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Frustrated Texas Republicans haggle over reviving defeated transgender sports bill FacebookTwitterEmail 1of2 Maya Stanton, 10, looks Rep. Harold Dutton up on her tablet while her mother, Lisa Stanton, is confronting Dutton about flip-flopping on a transgender sports bill the day before, taken at Texas Capitol on Saturday, May 8, 2021, in Austin. The Stantons joined a group of transgender families at the Capitol to demonstrate against bills in the legislature that will affect their lives. The family tried Dutton's office twice before finally talked to him.Yi-Chin Lee, Houston Chronicle / Staff...

LGBT+ activists in Texas are celebrating the death of a bill that would have banned trans children from playing in school sports.

Guns, police and the national anthem: Dan Patrick priorities sail through Texas House The GOP-dominated House passed several Senate bills on Monday, including ones to target counties that cut police funding and to bar hotels from prohibiting guns in guests’ rooms. The House Chamber at the Texas Capitol is pictured during the 87th Texas legislature on Friday, May 7, 2021, in Austin. (Smiley N. Pool/The Dallas Morning News)(Smiley N. Pool / Staff Photographer) Updated on Tuesday, May 25, 2021 at 3:05 p.m. with final votes and more information on several bills. AUSTIN — Monday was a great d...

Texas GOP’s bills targeting transgender children have exacted a mental health toll, even if they don’t become law Texas Tribune Tags:  Transgender rights activists gather outside the entrance to the House floor on May 23, 2021. Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. For LGBTQ mental health support, call the Trevor Project’s 24/7 toll-free support line at 866-488-7386. You can also call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 800-273-8255 or text 741741 from anywhere in the country to text with a trained crisis co...

May 24, 2021 Guest Submission I was supposed to write this post weeks ago, way back during budget week in April. Or was that in March? Lege time feels very different from usual work time. You never know when your boss is going to text or call you to get on the computer and do some work. When you walk into the office you never know what time you will get to go home. Sometimes that can be 5:30 pm, other times that can be 3 am. When you’re not writing analyses, you’re watching your committee, or the floor, or someone else’s committee. Maybe you’ll call a few people to get the latest w...