"Judge Meachum’s ruling that the policy is likely unconstitutional & may not be enforced brings welcome relief to the parents & children"
Paxton called the guidance a “misinterpretation” of the law & says that such procedures can, in fact, constitute ‘child abuse’”
LGBTQ lifestyles are “inappropriate” and offend a “significant portion” of students, parents and Tennessee residents with “Christian values”
"Transgender kids are kids, and they do not deserve to be the targets of dehumanizing attacks that invalidate their identity”
This bill marks the second anti-trans bill enacted in 2022, and the 11th state to pass an anti-trans sports ban
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"
