All posts tagged "Greg Abbott"
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Texas governor wants to ban transgender athletes from sports during special legislative session
Texas Republicans will take up several bills during the session, including one to bar trans athletes from competing in their gender identity.
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Texas Republicans want taxpayers to pay for a special session to ban trans athletes from sport
Some Texas Republicans are so intent on banning trans athletes from sports, they want Gov. Greg Abbott to call an extra legislative session.
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Texas governor promises to sign ban on transgender athletes in women’s sports into law
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott wants ban trans athletes from competing, but the bill he wants to sign is stalled in committee.
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Texas social workers will no longer be allowed to turn away LGBTQ clients
Gov. Greg Abbott had requested religious exemptions for social workers with beliefs opposing homosexuality
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Texas allows social workers to turn away LGBTQ people
Under a new rule change, social workers in Texas will now be allowed to turn away LGBTQ clients based on their personal religious beliefs.
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Three women challenge Texas law barring transgender inmates from changing names
Three transgender women have filed a civil suit challenging a Texas law that prohibits current and former transgender federal prison inmates from legally changing their...
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Texas governor mocked LGBTQ community with staged signing of discriminatory “Save Chick-fil-A” bill
Governor already signed bill, but uses event to tout himself as a defender of "religious liberty"
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Texas governor to sign “Save Chick-fil-A” bill into law
Opponents see the bill as an attempt to circumvent local ordinances prohibiting anti-LGBTQ discrimination
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Texas governor says he’s stopped pushing for anti-transgender bathroom bills
Abbott had previously advocated for legislation restricting transgender people to facilities that match their biological sex
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Texas business group will continue to oppose bathroom bill legislation
Republicans who supported bathroom bill and sanctuary cities bill took hits in pro-business group's lawmaker ratings
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Texas bathroom bill defeated as special session wraps up
LGBTQ groups are breathing a sigh of relief as Texas legislators adjourned their special legislative session without approving a bill that would police which restrooms...
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Big Oil and Houston-area corporations oppose Texas’ proposed bathroom bill
In a move that is likely to be ignored and disregarded by most Republican members of the Texas legislature, more than 50 business leaders have...
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Transgender activist trolls Texas governor with selfie to protest bathroom bill
A Texas transgender activist expertly trolled Texas Gov. Greg Abbott over his support for a “bathroom bill” that places restrictions on transgender people’s ability to...
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Texas CEOs write letter to Republican leaders opposing bathroom bill
Letter sent to governor and other lawmakers before a vote on bathroom bill
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Bathroom bill rears its head amid Texas political showdown
At this point, Texas House Speaker Joe Straus (R-San Antonio) is the only obstacle preventing the Lone Star State from passing a North Carolina-style law...
