Gay Agenda • Feb. 26, 2021
Feb 24, 2021 |
The Gay Agenda
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Gay Agenda • Feb. 12, 2021
Feb 12, 2021 |
The Gay Agenda
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The Gay Agenda is now color-coded: Red for community events; blue for arts and entertainment; purple for sports; green for nightlife and orange for civic events and holidays.
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Every Monday: THRIVE
Resource Center’s THRIVE Support Group for people 50 and older meets virtually from 11:45 a.m.-1 p.m. led by a SMU Intern from their counseling program. A secure Zoom Room opens at 11:30 a.m. for people to join and chat. Email THRIVE@myresourcecenter.org to request the link.
Editorial: Equality Act would enshrine LGBTQ protections
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Supporters of Black Lives Matter and the LGBTQ community march in Los Angeles this summer. The Equality Act would expand the Civil Rights Act to the LGBTQ community.Paula Munoz /Associated Press
Last summer, gay and transgender Americans across the nation celebrated when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled it illegal to discriminate against someone in the workplace based on sexual orientation or gender identity.
As titanic as that ruling was, it didn’t go far enough. Which is why the Human Rights Campaign and other groups are pushing for passage of the Equality Act, a federal bill that would update the 1964 Civil Rights Act and other laws to explicitly include sexual orientation and gender identity.
What to expect out of Austin
Jan 8, 2021 | 2
A glimpse at the next legislative session
JAMES RUSSELL | Contributing Writer
What do secession, marijuana and flagrant violations of the U.S. Constitution have in common? They’re all topics addressed among the more the bills filed ahead of the 87th legislative session, which convenes next week on Jan. 12. Incumbent and incoming legislators have filed more than 1,000 bills since legislators began to file bills on Nov. 9.
Pre-filed bills include a variety of topics, from one calling for a voter referendum on whether Texas should secede from the United States filed by Rep. Kyle Biedermann, a Central Texas Republican, to a bill abolishing the death penalty filed by Rep. Harold Dutton, a Houston Democrat.
During a normal year at the Texas Legislature, the capitol would be crawling with people. Angela Hale would be one of them. She’s a senior adviser at Equality Texas, an LGBTQ advocacy group.
“I’m there all the time, you know, 24/7 during a session,” she said. “I’m from Dallas, so I never even go home to see my family during a legislative session, because I feel like I need to be there all the time watching everything that happens and making sure that nothing goes wrong or bad.”
But whether that will be possible this session remains to be seen. Even though 87th Regular Session of the Texas Legislature starts in the less than a month, there are still lots of questions about how lawmakers will operate during a pandemic.