“Y’all means all!” Those three words echoed through the Texas Capitol today as more than 100 LGBTQ rights advocates protested legislation that would ban gender-affirming care for minors.
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick has made banning gender-affirming care a priority of this year’s legislative session.Sen. Donna Campbell, R-New Braunfels, the Senate author, has called her bill a “child protection act.”when the Senate passed her bill.
But Martha Newsome said she has seen firsthand how gender-affirming care transformed her 20-year-old grandson’s life. “This is life-affirming care for him,” Newsome told The Texas Newsroom. “It has been since he was in his early teens and Jesse now laughs — he’s well again.”However, Newsome worries the Texas Legislature could move next towards expanding the ban to transgender adults, like in Missouri., last month the attorney general in Missouri “put forward emergency rules placing barriers to gender-affirming care for minors and adults.
Newsome came to the Texas Capitol with her College Station-based church. She said lawmakers need to look into their hearts before casting a vote to ban transition-related medical care.Copyright 2023 KERA. To see more, visit
Brasil Últimas Notícias, Brasil Manchetes
Similar News:Você também pode ler notícias semelhantes a esta que coletamos de outras fontes de notícias.
LGBTQ advocates booted from Texas Capitol; vote delayed for bill banning gender care for kidsSenate Bill 14 would prohibit trans youth from accessing puberty blockers and hormone therapy. When the bill came to the floor Tuesday afternoon, LGBTQ Texans and advocates started chanting, prompting House Speaker Dade Phelan to clear the chamber’s gallery.
Consulte Mais informação »
Mental health of LGBTQ+ youth suffering amid political hostility in Texas, other states, study saysSome 30,000 13- to 17-year-olds in Texas identified as transgender in a 2022 federal survey. TheTrevorProject TransRights LGBTQ MentalHealth txlege TexasRepublicans TransLivesMatter
Consulte Mais informação »
LGBTQ+ advocates rally against Texas transgender youth healthcare billA rally is being hosted by the All In For Equality Coalition in response to the advancing of Senate Bill 14 and House Bill 1686.
Consulte Mais informação »
'They're Basically Baking': Texas Prison Air Conditioning Bill Heads to the SenateFor years, many Texas prisons have lacked any air conditioning. That might finally change.
Consulte Mais informação »