Texas Rep. Bryan Slaton resigned from office Monday, two days after an investigation committee determined he violated multiple rules by providing alcohol to and having sexual intercourse with a 19-year-old member of his staff. Slaton,
Transgender Texans of all ages could have their access to transition-related medical treatments severely limited — or effectively ended — under a bill the Texas Senate preliminary approved Tuesday.
Ballerini was joined by four Drag Race fan favorites — Season 3’s Manila Luzon, Season 7’s Kennedy Davenport, Season 12’s Jan, and Season 13’s Olivia Lux — for a fun, campy, picket-fenced performance of her recent hit single “If You Go Down (I’m Goin’ Down Too),” complete with the queens dressed in retro desperate-housewives eleganza.
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A federal judge in Texas ruled that at least 12 books removed from public libraries by Llano County officials, many because of their LGBTQ+ and racial content, must be placed back onto shelves within 24 hours.
The Texas Senate has advanced bills restricting certain drag shows. During the last week’s committee hearing, dozens of drag performers and their allies testified against these bills, outnumbering the bills’ supporters. Opponents of the legislation also said the Republican-led efforts to criminalize certain drag performances were attacks on Texans’ First Amendment rights, while others said the legislation took away Texas parents’ rights to decide what content or culture their children are exposed to.
The global divide on homosexuality persists. Despite major changes in laws and norms surrounding the issue of same-sex marriage and the rights of LGBTQ+ people around the world, public opinion on the acceptance of homosexuality in society remains sharply divided by country, region, and economic development.
The contestants of RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 15 are confronting anti-drag hate in the show’s latest episode. Last week, the queens performed in a Wigloose Rusical, a reimagined version of Footloose where a local teacher is attempting to ban drag, as the queens opened up about their fears of new laws. As the queens prepared their makeup for the Wigloose Rusical, they discussed their fears about doing drag given the onset of anti-drag hysteria around the country.
Antoni Porowski from Queer Eye, actor and model Indya Moore, former state representative Brian Sims, and entrepreneur and wealth management expert Kelly Ann Winget will all be on hand for the event taking place September 22-24 at Gilley’s in Dallas, Texas.
Houston-area state Rep. Steve Toth has filed HB 4378 where he seeks to define a cause of action for drag performances performed in the presence of a minor. According to the bill, “An individual who attends a drag performance as a minor may bring an action against a person who knowingly promotes, conducts, or participates as a performer in the drag performance that occurs before an audience that includes the minor.”
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