Anti gay laws in texas

Johnathan Gooch did a lot of wishful thinking throughout this legislative session. One such bill is Senate Billwhich will require insurance providers to cover any adverse consequences relating to gender-affirming healthcare, including procedures to reverse or recover from a gender transition. These procedures are uncommon: According to a studyabout 1 percent of trans people regret gender-affirming surgeries.

The bill may cause risk-averse health insurers to stop covering gender-affirming healthcare, Gooch said, making it more difficult for adults to access or afford. Abbott signed SB into law on May 24 and it will go into effect on September 1. Other bills, like House Billenact seemingly innocuous changes in legal language that could have devastating impacts.

Texas GOP's new platform calls gay people 'abnormal' and rejects trans identities

What are they allowed to do to force them not to be queer? Witt said going after public schools is the first way to change the overall mindset of a population. The final version, which passed over the weekend, also clarifies that school districts may not authorize or sponsor clubs based on sexual orientation or gender identity.

SB 13 would allow parents to access student library records and prevent their children from checking out certain books. SB 13 was approved by both chambers over the weekend. Witt said this bill could pose problems for trans Texans whose gender identity does not align with their biological sex and intersex Texans who do not fit into binary definitions of biological sex.

Senate Bill similarly relies on the idea of biological sex, requiring health agencies to create a new field in medical records for sex assigned at birth. Loon Star State. Political Intelligence. How small must their influence grow before House Democrats break with their collaborationist tradition? If the governor signs SB 3 into law, thousands of jobs and billions in revenue could soon disappear.

Skip to content Johnathan Gooch did a lot of wishful thinking throughout this legislative session.