“You will no longer succeed in dehumanizing our community for your political gain. It’s over.”
– Sam Smoot of Equality Texas, on the Texas House’s recently formed LGBTQ Caucus and the message it sends to anti-LGBTQ politicians. More online.
This article appears in February 8 • 2019.
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