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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.
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Equality Texas joined GLAAD and the ACLU of Texas in warning of "unchecked" anti-LGBTQ+ legislation signed into law by Gov. Greg Abbott.
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From politics to education, these are some of the topics Arts Access will be reporting on this year.
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Our reporters at KERA did some amazing work. Here's the stories we believe are the most impactful of 2023.
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A children’s hospital in Seattle is suing the Texas Attorney General’s office over trans kids' medical files.
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The six-episode podcast explores Dallas’ Oak Lawn neighborhood through interviews, archives and more.
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Bob McCranie, a Dallas based real estate broker, created Flee Red States — a real estate service to help marginalized people in Texas find new welcoming homes.
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PEN America has tracked a nationwide growth of laws and bills that — since 2021 — have impinged on educational free speech rights. The organization says 2023 saw 22 state legislatures approve more than 100 bills it calls “educational gag orders.
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After Max Hightower scored a role in the seminal American musical, administrators changed their policy on performers’ gender. After backlash, the school board directed the school to produce the original version “Oklahoma!” — not a youth version that cut Hightower’s solo.