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National LGBTQ+ organization PFLAG won a temporary injunction blocking Texas from demanding information on trans kids.
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Northwest ISD parents and the school board president defended the middle school teacher whose home and campus were sent hoax bomb threats last week after a post on Libs of TikTok. Meanwhile in Lewisville ISD, speakers once again spoke in support of a teacher targeted for wearing a dress at school.
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Hoax bomb threats against a teacher at home and the Northwest Independent School District campus she works at led to investigations this week by local and federal authorities. The school district was closed for spring break, so officials suspect the perpetrator was not local.
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Hebron High School chemistry teacher Rachmad Tjachyadi has resigned, saying the negativity from outside Lewisville ISD took a toll. A review by the district found Tjachyadi didn’t violate any policies when he wore a dress to the school’s Spirit Day.
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When Keller ISD closed the curtain on Timber Creek High School’s performance of “The Laramie Project” students brought their concerns to the board.
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Protesters say Rachmad Tjachyadi was not only open to all and effective in the classroom, he sponsored the school’s gay-straight alliance. They accused administrators of human rights violations.
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Paxton, a Republican who has worked for years to block gender-affirming care for minors, has begun targeting out-of-state clinics and organizations that work with transgender youth.
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Lou Anne Mauldin and Carol Hafer, librarians for Broadway Baptist Church, remember feeling shocked to learn that a book they ordered for the church had a previous life at a Massachusetts high school.
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It’s been two years since Texas implemented new health education standards for students, but advocates say the opt-in instruction still isn’t comprehensive.
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University of North Texas legal counsel recently advised the campus libraries to suspend planned events for Pride Week, according to an email sent to library staff last week. The events are the latest casualty of a ban Texas lawmakers handed down to eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, programs and recruiting documents in Texas public colleges.
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Advocates argue today in front of the Supreme Court of Texas that the state's gender-affirming care ban violates the Texas Constitution.
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Student employees say university officials told them they would find a way to maintain the LGBTQ+ program under a new anti-DEI state law, but removed it entirely at the last minute.