Houston Matters
How Should We Define Gender, Legally?
Posted on · The Trump administration is considering narrowly defining gender. We learn what it could mean for transgender people here in Greater Houston.
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Full Show: Legally Defining Gender, and Cartoonist Ngozi Ukazu (Nov. 1, 2018)
Posted on · On Thursday's Houston Matters: A new report says public defenders in Harris County's juvenile courts aren't getting assigned enough cases. The Trump administration is considering altering the legal definition of gender. Houston-raised cartoonist Ngozi Ukazu discusses her popular hockey-themed web comic, Check, Please! And local band The Wheel Workers performs.
Party Politics
Party Politics 80: Early Voting Bonanza!
Posted on · Turnout in early voting is at record levels
Houston Matters
Political Roundup: Suspicious Packages, Trump’s Houston Rally, and Voter Turnout
Posted on · The Houston Matters experts break down the latest political stories with an eye for how they might affect Houston and Texas.
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Texas Transgender Wrestler Back To Defend State Title
Posted on · Transgender wrestler Mack Beggs is back to defend the girls wrestling title he did not want
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UPDATE: Pentagon to allow transgender people to enlist in military
Posted on · The new policy reflects growing legal pressure on the issue and the difficult hurdles the federal government would have to cross to enforce Trump's demand to ban transgender individuals from the military
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Federal Judge Blocks Trump’s Ban On Transgender Service Members
Posted on · A judge in Washington, D.C., has issued a temporary injunction to prevent President Trump' prohibition on transgender members of the military from being enforced for the foreseeable future.
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Virginia Statehouse Race Pits ‘Bathroom Bill’ Author Against Transgender Woman
Posted on · If Democrat Danica Roem succeeds in unseating Republican Delegate Bob Marshall, she'd become the nation's first openly transgender state lawmaker.
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For Some Transgender Texans, Bathroom Bill Fight Spurs Bids For Office
Posted on · Months after state lawmakers tried and failed to pass bills restricting transgender restroom access, transgender Texans plan to vie for seats in Congress and the Texas Senate next year.
Houston Matters
Texas Senate Passes SB3, And Prohibiting Government Agencies From Contracting With Abortion Providers: The Good, Bad, And Ugly Of The News
Posted on · When faced with intriguing developments in the week’s news, we turn to our rotating panel of “non-experts” to parse The Good, The Bad and The Ugly of it all.
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Rick Perry: “I Totally Support” Trump’s Ban On Transgender Troops
Posted on · "The idea that the American people need to be paying for these types of operations to change your sex is not very wise from a standpoint of economics," U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry said during a stop in Waller, Texas Friday.
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Joint Chiefs Chairman Says Transgender Policy Won’t Change Yet
Posted on · Gen. Joseph Dunford said the Defense Department is making "no modifications" to its current policies on service by transgender troops until more direction arrives from the White House.
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Trump’s Transgender Troops Ban Divides Veterans In Congress
Posted on · Trump’s tweets announcing the ban came as House GOP leaders were trying to work out a problem involving medical costs for service members seeking to transition to another gender while serving in the military.
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Texas Activist Targeted, Beaten Amid ‘Bathroom Bill’ Debate
Posted on · A Texas transgender activist, targeted because of her gender identity, was beaten in a carjacking incident, raising tensions as state lawmakers advance revived legislation critics call an anti-LGBT "bathroom bill."
Houston Matters
Pride Week: Discussing the Issues that Concern Houston’s LGBTQ Community
Posted on · (Above: Rainbow crosswalks now adorn all four corners of the intersection of Westheimer and Taft in Houston’s Montrose neighborhood in honor of LGBTQ pride. Photo: Gail Delaughter, Houston Public Media)This is Houston Pride Week, one of the largest LGBTQ celebrations in the country. And last Monday (June 12, 2017) marked the one-year anniversary of the shooting […]