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Despite Texas' unwelcome distinction as the state with the most anti-LGBTQIA bills filed this year, the rights of queer and trans Texans emerged relatively unscathed by the 87th Texas Legislature. In a statehouse whose GOP leadership has situated itself in previous sessions at the vanguard of the evangelical right's moral panic over trans and nonbinary people, a win for LGBTQIA rights was among the few outright highlights for progressives under the pink dome. It's all the more remarkable considering the huge national wave of anti-LGBTQIA legislation, the right's most aggressive pushback in a...

Knife Rights' bipartisan Knife Law Reform, HB 956, which passed the House 142 - 2, which passed the Senate last session, and had Gov. Abbott's support died without a vote in the Senate.

Legislature mandates "In God We Trust" in public schools and higher ed institutions.

UPDATE: All anti-LGBTQ bills are officially dead for this legislative session May 26, 2021 | SB 29 dies again as bill fails to meet crucial deadline Demonstrators gather on the steps to the State Capitol in Austin last Thursday, May 20, to speak against transgender related legislation bills being considered in the Texas Senate and Texas House. Anti-trans SB 29 died at midnight Tuesday, May 25, thanks to stalling efforts by Democrats in the House. (Eric Gay/Associated Press) UPDATE: Just one hour ago, LGBTQ Texas state Rep. Jessica González of Dallas declared victory for this legislative ses...

The measure, Senate Bill 29, faced a midnight deadline to pass the lower chamber,...