Tammy Allison joins the list of candidates for the 6
th Congressional District seat. I didn t ask to run,” Allison said. “The residents and people of District 6 did. I ve been a public servant in the executive branch for my entire career. Stepping up to the plate to answer this call feels like a natural part of my journey to serve others. A first-generation Nigerian-American, Allison has undergone several challenging life obstacles such as childhood sexual abuse, domestic violence, and more but has used that to fuel the very things she fights for politically. Though Allison was born and raised in Texas, she spent more than a decade in Washington D.C. before moving back to Grand Prairie a couple of years ago. She brings her experience under the Obama Administration as a senior attorney and a federal prosecutor for the U.S. Department of Justice to the table. Several Federal District Courts, the U.S. Supreme Court, the U.S. Court of Appeals for D.C. are just a few of the other p
Heights resident Anna Eastman, a former Houston ISD trustee and former state representative, said she cannot remember a time when there were so many proposed state laws that would negatively impact the transgender community. The so-called âbathroom billâ was in the 2017 Texas Legislature session and did not pass.
This year, however, Equality Texas â a political advocacy organization that advocates for LGBTQ+ rights â has identified more than 10 bills it says target transgender youth and families. In the past few weeks, bills that would ban gender-affirming healthcare for youth and prohibit youth participation in sports that align with a transgender personâs preferred identity have been moving through the House and Senate.
Gender-affirming medical care would be considered child abuse under Texas Senate bill
Megan Munce, The Texas Tribune
April 28, 2021
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The Texas Senate tentatively approved a bill Monday in an 18-13 vote
that would classify providing gender affirming health care to transgender minors as child abuse just one of the Legislature’s many attempts to prevent transgender children from transitioning before their 18th birthday.
Senate Bill 1646 is among several other bills that advocacy groups say erode the rights of transgender Texans. Authored by Lubbock Republican Sen. Charles Perry, it amends the definition of abuse under Texas Family Code to include administering or consenting to a child’s use of puberty suppression treatment, hormones or surgery for the purpose of gender transitioning.
The Supreme Court sided with California against the state of Texas (Justin Sullivan/Getty)
The US Supreme Court has thrown out a Texas lawsuit over California’s ban on state-funded business trips to states that discriminate against LGBT+ people.
California adopted the ban in 2017 after Texas allowed state-funded foster care and adoption agencies to deny services to LGBT+ parents due to religious beliefs.
“Discriminatory laws in any part of our country send all of us several steps back,” said then-California attorney general Xavier Becerra as it was introduced. “That’s why when California said we would not tolerate discrimination against LGBTQ members of our community, we meant it.”