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Texas AG Ken Paxton requested list of transgender residents from Department of Public Safety

A DPS spokesman said the department ultimately told Paxton’s office that the requested records didn’t exist.

by Michael Karlis December 14, 2022September 3, 2024

A DPS spokesman said the department ultimately told Paxton’s office that the requested records didn’t exist.

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Texas Republicans waste no time filing anti-transgender bills ahead of next legislative session

Monday marked the first chance legislators had to introduce bills for the upcoming term, which begins in January 2023.

by Michael Karlis November 16, 2022September 18, 2024

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Nearly 1 in 5 Texas voters could identify as LGBTQ+ by 2040, study says

Despite that trend, the state’s current political climate is becoming less inclusive for members of the LGBTQ+ community.

by Michael Karlis October 26, 2022August 3, 2023

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Indictment accuses fired San Antonio police officer of felony child abuse

Adam Franklin-Alonso, 29, was indicted in February and fired from the San Antonio Police Department in June, according to a TV station’s investigation.

by Sanford Nowlin September 14, 2022June 15, 2025

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There is no legitimate ‘debate’ over gender-affirming healthcare

A recent New York Times article that experts called inaccurate and unethical now serves as evidence in Texas against transgender kids.

by Kit O'Connell, The Texas Observer July 23, 2022June 16, 2025

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Biden signs order to protect transgender children as Texas continues efforts to restrict gender-affirming care

The executive order calls on the Departments of Education and Health and Human Services to increase access to gender-affirming health care and develop ways to counter state efforts aimed at limiting such treatments for transgender minors.

by Eric Neugenboren, The Texas Tribune June 16, 2022August 14, 2024

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Texas resumes investigations into parents of trans children, families’ lawyers confirm

Lawyers representing families under investigation said they heard from the agency Thursday about continuing the investigations that had previously been halted by a statewide injunction.

by Eleanor Klibanoff, The Texas Tribune May 20, 2022August 17, 2023

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Forbes Billionaires, Youngest Mariachi Singer: The top 10 headlines in San Antonio this week

Current readers also gravitated to a story about Texans crossing into New Mexico in big numbers to purchase legal weed.

by San Antonio Current Staff April 15, 2022May 5, 2025

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Texas child welfare workers quitting over governor’s order to investigate families with transgender kids

Nearly 1 in 10 investigators in Child Protective Services’ Austin office have resigned since the controversial order.

by Sanford Nowlin April 8, 2022April 25, 2024

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Former child-welfare supervisor says Texas straying from protocols as it looks into parents of trans kids

The former staffer said it looks as if outcomes of investigations into families with trans children are predetermined.

by Sanford Nowlin April 1, 2022August 17, 2023

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Group buys billboards in San Antonio, other Texas cities to fight governor’s anti-trans order

The billboards purchased by the Trevor Project will educate the public about life-saving crisis services while spelling out the importance of gender-affirming care.

by Sanford Nowlin March 19, 2022November 20, 2024

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Beto O’Rourke says the GOP-controlled Texas Legislature would back his plan to legalize weed

“I’ll let you in on a secret: Republicans like to get high just as much as Democrats,” the former El Paso congressman said.

by Sanford Nowlin March 14, 2022June 17, 2025

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Texas AG Ken Paxton requested list of transgender residents from Department of Public Safety

Texas Republicans waste no time filing anti-transgender bills ahead of next legislative session

Nearly 1 in 5 Texas voters could identify as LGBTQ+ by 2040, study says

Indictment accuses fired San Antonio police officer of felony child abuse

There is no legitimate ‘debate’ over gender-affirming healthcare

Biden signs order to protect transgender children as Texas continues efforts to restrict gender-affirming care

Texas resumes investigations into parents of trans children, families’ lawyers confirm

Texas child welfare workers quitting over governor’s order to investigate families with transgender kids

Former child-welfare supervisor says Texas straying from protocols as it looks into parents of trans kids

Group buys billboards in San Antonio, other Texas cities to fight governor’s anti-trans order

Beto O’Rourke says the GOP-controlled Texas Legislature would back his plan to legalize weed

Judge temporarily blocks Texas investigations into families of trans kids

60 top brands take out ad protesting Texas governor’s bullying of transgender children

Texas AG Ken Paxton loses appeal over investigation of transgender teen’s family

As Texas targets trans kids, their families scramble to find lawyers

Challenges to Texas investigations of gender-affirming care ramp up as feds move to protect transgender kids

ACLU and Lambda Legal sue to block Texas from investigating parents of transgender youth

Prolific smut author Chuck Tingle grabs Greg Abbott website and roasts the governor for transphobia