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Texas GOP Votes to Halt Gender-Affirming Care for Existing Patients

Because the cruelty of taking essential medical care away from people who rely on it seems to be the point of Republican politicians, who are not doctors, in 2023.

Texas Republicans Introduce 17 Anti-LGBTQ+ Bills

Members of the Texas GOP wasted no time introducing anti-LGBTQ+ legislation on the first day submissions for the next legislative session were accepted.

Texas Republican Platform: Being Gay Is 'Abnormal Lifestyle Choice'

The platform, adopted over the weekend, also opposes "all efforts to validate transgender identity." 

Texas Republican bill would make simply being transgender a felony

If you’re trans and out in the state, you could be jailed for filling out paperwork under this proposal.

Transphobic Texas Democrat finds home for bigotry in state Republican Party

After losing her primary to a queer Black woman, Shawn Thierry decided to switch to the GOP.

Republican lawmaker gloats after Texas university kills LGBTQ+ studies program

“I want to end all taxpayer-funded leftist propaganda in every single one of our public institutions of higher learning.”

Texas A&M's LGBTQ Studies minor and 4-H club targeted by Republican lawmakers

Republican politicians are targeting the school’s LGBTQ Studies minor and other programs over the inclusion of queer and Black perspectives.

Texas Republican: Fight 'Homofascists' With Swords

In a speech denouncing LGBT people, the conservative firebrand urged supporters to 'drive them out of our city.'

Texas GOP Again Excludes LGBT Republicans From Convention

The Texas Republican Party has rejected the LGBT group's application for a booth at the convention at least since 1998.

Judge Quits GOP Over Its Antigay Dogma

'I cannot tolerate a political party that demeans Texans based on their sexual orientation, the color of their skin, or their economic status,' says Carlo Key.

Texas Republicans Push to Outlaw LGBTQ+ Pride Celebrations in Schools

In Texas, Republican lawmakers are engaged in a game of political bigotry one-upmanship.

Texas Republican Introduces Bounty Hunting Bill Targeting Drag Queens

Taking a page from the anti-abortion fight in Texas, a Republican lawmaker wants to make everyday citizens bounty hunters looking for drag queens.

Watch This Texas Democrat Leave Republicans Speechless When He Uses The Bible Against Them

“I guess what I’m trying to figure out is why is having a rainbow in a classroom is indoctrination and not having the Ten Commandments in a classroom,” Texas state Rep. James Talarico argued in a now viral video.

Texas Republican Group: Pride Is Demon Month

The Collin County Conservative Republicans sound nice.

Every Republican in the Texas Senate Voted to Attack Marriage Equality

The GOP-backed bill would allow county clerks like Kim Davis to deny marriage licenses to gay couples.

Republicans file 32 anti-trans bills on first day in Texas

On the first day of the Texas bill prefiling period, Republicans introduced 32 bills targeting the transgender community.

Texas Republican proposes ban on gender-affirming care for all trans people

The state already bans such care for minors, but Rep. Brent Money's bill targets adults as well.