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Texas Pushes LGBTQ+ School Club Ban as Pride Month Kicks Off
- Texas lawmakers passed Senate Bill 12 on June 1, 2025, banning public schools from sponsoring LGBTQ+ student clubs statewide.
- The bill, known as the Parental Bill of Rights, seeks to enhance parental authority over school clubs and prohibits teaching or programming related to topics about sexual identity and gender expression.
- Democratic legislators criticized the bill as harmful to children’s dignity and warned it could worsen bullying, while Republicans emphasized protecting parental rights and called the clubs inappropriate.
- The final House vote was 77-40 along party lines after a nearly two-hour emotional debate, and the bill now awaits Governor Abbott’s expected signature to take effect September 1, 2025.
- The law marks a significant escalation in Texas’s campaign against LGBTQ+ inclusion in schools, joining other Republican-led states with similar restrictions amid ongoing cultural and political division.
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Here Are the New Anti-LGBTQ Bills Texas Passed into Law
Johnathan Gooch did a lot of wishful thinking throughout this legislative session. Most recently, he’s been wishing for soundproof walls. “The worst thing about being queer in Texas right now is having neighbors, because I just want to scream all the time,” said Gooch, the communications director for Equality Texas, an LGBTQ+ rights advocacy group. This session, the group identified and tracked over 200 anti-LGTBQ+ bills, more than any other …
Texas Legislature Bans LGBT Student Clubs in K-12 Schools, Violating the Constitution and Federal Law
On Saturday, the Texas legislature gave final approval to Senate Bill 12, an expansion of Texas' anti-DEI policy for public and charter schools that supporters have hailed as a "Bill of Parental Rights." Among many controversial provisions, the bill contains an especially legally dubious one that categorically bans certain student clubs that legislators disapprove. After noting that a public or charter school may in general "authorize or sponso…
Texas Just BANNED This from Classrooms — Parents Are Cheering!
Today, Sara breaks down the new Texas Parental Rights in Education Bill heading to the governor’s desk. Did you know sex clubs were a THING in Texas schools?? Not anymore! Texas is one step closer to completely eliminating radical gender ideology from the state. Do you agree with this new bill?? What would you add […] The post Texas Just BANNED This from Classrooms — Parents Are Cheering! appeared first on Texas Scorecard.
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