Katy Pride to relocate celebration after Typhoon Texas cancels, citing security concerns
Some conservative leaders in the Houston-area suburb took to social media to criticize the event, including a Katy ISD trustee who encouraged people to contact the businesses that were involved.
Faculty, advocacy groups fear Texas A&M firing threatens academic freedom
The firing happened over two years after Texas A&M stressed its support for academic freedom and amid a changing higher education landscape.
Video of clash over gender-identity content in Texas A&M children’s lit class leads to firings
After the video fueled outrage, two college leaders were removed from their administrative roles for approving plans to teach content inconsistent with the course’s published description.
Texas House votes to strictly define man and woman, excluding trans people from state records
If it becomes law, the bill would define sex based on reproductive organs and require state documents and policies to comply with that framework.
Texas students say K-12 DEI ban and other anti-LGBTQ+ bills threaten their safety, voice and mental health
Students are concerned the legislation could silence supportive teachers, dismantle safe spaces, lead to overenforcement and prevent honest conversations about identity.
‘We’ll always be here’: Draggieland thrives despite Texas A&M’s blocked drag show ban
The annual on-campus drag show at Texas A&M University welcomed hundreds Thursday night — despite efforts to ban such performances by school officials.
It’s unlawful for transgender people to change the sex on their IDs, Texas AG Ken Paxton says
Paxton, a vocal opponent of LGBTQ rights, issued an opinion Friday declaring court orders to change sex on driver’s licenses and birth certificates invalid and saying altered documents must be changed back.
TEA reviewing claim that teachers at Houston ISD’s Bellaire HS were ‘socially transitioning’ student
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott called for an investigation after a member of conservative activist group Moms for Liberty, saying she was speaking on behalf of a Bellaire parent, claimed teachers were calling a student by preferred pronouns against the parent's will.
Texas A&M regents overrule faculty, cut 52 ‘low-producing’ programs including LGBTQ+ studies minor
After conservative criticism over the LGBTQ+ minor, university officials started looking at all its programs. Faculty say they were excluded from the process.
Lauren Ashley Simmons looking toward Texas Capitol after unseating state Rep. Shawn Thierry in lopsided primary runoff
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.
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