LGBTQ

A year after the state blocked transgender Texans from updating their state IDs, it has collected information on more than 100 people who have tried. Officials won’t say what they’re using the list for.

Texas lawmakers passed the bill, referred to as the “Women’s Privacy Act” by supporters, earlier this year. It requires a person in publicly owned buildings to use restrooms, locker rooms, and similar facilities associated with the gender on their birth certificate. Enforcement of the controversial new law begins this Thursday.

Thousands filled the streets of downtown Austin on Saturday night for the city's annual Pride parade. Austin celebrates Pride in August, outside of the nationally celebrated month in June.

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 ruling is a victory for LGBTQ+ rights advocates who have said the law targets drag performers for no real reason.

More than a dozen couples got married for free Monday, eight years after same-sex marriage was legalized in the U.S.

Texas lawmakers have filed more than 100 anti-LGBTQ bills, according to the statewide group Equality Texas. One of the measures, House Bill 1507, drew pushback from Democrats, students and educators Tuesday.

The measure, authored by Rep. Steve Toth, R-Woodlands, has a 10-year statute of limitations. Opponents say the wide scope of the proposal makes it dangerous.

The city co-sponsored a parade with the Taylor Area Ministerial Alliance each year. But then the organization changed its entry rules, deciding participants must be "consistent with traditional biblical and family values" — a decision many felt excluded the city's LGBTQ community.

Cedre Csillagi was raised in Austin. Their project A Thousand Pansies aims to raise money to support the trans community with the tattooing of 1,000 pansy flowers. To get the tattoo, participants must donate $500 to a designated charity.