From 2023, for #Trans Day Of Visibility: "It strikes me, and may strike you, as a bit crazy to come out as #transgender in an essay like this. I’m publicly revealing myself to be a member of a marginalized community in the midst of a moral panic targeting our very existence." https://www.texasobserver.org/i-am-a-trans-texan/

#LGBTQIA #politics #USpol #culture #Texas #SouthTexas #rural

I Am a Trans Texan

A state resident ties the current gender panic to fascist politics through the lens of their own experience.

The Texas Observer

April Maria Ortiz once wrote a scathing indictment of her town while applying for Junior Citizen of the Year.

But, to her surprise, she found herself drawn back to the place that once rejected her, and to its complicated history: https://www.texasobserver.org/time-comes-for-castroville/

#history #politics #USpol #culture #Texas #SouthTexas #racism

Exclusion, Belonging, and Hidden History in Castroville

The Little Alsace of Texas, my once and current home, has long been more comfortable with an idealized past than with its full history or contradictory present.

The Texas Observer

Out today: "Castroville, 'the Little Alsace of #Texas,' was founded in 1844 by colonists from that region of France. The 'native sons' as I’ve heard them called, occupied a caste to which I, a Puerto Rican and Greek ... from the city, would never belong." https://www.texasobserver.org/time-comes-for-castroville/

#culture #history #politics #USpol #news #SouthTexas #racism

Exclusion, Belonging, and Hidden History in Castroville

The Little Alsace of Texas, my once and current home, has long been more comfortable with an idealized past than with its full history or contradictory present.

The Texas Observer

New, from our magazine: April Maria Ortiz has a troubled history with her adopted home, and the #racism and segregation she experienced there. Yet when she researched its actual #history, Castroville turned out to be even more complex than she expected. https://www.texasobserver.org/time-comes-for-castroville/

#politics #Texas #SouthTexas #USpol #news #culture

Exclusion, Belonging, and Hidden History in Castroville

The Little Alsace of Texas, my once and current home, has long been more comfortable with an idealized past than with its full history or contradictory present.

The Texas Observer

“The Department of Homeland Security is not being clear intentionally about what their plans are, what they’re deploying in the region, and so it’s up to us in the community to track and document and report on it. This is how we fight back.” https://www.texasobserver.org/trump-border-wall-rio-grande-valley/

#DHS #SouthTexas #border #immigration #HumanRights #politics #USpol #news #Trump

After 20 Years of Resistance, Trump Is Walling Off the Rio Grande Valley

Even sites once protected by Congress, including a butterfly refuge and a historic church, are slated for fencing funded by the “one big beautiful bill”—while the river itself is transformed by a floating barrier.

The Texas Observer

A construction contract was awarded Mar. 18, using money from “One Big Beautiful Bill,” to build wall through the National Butterfly Center and the Santa Ana refuge, among other once-protected sites.

Our top story: https://www.texasobserver.org/trump-border-wall-rio-grande-valley/

#Trump #border #Texas #SouthTexas #politics #USpol #news #immigration

After 20 Years of Resistance, Trump Is Walling Off the Rio Grande Valley

Even sites once protected by Congress, including a butterfly refuge and a historic church, are slated for fencing funded by the “one big beautiful bill”—while the river itself is transformed by a floating barrier.

The Texas Observer

“It’s showing that the government is willing to literally waste billions upon billions of dollars to make these useless walls … instead of taking that exact same money and making sure that everybody has housing or clean water and food and education.”
https://www.texasobserver.org/trump-border-wall-rio-grande-valley/

#Texas #border #politics #USpol #news #immigration #SouthTexas

After 20 Years of Resistance, Trump Is Walling Off the Rio Grande Valley

Even sites once protected by Congress, including a butterfly refuge and a historic church, are slated for fencing funded by the “one big beautiful bill”—while the river itself is transformed by a floating barrier.

The Texas Observer

“It’s showing that the government is willing to literally waste billions upon billions of dollars to make these useless walls … instead of taking that exact same money and making sure that everybody has housing or clean water and food and education.”
https://www.texasobserver.org/trump-border-wall-rio-grande-valley/

#Texas #border #politics #USpol #news #immigration #SouthTexas

After 20 Years of Resistance, Trump Is Walling Off the Rio Grande Valley

Even sites once protected by Congress, including a butterfly refuge and a historic church, are slated for fencing funded by the “one big beautiful bill”—while the river itself is transformed by a floating barrier.

The Texas Observer

Our top story: “For months, I’ve been documenting the Department of Homeland Security and their masked contractors installing buoys in the Rio Grande.”
https://www.texasobserver.org/trump-border-wall-rio-grande-valley/

#DHS #politics #USpol #border #immigration #news #Texas #SouthTexas

After 20 Years of Resistance, Trump Is Walling Off the Rio Grande Valley

Even sites once protected by Congress, including a butterfly refuge and a historic church, are slated for fencing funded by the “one big beautiful bill”—while the river itself is transformed by a floating barrier.

The Texas Observer

New today: “The Department of Homeland Security is not being clear intentionally about what their plans are, what they’re deploying in the region, and so it’s up to us in the community to track and document and report on it. This is how we fight back.” https://www.texasobserver.org/trump-border-wall-rio-grande-valley/

#DHS #Trump #border #SouthTexas #poltiics #USpol #news #immigration

After 20 Years of Resistance, Trump Is Walling Off the Rio Grande Valley

Even sites once protected by Congress, including a butterfly refuge and a historic church, are slated for fencing funded by the “one big beautiful bill”—while the river itself is transformed by a floating barrier.

The Texas Observer