Dozens of trans people and their allies gathered in the outdoor Capitol rotunda Friday, chanting at the top of their lungs: They will not erase us. The next day, the Texas House preliminarily passed a bill that aims to do just that.
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LGBTQ+ students and their allies worry a proposed DEI ban on Texas public schools and other bills threaten their mental health and sense of safety in schools.
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Lauren Ashley Simmons, a 36-year-old labor organizer in Houston, has her sights set on the state capitol after unseating state Rep. Shawn Thierry in a lopsided Democratic primary runoff.
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Simmons, a 36-year-old labor organizer, was thrust into the local spotlight last year after confronting state-appointed Houston ISD superintendent Mike Miles at a community meeting.
State Rep. Shawn Thierry, a Houston Democrat who broke party lines last year and voted with Republicans in support of bills viewed as attacks on the LGBTQ+ community, likely is headed to a runoff against challenger Lauren Ashley Simmons.
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Challenger Lauren Ashley Simmons received 49.5% of the vote in Tuesday's Democratic primary for Texas House District 146, according to unofficial results. Thierry, first elected to office in 2016, garnered 44.4% of the vote.
Dutton was first elected to the Texas House in 1984 and is currently one of the chamber’s longest-serving members, but his willingness to buck his party has forced him into runoffs before.
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A University of Houston study finds new abortion and LGBTQ policies can make some states less desirable to move to for some people.
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Participants were most aversive to abortion policies that placed restrictions on crossing state lines to obtain an abortion, particularly policies that were unclear about how they would be monitored.
The latest demographic data showed that Texas continues to see population growth. But there were signs that some communities are leaving the state because of the passage of anti-LGBTQ+ laws.
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Texas’ anti-LGBTQ+ laws driving some people to flee state
Bob McCranie, a Dallas based real estate broker, created Flee Red States, a real estate service to help marginalized people in Texas find new welcoming homes.
Gay doctor flees Louisiana due to anti-LGBTQ+ laws: 'I don't have a choice'. A gay doctor who is one of Louisiana’s only specialist paediatric cardiologists has left the state after the introduction of a Don’t Say Gay copycat bill and a ban on gender-affirming care for trans youth.
https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/09/03/gay-doctor-louisiana-anti-lgbtq-laws-jake-kleinmahon/
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One of Louisiana’s Only Pediatric Heart Transplant Doctors Is Moving Because of Anti-LGBTQ Laws. “I came back here after a fellowship to dedicate my career to Louisiana. And Louisiana pushed me out.”
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/08/jake-kleinmahon-louisiana-anti-lgbtq-laws/
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