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Commentary
The GOP has only one tool left to hang onto power. It’s voter suppression.
Republicans have given up trying to win over voters. Instead, they are trying to make it as hard as possible for minority & urban voters — including LGBTQ voters — to cast their ballots.
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News (USA)
In Harris County, Texas, jail confronts issue of safety for LGBT inmates
The Harris County Jail in Houston, the third-largest in the country which processes some 125,000 inmates annually, is one of many nationwide implementing changes to the way it treats its gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender population. The changes stem from a law passed by Congress under former President George W. Bush that requires federal, state and local lockups to eliminate rape in part by adjusting regulations about how the population lives behind bars.
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News (USA)
Judge halts same-sex benefits in Houston after GOP chair files lawsuit
HOUSTON — A Harris County, Texas, judge issued an order Tuesday blocking the city of Houston from providing benefits to the same-sex spouses of city employees pending a hearing in January.
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News (USA)
Texas county adopts sweeping policy to protect LGBT inmates
HOUSTON — The sheriff of Houston’s Harris County has adopted a sweeping policy designed to protect and guarantee equal treatment of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender inmates, including allowing transgender individuals to be housed based on the gender they identify with instead of their biological sex.