“We protect children against lots of things. We don’t let them smoke. We don’t let them drink. We don’t let them buy lottery cards,' said State Sen. Bob Hall.
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But Republicans are plowing ahead with their new culture war narrative that all trans people pose a threat to kids. The morning after the Texas vote, seemingly right on cue, Sen. Ted Cruz popped into a Fox News interview to help with the PR push, disingenuously demanding an “investigation” into Bud Light’sMeanwhile, the Texas bill has already drawn a potential legal challenge.
“We will be filing a lawsuit to protect transgender youth in Texas from being stripped of access to health care that keeps them healthy and alive,” the organizations said in a joint statement to media on Thursday.
The LGBTQ-rights coalition says having access to gender-affirming care—whether that’s hormones or social transitioning like being allowed to grow their hair or use a new name—just allows kids and teens to succeed and live authentically. “We will defend the rights of transgender youth in court, just as we have done in other states engaging in this anti-science and discriminatory fear-mongering,” they said.
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