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Texas Senate moving fast to push through anti-transgender ‘bathroom bill’
Thursday, July 20, 2017Business leaders and corporations, such as Apple, IBM, and the NFL, have asked Republican lawmakers to abandon their plan of passing a bill restricting the rights of trans people. -
Texas Speaker: ‘I don’t want a suicide on my hands’ over bathroom bill
Wednesday, July 5, 2017"I'm disgusted by all this," said Joe Straus, the Republican Speaker. -
Texas’s ‘bathroom bill’ causes Republican stand-off
Saturday, May 27, 2017Texas Republicans are fighting each other over an anti-transgender "bathroom bill." -
Wolves in the hen house: Look who Texas recruited to promote its bathroom bill
Thursday, March 30, 2017The Lt. Governor insists that asking the Family Research Council to promote a bill to limit bathroom access to the gender on one's birth certificate is not transphobia. -
Was this Texas lawmaker caught on tape calling a transgender man a ‘pervert’?
Tuesday, March 14, 2017Judge for yourself. Advocates say they hear Republican State Sen. Joan Huffman tell a clinical psychologist, "You're the pervert." -
Big hurdles face Texas’ bathroom bill ahead of first vote
Tuesday, March 7, 2017Although the Texas bill is likely to sail through a Senate committee, the hotly contested measure faces a tough road ahead. -
What Trump’s new transgender student guidelines might mean
Wednesday, February 22, 2017The White House promised new guidelines for transgender students. Here's what that could mean. -
Texas House speaker pans bathroom bill & exposes GOP divide on trans rights
Thursday, January 19, 2017Texas House Speaker Joe Straus' comments underscore an escalating ideological battle between the GOP's business-minded base and far-right grassroots activists. -
Texas warned of backlash over transgender bathroom bill
Thursday, January 12, 2017Driving Texas' anti-LGBT bill is Republican Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick. Republican House Speaker Joe Straus, meanwhile, has signaled his opposition to it. -
Texas introduces anti-transgender bathroom bill with quote from MLK, Jr.
Thursday, January 5, 2017The state's business community largely does not support such legislation, knowing it could cost them millions of dollars and thousands of jobs.
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Texas Senate moving fast to push through anti-transgender 'bathroom bill'
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