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Texas governor signs new law targeting transgender youth as suicide hotline calls soar
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott vowed to target transgender kids “every single session that we have.”
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Texas removes suicide hotline from LGBTQ site because it could hurt GOP governor’s reelection
Greg Abbott’s primary opponent said it’s “offensive to see Greg Abbott use our tax dollars to advocate for transgender ideology,” because a state website linked an LGBTQ suicide hotline. It was promptly removed.
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Chick-fil-A inspired Texas’ new abortion ban
Texas’s abortion ban was modeled in part on a bill to “save” Chick-fil-A. Now conservatives are hoping for a win in a bizarre chicken lawsuit.
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Suicide hotline sees increase in trans teens calling as state debates anti-trans laws
Calls from Texas trans youth increased 150% from last year.
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Jen Psaki rips into Texas governor for claiming he’ll stop all rapes so victims don’t need abortions
The governor did not explain why he had not previously eliminated all rapes from Texas if he has the power to do so.
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AOC claps back at newspaper that mocked her for being trans-inclusive
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez schooled the rightwing journal on gender: “Not just women! Trans men & non-binary people can also menstruate.”
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AOC schools Texas governor after his rape & abortion comments show “deep ignorance”
“I’m sorry we have to break down biology 101 on national television,” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said… before doing just that.
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Texas’ abortion law continues America’s long history of vigilante “justice”
Though vigilantism and bounty hunting go by many labels from the most blatant to the most seemingly neutral, it all amounts to a betrayal of others and a loss of integrity of oneself.
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The Supreme Court allowed Texas to ban most abortions & LGBTQ people are speaking out
The law allows anyone in Texas to sue for a $10,000 bounty if they think someone has performed an abortion or helped with one – like the Uber driver who drove a woman to a clinic.
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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.