Gender Identity

Last session, GOP lawmakers passed a drag bill, a ban on gender-affirming surgery and other legislation targeting the LGBTQ community. With the Republican Party growing more conservative, experts say it's likely the theme will continue.

In March, the federal government said providers can’t deny gender care to transgender people that would be provided to others for other purposes.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton suspected the hospital was helping Texas kids access puberty blockers or hormone treatments that are outlawed for juveniles.

National LGBTQ+ organization PFLAG won a temporary injunction blocking Texas from demanding information on trans kids.

The hospital said Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office requested information on medication prescriptions, diagnoses, treatment for gender dysphoria and other patient information on trans youth from Texas.

The law was set to go into effect next month but an Austin-based judge ruled the law is discriminatory and violates parents’ rights to decide what is best for their children. The state has appealed the ruling.

Under a new dress code issued by Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller, department employees are expected to comply "in a manner consistent with their biological gender."

The Grapevine-Colleyville district, between Dallas and Fort Worth, added two conservative members to its seven-member school board in May.

Austin will celebrate the LGBTQ+ community Saturday at the 29th annual Pride festival and parade, despite safety concerns raised following the mass…

Since 2007, Houston Democratic state Rep. Garnet Coleman – and others – have tried in vain to get just five words into Texas' hate crimes law: "or gender…