A Republican lawmaker's bill would prevent Texas school districts from celebrating LGBTQ pride.
Texas lawmakers have filed more than 100 anti-LGBTQ bills, according to the statewide group Equality Texas. One of the measures drew pushback from Democrats, students and educators Tuesday.
Ultimately, this bill would ban schools from celebrating LGBTQ+ pride events. But King refused to acknowledge that during the hearing while he faced questions from Austin-area Democrats. Hinojosa criticized the legislation and noted that the goal of pride events is to help all students feel included. Austin ISD wrapped up its own Pride Week on March 25.
A number of people joined Talarico and Hinojosa in expressing concerns about the bill, its intent and its impact during public testimony. Among them was Dr. Maria Rivera, the managing director of student wellness at KIPP Texas, a charter school network. She said the language in HB 1507 is vague and the enforcement mechanism is unclear.
"The truth is that there is nothing inherently sexual about pride celebrations or LGBTQ+ identity," she said.
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