Texas city declares Trans+ History Week in historic first

One of Texas’s largest cities has formally recognized transgender history for the first time.

The San Antonio City Council approved a resolution recognizing this week, May 4 through 10, as Trans+ History Week.

“At a moment when both our state and country are systematically trying to push trans people out of public life, erase our stories, and outright deny our existence, this proclamation…

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Cities in Texas and Florida install new rainbow walkways as Republicans crack down on Pride crosswalks

City leaders in San Antonio plans will unveil new rainbow sidewalks as part of a Pride celebration this week. The act comes even as Texas cracks down on other decorated walkways across the Lone Star State.

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The sidewalks will be unveiled in San Antonio’s Pride Cultural Heritage District,…

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Arrested for repainting erased Dallas Pride crosswalks, Texas man says he’d do it again

A Texas man was arrested Tuesday after using chalk and spray paint to reapply rainbow patterns to Dallas crosswalks where they had been removed.

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Dallas city crews began removing street art honoring LGBTQ+ Pride and the Black Lives Matter movement this week, in compliance with a state…

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Dallas destroys rainbow crosswalks under Texas mandate

Early Monday morning, responding to a demand from the Texas Department of Transportation, crews showed up at a busy intersection in Dallas and got to work.

At Cedar Springs Road and Oak Lawn Avenue, in the heart of the city’s LGBTQ+ district, they began washing away the rainbow crosswalks. Within hours, the color that had marked the neighborhood for years was fading into standard white…

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Texas A&M fired a professor for teaching about gender identity. Now, she's suing

The Texas A&M professor who was fired for teaching about gender identity has filed a lawsuit against the university, accusing officials of violating her First Amendment rights.

Melissa McCoul went viral last summer when a student in her literature class objected to her correct statement that there are more than two genders, resulting in her being fired and dean of the College of Arts and…

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