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Apr 24 β€’ 10 tweets β€’ 9 min read Twitter logo Read on Twitter
1/ Short 🧡 on anti-#drag efforts in Texas:

The Senate passed a bill this month that is pitched as a way to protect kids from explicit drag shows.

But legal experts said it would criminalize everything from dirty dancing to #LGBTQ Pride parades.
dallasnews.com/news/politics/… #txlege
2/ The lawyers identified 4 areas of concern: The bill includes vague descriptions of new crimes, specifically targets people β€œexhibiting” as the opposite sex, is overly broad in its definitions of β€œsexually oriented” and lacks discussion of an alleged scofflaw's intent. #txlege
3/ How could this suss out in the real world?

The bill criminalizes "real or simulated" groping of the butt, which the lawyers said could land performers and venues in hot water if dancing crosses is "prurient" content and is in front of a minor.
dallasnews.com/news/politics/… #txlege
4/ The bill also criminalizes "exhibition" of a sex toy, if done in a prurient way.

The lawyers warned bachelorette parties could get into trouble if they wear dildo hats in public and a kid may be around bc the bill doesn't define "performer."
dallasnews.com/news/politics/… #txlege
5/ What does "prurient" mean anyway? It's not defined in the bill.

The lawyers said this is problematic because enforcement of the bill's moral standards would be up to local law enforcement officials.

"Think of rural Texas vs. Austin," one said. #txlege
6/ Finally, unlike other criminal statutes, there is no discussion of intent in the anti-drag bill.

So even if the alleged lawbreaker had no intention to do so, they could be charged anyway. This could lead to legal challenges against the bill.
dallasnews.com/news/politics/… #txlege
7/ The lawyers also questioned the constitutionality of the bill because it still specifically targets #drag performers, or anyone else "exhibiting" as the opposite sex thru makeup, clothing, etc.

They said that behavior is protected expression.
dallasnews.com/news/politics/… #txlege
8/ Read the full legal analysis of the anti-#drag bill here.

The legislation, a priority of Lt. Gov. @DanPatrick, was passed earlier this month. It now awaits further debate in the Texas House.

dallasnews.com/news/politics/… #txlege #SB12 #LGBTQ #LGBT #dragqueen
9/ This story is behind a paywall.

To subscribe to the @dallasnews and support other work like this in-depth analysis of legislation that could affect your life, click here: join.dallasnews.com

Read all my work here: dallasnews.com/author/lauren-…

#txlege
@dallasnews 10/10 Here's a quicker version of this analysis.

@MileyCyrus. Bachelorette parties. #LGBTQ #Pride parades. What do these things have in common?

They all could be penalized under an anti-#drag bill the Texas Senate passed this month.
dallasnews.com/news/politics/… #txlege #LGBT #SB12

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Apr 25
Up now in Texas Senate: #SB1029 which would prohibit public $ for "provision or administration" of gender-affirming care for all ages of patients.

Would also make insurers "strictly liable" to pay for detransitions, and make it easier to sue doctors for malpractice. #txlege
Sen @NathanForTexas asks: "If a patient comes in and requests a procedure, and the physician provides the procedure and does so competently, that physician is nevertheless liable to that patient for anything that follows that procedure?"

@SenBobHall: "That's it." #txlege
@NathanForTexas @SenBobHall Sen @sarah_eckhardt asks if an adult gets gender modification surgery then can tell the doctor who provided it: "Now you must pay for all of my subsequent treatment for the rest of my life?"

Hall: "Related to the surgery." #txlege #SB1029 #LGBTQ
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Apr 6
🧡1/ County jails have A/C. Animal shelters too.

But Texas doesn't require its prisons to have climate control.

In the past, the state hasn't kept indoor heat logs.

We @dallasnews obtained new data that exposes conditions behind bars.
dallasnews.com/news/politics/… #txlege #FOIA
The News obtained the indoor temperature logs at all Texas prisons, which the state only recently required them to begin keeping, through a public info request and analyzed them.

The data show indoor temperatures in 15 state-run lockups exceeded 100 degrees last summer. #txlege A heat map shows the thirte...
3/ The temperature topped 99.4 degrees where inmates are housed inside the state-run jail in Dallas County, the data show.

The Stevenson Unit near Cuero was the hottest; temperatures there exceeded 95 degrees two out of three days last summer. dallasnews.com/news/politics/… #txlege A line graph shows the temp...
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Apr 5
Senate Bill 12 gets FINAL PASSAGE in the Texas Senate by vote of 20-11. It would criminalize drag shows or any other performances deemed overtly sexual if they're in front of or may be in front of minors.

Background: dallasnews.com/news/politics/… #TXLege #SB12 #LGBT #LGBTQ #dragqueen
Senate Bill 1601, which would bar public money from libraries that host #drag shows, is up for final passage in the Texas Senate.

@SenRoyceWest, the only Democrat who voted for it yesterday, is asking Qs of the author. #txlege #SB1601
@SenRoyceWest West asks one question: Would the drag queen library bill apply to men wearing kilts in libraries?

@SenBryanHughes says no.

West asks no further questions. #txlege #SB1601
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Apr 4
HAPPENING NOW: Senate takes up debate on bill to restrict, and at times criminalize, drag shows in Texas.

Background: dallasnews.com/news/politics/… #txlege #LGBTQ #LGBT #SB12
Bill author @SenBryanHughes says his legislation is just about protecting children from "sexually explicit performances."

But, his bill would also make it a crime for a man presenting as a woman (and vice versa) to perform a "prurient" event "on public property."

#txlege #SB12
@SenBryanHughes Drag performers and their supporters have come to watch this debate. They are in the gallery.

#txlege #SB12
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Apr 4
Senate Bill 14, the ban on medical treatments for transgender minors, is up for final passage in the Texas Senate.

Background here: dallasnews.com/news/politics/… #txlege #LGBT #LGBTQ
Bill author @DonnaCampbellTX repeats her opening statement for this bill: "Children who are on puberty blockers and cross sex hormones need more counseling in love. They don't need blades and drugs."

#txlege #SB14 #LGBTQ #LGBTQ #trans #transgender
@DonnaCampbellTX Sen. @Menendez4Texas is speaking on the gender-affirming care ban bill now:

"I believe Senator Campbell when she says she wants to protect children but I don't think she realizes the potential harm the very real harm" of the bill.

#txlege #SB14 #trans #transgender #LGBTQ
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Apr 3
HAPPENING NOW: The Texas Senate is debating #SB14, which would ban certain medical treatments for transgender minors.

Last week it was amended to exempt current patients from the ban. Looks now that @DonnaCampbellTX is stripping that amendment. dallasnews.com/news/politics/…

#txlege
@DonnaCampbellTX "The amendment was not discussed in committee, and there were so many questions that have been brought up since the amendment was put on that, out of respect for the body, we're going to just take it down," Campbell says.

@Menendez4Texas is balking at this change. #txlege #SB14
@DonnaCampbellTX @Menendez4Texas Menendez points out that no senators objected to amending this bill that week to exempt transgender minors currently receiving care from the ban.

Campbell said "so many questions" had been raised since she offered the amendment. "It was a surprise amendment to the body." #txlege
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