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The Assault on Black Transgender Women is No Accident
By Carmarion D. Anderson, Sr. Minister
Texas Legislative Scorecards: See Where These Candidates Stand
We asked candidates running for State Representative in House Districts 115, 113, 104, and 47 about their positions on 13 key pieces of legislation affecting civil rights and civil liberties in our state. We then studied the results to determine which candidates were supportive of ACLU of Texas priorities. The scores below reflect how current state lawmakers voted during the 2017 legislative session. For challengers, the scores indicate how they would have voted, as indicated in their responses to our candidate questionnaire. Here are the bills we analyzed in each section. Click the header to find out more about each category:
By Brad Pritchett
Before you vote, see how these lawmakers voted on LGBTQ Equality
2017 was a dark time for LGBTQ Texans. During the 85th Texas legislative session, lawmakers filed some 25 anti-LGBTQ bills that either permitted or in some cases mandated discrimination against members of the LGBTQ community.
By Rebecca Marques
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