Trans Texans and our allies now know what unjust bill numbers we have to fight when the Texas GOP Special Oppression Session cranks up July 18.
Rep. Ron Simmons (R-Carrollton) filed on yesterday two unjust trans oppressive bills aimed at Texas trans children and Texas trans adults,
HB 46 and
HB 50
HB 46 is aimed at Texas trans adults, and would prohibit all political subdivisions, including municipalities, school districts, state colleges and universities from adopting and enforcing any ordinances or policies that protect transgender people in bathrooms or changing facilities.
HB 50 is aimed at Texas trans kids. It is similar to the odious HB 46, but focuses on school districts by prohibiting them from adopting and enforcing policies that protect transgender students in batrooms or changing facilities.
Simmons was the author of the failed HB 2899 that Gov Greg Abbott (R) liked but died in the House State Affairs committee during the regular session.
Hundreds of trans Texans (including this blogger) and our allies showed up in Austin to express our disgust and outrage over this attempt to criminalize the lives of transgender Texans.
Guess Ron and the Texas Republican Party didn't learn their lesson from the recently concluded regular session that the vast majority of Texans oppose their unjust right wing crap.
We'll also be watching SB 23, a bill proposed and filed yesterday by Sen. Bob Hall (R-Edgewood) that would prohibit cities, counties and other political subdivisions from passing non discriminations laws on a basis not written in state law, and wipe out the already existing non discrimination laws in Austin, Dallas, El Paso, Fort Worth, Plano and San Antonio.
What is it about you conservafools and your obsession with oppressing people you don't like?
Looks like we'll be busy fighting oppression for the 30 days of this upcoming Special Oppression session, so you know what to do.
Light those phones up in their offices and don't relent until all those unjust bills are dead.
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