Texas
Judge temporarily blocks Texas’ ban on gender-affirming care for trans youth
Posted on · The Office of the Texas Attorney General subsequently appealed the judge's ruling to the Texas Supreme Court.
Tag: transgender kids
Houston Matters
Gov. Abbott’s legislative priorities (Feb. 22, 2023)
Posted on · On Wednesday's show: In an interview with the Texas Tribune, Gov. Greg Abbott said he intends to be "heavily involved" in the effort to establish school vouchers this legislative session and backs criminalization of some health care treatments for transgender kids.
Politics
Gov. Greg Abbott promises to be “heavily involved” in push for education savings accounts
Posted on · In an interview with the Tribune, the governor also backed criminalizing some health care treatments for transgender kids and shrugged off the idea that he’s in a conservative policy rivalry with Ron DeSantis.
Houston Matters
Tropical weather, and why the state continues to investigate transgender youth and their families (Sept. 26, 2022)
Posted on · On Monday's show: We get the latest on a tropical depression developing in the Caribbean Sea and whether it poses any threat to Houston -- and whether it could interfere with the latest attempt to launch the Artemis 1 mission. Also: Why Texas continues to investigate transgender youth and their families for child abuse despite a court ruling temporarily blocking such actions.
Houston Matters
The mother of a transgender child in Texas says she lives in a near-constant panic attack
Posted on · Houston's Ann Elder shares what it's like to be the mother of a transgender child.
Houston Matters
Dealing with the BA.2 subvariant of COVID, and investigating parents for providing gender-affirming care (March 31, 2022)
Posted on · On Thursday's show: How local public health officials are dealing with the even more contagious BA.2 strain of the omicron variant of COVID-19, and what gets set into motion and what authority CPS has when it investigates parents for providing gender-affirming care.
Politics
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick Calls For June Special Session After 3 Of His Priority Bills Fail In Texas House
Posted on · Patrick made the call on Twitter, hours after bills related to social media content policies, lobbying by cities and mandating which school sports teams that transgender athletes can play on.