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Remembering Rick Garcia, a leader in the fight for LGBTQ+ equality in Chicago and Illinois

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/news/people/remembering-chicago-activist-rick-garcia

Houston Public Media May 16, 2025

The Texas House has passed a bill to repeal the state’s law banning “homosexual conduct.” The measure faces steep odds against passage in the Senate, even though the original 1973 law has been unenforceable for more than 20 years.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/lgbtq/2025/05/16/521652/texas-house-votes-to-repeal-states-ban-on-consensual-sex-between-same-sex-adults/

#CivilRights #LGBTQ #National #News #Politics #SupremeCourt #Texas #2025TexasLegislature #89thTexasLegislature #ConsensualSex #LawrenceVTexas #USConstitution

Texas House votes to repeal state’s ban on consensual sex between same-sex adults

House Bill 1738 would strike down a 1973 Texas law prohibiting “homosexual conduct.” That law has been unenforceable since the U.S. Supreme Court declared such laws unconstitutional in 2003.

Houston Public Media

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Susan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈Jun 26, 2023

10 reasons to #celebrate the #20thAnniversary of the #SupremeCourt’s #LawrenceVTexas #decision

It has only been 20 years since #homosexuality was #legal throughout the #UnitedStates

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2023/06/10-reasons-to-celebrate-the-20th-anniversary-of-the-supreme-courts-lawrence-v-texas-decision/

10 reasons to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Supreme Court's Lawrence v. Texas decision - LGBTQ Nation

It has only been 20 years since homosexuality was legal throughout the United States.

LGBTQ Nation

Susan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈Jun 26, 2023

20 years after a #breakthrough #Texas #case #LawrenceVTexas launched a new #era of #gayrights, #trans #people are still in the #fight

The #US #SupremeCourt paved the way for major #civilrights #victories for #queer #Americans in the 2003 decision that #decriminalized #homosexuality. But #progress for #LGBTQ people has been uneven.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Texas #Politics #Progress

https://www.texastribune.org/2023/06/26/lawrence-v-texas-lgbtq-rights/

Lawrence v. Texas cemented some LGBTQ+ rights, but other battles continue

The U.S. Supreme Court paved the way for major civil rights victories for queer Americans in the 2003 decision that decriminalized homosexuality. But progress for LGBTQ+ people has been uneven.

The Texas Tribune