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Analyzing the Current Issues & State Bills Targeting the Transgender Community. Plus, Congresswoman Sylvia Garcia on her Goals for the new Legislative Session

Garrett Bohlmann

Posted on January 19, 2023 · Discussing efforts to support trans rights amidst recent legislation and opposition to the community.

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Watch: With a “feeling of betrayal,” one family flees Texas in search of safer climate for their transgender daughter

Olivia Yarvis, Texas Tribune

Posted on August 22, 2022 · Gov. Greg Abbott directed the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services to investigate parents who provide their children with gender-affirming care, driving one such family to leave home.

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Texas Bills Targeting Transgender Health Care For Children Stall This Session

Sara Willa Ernst, Health Reporter

Posted on May 24, 2021 · After missing a key deadline on Sunday evening, six bills seeking to ban transgender health care now appear to have died this legislative session. But advocates aren’t celebrating yet.

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Texas lawmakers are going after gender-affirming care. Will they succeed?

Sergio Martínez-Beltrán, The Texas Newsroom

Posted on January 20, 2023 · Bills range from prohibiting insurance companies from covering gender-affirming care to revoking the license of a doctor who performs a gender-affirming surgery on a minor.

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The January 6th Report: What We’ve Learned & What Are the Next Steps; Plus, the Latest in Politics with the Co-Hosts of Party Politics

Garrett Bohlmann

Posted on January 6, 2023 · We discuss the findings of the House Select Committee’s report on the insurrection of the Capitol and other current events in U.S. politics.

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Watch: With a “feeling of betrayal,” one family flees Texas in search of safer climate for their transgender daughter

Olivia Yarvis, Texas Tribune

Posted on August 22, 2022 · Gov. Greg Abbott directed the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services to investigate parents who provide their children with gender-affirming care, driving one such family to leave home.

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Houston-area districts improve in state ratings, but Democrats say more money needed for Texas schools

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Posted on August 15, 2022 · The ratings are based on performance on state standardized tests, graduation rates, college, career, and military readiness outcomes.

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