March 2024 Primary Election Endorsements for Travis County Residents

Our choices for local, state, and national races

"...Greg Abbott’s aggressive border tactics. He also emphasizes “real religious freedom,” writing that, “some Republicans go so far as..."

Feb. 16, 2024 News Feature by The Chronicle Editorial Board

Greg Abbott Casually Spreads Misinformation About Leander ISD

Texas governor attacks LISD, claims to value Constitution

"...against their policies of maintaining neutrality on political or religious issues,” Abbott wrote, apparently basing his complaint on an..."

Sept. 18, 2023 News Post by Brant Bingamon

Sliding Toward Gomorrah

"...“Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious People. It is wholly inadequate to the government of..."

Jan. 22, 2020 Postmarks

Qmmunity: The Queer Stories That Made 2019

Looking back, enjoying gelato, and the return of Middle School Dance Party

"...fried food for GOP Chick-fil-A loyalists who pushed the religious freedom bill to protect homo/transphobic businesses forward until it..."

Dec. 20, 2019 Column by Sarah Marloff

Austin City Council Proclaims Oct. 26 Intersex Awareness Day

Activist Alicia Roth Weigel discusses intersex rights, says I eXYst

"...The Trump administration’s plan to change federal civil rights laws to define sex “as either male or female, unchangeable,..."

Oct. 18, 2019 Qmmunity Post by Alicia Roth Weigel

Qmmunity: Less Space, More Hate

Plus events to queer tech and fundraiser for QueerBomb's 10th anniversary

"...sections" of SB 15, Creighton continues to target local laws that currently protect LGBTQ workers in cities such as..."

April 5, 2019 Column by Sarah Marloff

Religious Refusal Bill Prepped to Grant Texans License to Discriminate

"Sincerely held" nonsense at the Senate

"...the Senate Committee on State Affairs sent a sweeping religious refusal bill to the full Senate Monday evening, March..."

March 29, 2019 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Point Austin: Whoop, Whoop, Hooray!

When legislators sneeze, Texans catch colds – or worse

"...Texas legislators love to play doctor – similarly nonsensical laws mandate misinformation to pregnant women about abortion ("In Texas,..."

March 29, 2019 News Column by Michael King

Sweeping Religious Freedom Bill Heads to Senate

The Senate State Affairs Committee approves a license to discriminate

"...whimper, the Senate State Affairs Committee sent a sweeping religious refusal bill to the full Senate Monday evening, March..."

March 26, 2019 News Post by Sarah Marloff

Texas Reproductive Health Advocates Lay Out Legislative Agenda

“Trust. Respect. Access.” campaign combines progressive forces

"...ACLU of Texas, the Lilith Fund, and the Texas Freedom Network – hopes to undo damage caused by conservative..."

March 6, 2019 News Post by Mary Tuma

Lege Lines: A Win for Brewers, a Scam for Paxtons, and More

This bill's for you

"...It's Heartbeat Time: Far-right Freedom Caucus member Rep. Briscoe Cain, R-Deer Park, has filed..."

Feb. 22, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Qmmunity

Lewkin' at the Lege

"...State representative Bill Zedler (R-Arlington) has filed a sweeping religious refusal bill seeking to put in place protections for..."

Feb. 1, 2019 Column by Sarah Marloff

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of the Upcoming Legislative Session

Lawmakers set to tackle immigration, education, legalization, transportation, and more

"...House gallery to oppose one of the harshest anti-immigrant laws in the country, Senate Bill 4. "I called ICE..."

Dec. 14, 2018 News Feature by the News Staff

Qmmunity

Voting while queer

"...community – from bathroom bills and military bans to religious freedom laws. Whether you believe in voting, or think..."

Sept. 21, 2018 Column by Sarah Marloff

A Letter From Guest Editor Ethan Hawke

Blaze director on why it’s time for us all to act like grownups and demand integrity from our elected officials

"...last, in First Reformed, I play Reverend Toller, a religious man consumed by a blistering spiritual crisis. Having lost..."

Aug. 17, 2018 Features Feature by Ethan Hawke

State's LGBTQ Stance May Quash Hopes for Amazon HQ

At least according to company shareholder William S. Smith

"...the state of Texas is well-known to have anti-LGBTQ laws on its books. Just last year, the state Legislature..."

June 1, 2018 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Deep Divisions in Texas' Powerful Anti-Choice Movement

Battle reflects Lege’s growing extremism

"...Texas, TRL often assumes credit for the state's major laws restricting abortion. A boycott from the TCCB represents a..."

April 6, 2018 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Protecting the LGBTQ Community When the State Attacks

From the bathroom bill to marriage equality, can Austin fight back?

"...Bill 3859 goes into effect Sept. 1. The wide-reaching religious liberties law, which makes it legal for child welfare..."

Aug. 25, 2017 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

The State of Trans Health Care

Gender affirming care in Austin is improving. But by how much? And how far must it still go?

"...Birdwell, and Bryan Hughes co-filed Senate Bill 651, a "religious freedom" law that would allow professionals in more than..."

April 14, 2017 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Undocumented, Unafraid

Balancing fear and power in the wake of ICE arrests

"...day. I felt terrified and helpless. I'm not a religious person, but right then I started praying."..."

March 10, 2017 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Gay Place

Turning a trash pile into something beautiful

"...shitstorms. So as immigration bans and bathroom bills and religious freedom laws loom over our city, state, and country..."

Feb. 24, 2017 Column by Sarah Marloff

Ted Cruz Refuses to Endorse Donald Trump

Texas senator tosses matches (and himself) on RNC dumpster fire

"...Republican party: ending slavery (historically accurate), repealing Jim Crow laws (urm … ), putting humans on the Moon (wasn't..."

July 21, 2016 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Paxton Stacks AG’s Office With Anti-LGBT Culture Warriors

AG hires opponents of church-state separation

"...itself as a “nonprofit legal group dedicated to defending religious liberty” in schools, the military, and throughout the public..."

April 12, 2016 News Post by Mary Tuma

Senators Hold Meeting to Reaffirm Anti-LGBT Discrimination

State Affairs Committee hearing used as anti-LGBT soapbox

"...Texas Senate Committee convened on Wednesday morning to examine “religious liberty protections” and the relationship between local ordinances and..."

Feb. 17, 2016 News Post by Mary Tuma

Roe's End?

After nearly three years of fighting, Texas reproductive rights advocates will get their day at the U.S. Supreme Court

"...increasingly independent, and she too could finally experience more freedom...."

Jan. 29, 2016 News Feature by Mary Tuma

News Roundup: Tragedies and Textbooks

Another officer-involved shooting; Waco shootout update

"...slavery and segregation while propping up biblical principles and religious influences on the nation’s founding. For instance, "states' right"..."

July 13, 2015 News Post by the News Staff

Republicans Swap Marriage Ban for Angry Letter

Political cover after failure of gay marriage bill

"...Yesterday, Senate Bill 2065, the Texas version of Indiana's "religious freedom bill" (see Bill of the Week, May 8)..."

May 15, 2015 News Post by Richard Whittaker

News Roundup: No Fun

Lege goes anti-LGBT; Council debates noms; fests could get curfews

"...• Before you applaud the Texas Legislature for advancing..."

May 11, 2015 News Post by the News Staff

Bill of the Week: Senate Bill 2065

Anti-LGBT "religious freedom" laws piling up at the Lege

"...Estes' SB 2065 contains strains of the infamous Indiana "religious freedom" law – it would allow religious organizations and..."

May 8, 2015 News Column by Mary Tuma

Lege Lines

Lege makes an anti-city push, nixes a bill limiting police filming, the Senate passes its budget, and more...

"...[his] viewpoint" because trying to shift White's deeply held religious beliefs would be a "waste of time." Well, maybe..."

April 17, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

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