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[Equality Texas @EqualityTexas]

With the increase of anti-LGBTQ+ extremist protestors showing up to events plus this year’s legislative session, you might have second thoughts about attending public pride events. It can feel particularly vulnerable to be loud and proud right now. PRIDE SAFETY, A THREAD🧵

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[Brigitte Bandit💖 @BrigitteBandit]

I was pulled from a Pride panel because my bio says I’m a drag queen and they were more concerned about losing sponsors than allowing me to speak, despite saying they valued my presence to destigmatize queerness in their original invitation. choosing to remain silent also harms.

[Bee Moorhead @BeeMoorhead]

Wow so #txlege House is going with literal attack dogs as they prepare to cut off healthcare for children? #SB14

[Chloe @the_chlozer]

So many elected officials fall short of the ideals we were sold in grade school. Gene Wu is the kind of rep we believed in as children and the kind of rep we all deserve.
Thank you thank you @GeneforTexas for standing up for all Texans 💖 💖💖
#RepresentationMatters

[Gene Wu @GeneforTexas]

I hate bullies… Today, I spoke out against the final passage of #SB14. We will not stop fighting for Texas children & their families.

All Texas families. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Portions of my #txlege remarks:

[TENT @TransTexas]

Earlier today, trans youth protested the passage of S.B. 14 by dropping a banner that read “DEFEND TRANS KIDS”

They then got criminal trespass warnings & have been banned from the Texas Capitol for a year.

They can’t stop trans youth from fighting for their rights! Solidarity✊🏼

[Chloe @the_chlozer]

@SalmanBhojaniTX We appreciate you so very much 🩷

[Chloe @the_chlozer]

Not everything sucked today

[Bowers For Texas @BowersForTexas]

The Texas CROWN ACT HAS PASSED the Texas House and Texas Senate, we now await the Governor’s signature, for it to be signed into law! I’d like to thank everyone for your support and work toward this Herculean effort! It took all of us and we can say now, “We did it, together!

[James Barragán 🌟 @James_Barragan]

“It’s no surprise that the man obsessed with children’s bodies — especially transgender kids — is a predator... He’s been calling my community ‘perverts’ & ‘groomers’ for years when it turns out he should’ve invested in a good mirror.” @jessicafortexas
https://t.co/g3mGQTjz2u

[Ashton P. Woods @AshtonPWoods]

My Black Gay, Trans supporting ass will primary you. One thing I cannot stand is a closet conservative in Democratic clothing. The nerve of hiding behind scripture to justify your hate for Trans people. Had the nerve to post my big sis Monica Roberts on your page when she died.

[Chloe @the_chlozer]

@ShawnieT146 Sorry I couldn’t hear you over the crocodile tears 🤡

[Chloe @the_chlozer]

Not @ShawnieT146 getting up there to cry about herself and regurgitate hate groups’ talking points��� “I did a lot of research” where, Facebook???

[Equality Texas @EqualityTexas]

.@ShawnieT146 campaigned on being an ally to LGBTQ+ communities. Yet, she has supported a book ban that would disproportionately harm queer kids, educators and authors. And now she is supporting a bill that would rob trans kids of life-saving care.

[Chloe @the_chlozer]

@ATXPOA “…simply stand by while this city” reflects the will of the governed? Uh yah, babes, you will

[Brad Pritchett @bradpritchett]

There was a spectacle at the Capitol yesterday, but it wasn't because of LGBTQ+ people. It was because of leadership militarizing our Capitol and instructing them to be brutal and violent toward queer people. They are the spectacle, not us. #txlege

[ACLU of Texas @ACLUTx]

Hundreds of Texans came to the State Capitol today to oppose a bill banning essential health care for trans youth — and were met with violence and arrests.

We and our partners are deeply disturbed.

These attacks on trans youth and the many Texans who support them must stop.

[Alycia Castillo @alycia_castillo]

The way trans protesters were treated at #txlege today is such a harrowing illustration of the broader extremism at hand. Cops violently attacked the most loving & gentle person I know, Republicans are attacking literal children who just want a chance to grow up. This is tyranny.

[Rebecca Marques @_RebeccaMarques]

There has never been a speaker more out of their league than @DadePhelan.
#txlege

[TENT @TransTexas]

HAPPENING NOW:

Parents of trans kids came from across Texas to speak with Speaker @DadePhelan. They locked the doors on them.

Parents have been trying to speak to him for months and we won't stop trying to day. We're fighting for our trans kids and nobody is going to stop us!

[Equality Texas @EqualityTexas]

🚨 Our Community Engagement & Advocacy Manager Sofia was forcibly REMOVED and BANNED from the State Capitol for an entire YEAR for displaying a banner of support for trans kids in the rotunda during our rally against SB 14.

#txlege