PRIDE The Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday (May 6) that banning transgender men and women from serving in the armed forces is legal without releasing their reasoning. That is common when SCOTUS rules on an emergency appeal to the cou…
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Burglars hit Hamburger Mary’s, steal 2 safes
Burglars broke into Hamburger Mary’s — located at 4123 Cedar Springs, on the corner of Cedar Springs Road and Knight Street — in the early morning hours today (Saturday, May 3), making off with two safes full of cash, according to owners Don Smith and Romeo…
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Exploring LGBTQ-friendly Spokane: queer travel guide
The Monroe Street Bridge spans the Spokane River in the heart of the city, above. Duncan Garden is a classical Eurpean Renaissance-style garden in Spokane’s Manito Park, below left . (Photos courtesy of Visit Spokane) BILL MALCOLM | Contributing WriterBillM…
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Federal district court ruling says Premera Blue Cross discriminated against trans minors by denying top surgery coverage
The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington issued a ruling late last Friday, April 18, declaring that Premera Blue Cross’ arbitrary and categorical policy to deny coverage for gender-affirming chest surgery for patients under 18, regardl…
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MISTR’s free DoxyPEP program leads to 50% drop in STI positivity rate
MISTR, the nation’s largest LGBTQ+ sexual health platform, just marked one year of providing free DoxyPEP, and STI positivity rates have dropped by more than 50 percent among MISTR’s more than 500,000 patients, according a MISTR press release issued this we…
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Controversy erupts over gay campground Grizzly Pine’s policy banning transgender men
Houston Bears announced in a written statement released last weekend that the organization has cancelled its annual Bear Camp event, which had been set to take place in May at Grizzly Pines, a clothing-optional campground serving the gay community which has…
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Survey shows trans adults fear losing health care, concerned about being too open about their gender-identity
A newly-released study from The Williams Institute at the UCLA School of Law found that 93 percent of transgender adults surveyed after the 2024 election but before the inauguration were concerned about what a Trump presidency might mean for transgender peo…
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Judge rules Texas A&M can’t ban drag shows
Federal Judge Lee H. Rosenthal issued a temporary injunction yesterday (Monday, March 24) blocking the Texas A&M University System from enforcing a policy banning drag shows held at the university system’s special event venues, the Texas Tribune has reporte…
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Lambda Legal educational resources on trans rights
Shelly Skeen, South Central Region director for Lambda Legal, has provided this list of educational resources for transgender Texans and their allies in the wake of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton “legal opinion” telling state agencies to reverse any gend…
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LGBTQ Caucus responds to Paxton’s ‘opinion’ on court orders changing gender markers
The Texas House LGBTQ Caucus has issued the following statement in response to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s “legal opinion” claiming district courts do not have the authority to issue orders requiring state agencies to change gender markers on state-…
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