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News (USA)
Texas Republican promises to copy Florida’s Don’t Say Gay law
Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick also wants parents to boycott Disney because the company opposes the Don’t Say Gay law.
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Bias Watch
Texas Republican blames Black people for spreading COVID-19
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick told Laura Ingraham that it’s really Black people who are infecting everyone as the state’s hospitals are overflowing with COVID-19 patients.
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News (USA)
Texas Lt Gov calls for special legislative session to ban trans teens from playing school sports
While landlords, employers, and working parents suffer, Patrick is focused on 13-year-old gymnasts and Facebook pages.
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Politics
Democrat seeks to ban trans youth from sports in Texas as “retaliation” for his failed agenda
“The bill that was killed last night will affect far more children than this bill ever will,” Harold Dutton claimed about his education bill. “And so, as a consequence, the chair moves that Senate Bill 29… do pass and be printed.”
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Commentary
Coronavirus, Dan Patrick, & you damned Boomers
Sacrificing the elderly to the gods of capitalism is part and parcel with the history of ageism.
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News (USA)
Republicans are blaming gays, drag queens & video games for mass shootings
But not guns. Nope. Not the guns. How dare you suggest such a thing?!?! ๐คจ๐
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Politics
Texas Lt Governor insinuates Beto O’Rourke is gay on live television
He says he meant, “he flaps his arms around a lot.” Sure, Jan.
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Politics
The Texas senate just approved a bill that would allow doctors to refuse LGBTQ patients
The bill would allow doctors, lawyers, and even barbers to refuse LGBTQ clients if they claim a “sincerely held religious belief.”
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News (USA)
The bill was supposed to be about sick time. Instead, it became a challenge to LGBTQ rights.
A last-minute change to a proposed Texas law may leave nearly six million people currently protected by local civil rights ordinances vulnerable to discrimination.
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News (USA)
New Texas Republican House Speaker says transgender bathroom access is not a ‘real issue’
The incoming Texas House Speaker has a long list of “to dos” — but an anti-transgender bathroom bill isn’t one of them.