This bill marks the second anti-trans bill enacted in 2022, and the 11th state to pass an anti-trans sports ban
Avaz Shikhmammadov-Hafizli victim of a so-called honor killing
One Republican senator voted against HB 1557
Magomed Tushayev killed during Ukrainian military skirmish
Commentators attack U.S. military 'wokeness'
Seven Republicans voted against measure
LGBTQ+ advocates in Texas were outraged calling actions “disinformation, being spread about transgender people and their healthcare”
Republican lawmaker's proposal sparked widespread outrage
"Anti-LGBTQ+ politicians have sought to lay the groundwork to turn Texans against their LGBTQ+ neighbors through an onslaught of legislation"
"Knowingly subjecting children to abuse, abandonment, and neglect by forcing them to come out to their parents is cruel, dangerous"
