News from Assigned Media: Odessa Texas “has now declared the [bathroom bounty] ordinance unenforceable, a step taken after voters ousted the council members and mayor who had pushed it through.”
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The Crisis for Transgender Texans: A Heartbreaking Reality
3 OctIt doesn’t seem possible, but it is true. Being trans in Texas is likely about to get even worse.
Continue readingTexas Blocks Gender Marker Change on Birth Certificate
1 SepI predicted that Texas would block gender change on birth certificates a few days ago. On 27-August, the news broke that they were no longer accepting court orders for drivers license gender change.
Continue readingTexas Blocks Gender Change on Driver License
27 AugAbout a week ago, it came to my attention that the Attorney General of Texas has ordered the Department of Public Safety to stop accepting court orders for gender marker change on a drivers license. I first saw the linked report from Erin Reed on her substack on 22-August-2024.
Continue readingAnother year in the books
10 JulThis past Monday was my birthday. I turned 66 years old.
Continue readingPolice to drop off undocumented immigrants at Congressional Offices? Only in Texas.
24 FebThat’s right. A state legislator in Texas has introduced a bill to instruct law enforcement to turn over custody of undocumented immigrants (“illegal aliens”) to members of Congress. (ht ThinkProgress). Continue reading
More Republican hypocrisy
10 Oct… Although Bill Flores, a retired Bryan energy executive, has said all creditors were fully repaid with interest, court records show otherwise. The 1992 bankruptcy allowed Marine Rig 200 Inc. to repay just $3 million of $10.5 million owed to the U.S. Maritime Administration, which held the mortgage on a drilling rig the company owned. …
This from a man who “insists that private companies shouldn’t rely on the government for subsidies or financing.”
This is good country music!
1 Oct
Can you tell I’m from Texas? Nothing better than Gary P. Nunn and Jerry Jeff Walker when I’m feeling low!
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When Politicians Set Curriculum Standards …
15 MayEveryone loses when politicians set the curriculm standards, especially when those politicians are far right wing ideologues from deep East Texas. And when I say everyone, I don’t just mean everyone in Texas. Continue reading
An Aging Trans Woman 