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Title: Texas Officials Raging Mad Over Trans Student Accommodations
Post by: stephaniec on May 14, 2016, 08:12:44 AM
Post by: stephaniec on May 14, 2016, 08:12:44 AM
Texas Officials Raging Mad Over Trans Student Accommodations
http://www.advocate.com/transgender/2016/5/13/texas-officials-raging-mad-over-trans-student-accommodations
The Advocate/BY YEZMIN VILLARREAL MAY 13 2016 9:14 PM EDT
"Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is stepping up to defend North Carolina's anti-LGBT House Bill 2 and teasing that his state might adopt a similar law.
HB 2 requires transgender people to use public bathrooms that do not match their gender identity. The legislation, introduced, passed, and signed into law in less than 12 hours on March 23, also rescinds all existing LGBT-inclusive nondiscrimination ordinances, prohibits new ones, and bars residents from suing for discrimination in state court."
http://www.advocate.com/transgender/2016/5/13/texas-officials-raging-mad-over-trans-student-accommodations
The Advocate/BY YEZMIN VILLARREAL MAY 13 2016 9:14 PM EDT
"Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is stepping up to defend North Carolina's anti-LGBT House Bill 2 and teasing that his state might adopt a similar law.
HB 2 requires transgender people to use public bathrooms that do not match their gender identity. The legislation, introduced, passed, and signed into law in less than 12 hours on March 23, also rescinds all existing LGBT-inclusive nondiscrimination ordinances, prohibits new ones, and bars residents from suing for discrimination in state court."
Title: Re: Texas Officials Raging Mad Over Trans Student Accommodations
Post by: Colleen M on May 14, 2016, 09:05:41 AM
Post by: Colleen M on May 14, 2016, 09:05:41 AM
I've got a front row seat on this one. Abbott actually looks like a reasonable moderate next to his Lieutenant Governor, which is terrifying. Especially considering how Texas splits the power between the two.
Title: Re: Texas Officials Raging Mad Over Trans Student Accommodations
Post by: RobynD on May 14, 2016, 05:22:27 PM
Post by: RobynD on May 14, 2016, 05:22:27 PM
Do these people even read history and see what happens to human rights denying political leaders? It never ends well.