"It's no different than someone dressed up like a superhero at a comic convention or someone who puts on a Halloween costume"
The directive could have led to transgender youth being placed in foster care and their parents criminally charged with child abuse
According to reactions on social media, many felt it was about time that right-wing threats & intimidation were responded to in kind
It’s “effing bull poop,” one investigator wrote bluntly in an email to another employee days after the governor’s directive
“I transferred to another district this year because of the culture of fear you continue to create,” said one LGBTQ+ student
Gay Republicans who fought for acceptance within Texas GOP the past 3 decades told The Texas Tribune progress has been excruciatingly slow
The injunction bars DFPS from investigating these families based solely on allegations that they are providing gender affirming care
“The Texas Supreme Court said the AG’s opinion is not binding & that the AG should not be getting involved in these situations"
The Texas foster care system is overburdened. in crisis & placing more kids into it due to false accusations of child abuse will hurt everyone
"To be clear the Supreme Court has not directed Commissioner Masters & DFPS to continue investigating parents of trans youth for child abuse"
