At this point we all know
what happened on May 21, 2017 in what will forever known in Texas history as Discrimination Sunday.
The Texas House and Senate Republican majorities rammed through the unjust SB 2078 and HB 3859 to satisfy their oppressor genes and to satisfy their right wing pastors and base.
As the Rev. Dr Martin Luther King, Jr stated, "We must accept finite disappointment, but we must never lose infinite hope."
Yes, this was a loss, but it was only one battle in the long road we are traveling towards trans liberation and ultimate victory in World War T. The world is increasingly coming to the realization that trans rights are international human rights, but as usual, the conservative movement is on the wrong side of history.
Texas trans kids, know that this fight isn't over. I, your parents, your trans elders, our allies and all who love you will continue to fight to ensure that you have better quality lives than we did growing up, I have the infinite hope that we will in my remaining lifetime on this space rock emerge victorious and see Texas stop attacking your humanity and instead embrace it as we do.
I have the infinite hope this will happen because I see the determination in your and your parents eyes to make this a reality, and it inspires me to keep fighting.
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Texas is your state, too. It, the state seal, the Texas flag and our state capitol building in Austin are not the wholly owned subsidiaries of the Texas Republican Party. This diverse multicultural state will be blue again, and once that happens we will once again see common sense legislation coming from under the Pink Dome.
But we have a lot of work to do to get it to that point, and Discrimination Sunday made it clear what we must do starting today and in every election cycle at all levels of government in our state from now on is #FireTheTexasGOP.
If it takes some of us running for office to flush transphobia from Texas government, then that what's going to and must happen.
They messed with you, Texas trans kids. It's time for them to pay a political price for that, the same one that Debbie Riddle and Gilbert Pena did for sponsoring anti-trans legislation in the 2015 session.
They thought that attacking you would help them in their Texas GOP reelection campaigns, but both of them found themselves when this 85th Texas legislative session started in January out of office
Know beyond a shadow of a doubt Texas trans kids, you are loved, you are worth fighting for, and we will not rest until the Lone Star State realizes that the humanity and human rights of trans people are not a political wedge issue.
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