by Beth Holmes | Mar 28, 2022 | Civil Rights, Gender, Human Rights, LGBTQIA+ Youth, Politics, Power LGBT, Sexuality, Transgender
Texas trans children and their families will not be investigated for abuse, according to a second Texas appeals court. In February, Texas Governor Greg Abbott directed the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) to investigate all gender-affirming...
by admin | Jan 6, 2021 | Equality, Homophobia, News, Politics, Transgender
In 2017, Addison Perry-Franks was running a computer repair shop in Scurry County, Texas, when the Republican Texas governor, Greg Abbott, tried to force a ‘bathroom bill’ through the state lawmakers, even conducting a special session (on the taxpayer...
by admin | Oct 16, 2020 | Articles, Equality, Featured, LGBTQIA+, Politics
Currently, this is the language in the code of conduct for Texan social workers defining illegal discrimination: “A social worker shall not refuse to perform any act or service for which the person is licensed solely on the basis of a client’s age; gender; race;...
by admin | May 18, 2018 | Civil Rights, Featured
Texas is one of 31 states that does not ban anti-LGBT discrimination. In fact, the state’s lawmakers upheld their law against same-sex marriage right up until February 2015, four months before the U.S. Supreme Court ruled all same-sex-marriage bans to be...
by admin | Jan 3, 2018 | Featured, Politics
Business lawyer Mark Phariss and his partner of 16 years, Air Force veteran Victor Holmes, were one of two couples who sued Texas over the same-sex marriage ban in 2013. Before they could push their case to its conclusion, the U.S. Supreme Court overruled the...
