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Biden says Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s actions “harm children and their families just to score political points,” and signals he’s ready to fight Republican anti-trans bills in court.
District Judge Amy Clark Meachum, who issued the temporary restraining order in the case, will consider instituting a Texas-wide injunction next week stopping other investigations.
Texas’ governor and attorney general say gender-affirming care is “child abuse,” and will be prosecuted as such. But that isn’t the law, and now angry parents are fighting back.
The legislation, which would let parents sue schools, is a cinch to become law thanks to Republicans who care more about shaming parents than listening to them.
“This makes me more determined to put my work into the world,” author George M. Johnson says, while Edmund White says “intransigent” Christianity is behind the book-banning rush.
While the GOP in seven states targets transgender and nonbinary youth, support for the out trans Ivy League college swimmer is scant.
Kristin M. Kingrey of the West Virginia Air National Guard says a threat her career would be jeopardized if she didn’t look “more feminine” came true when she lost out on two jobs.