#lawrencevtexas — Public Fediverse posts

The Texas House has passed a bill to repeal the state’s law banning “homosexual conduct.” The measure faces steep odds against passage in the Senate, even though the original 1973 law has been unenforceable for more than 20 years.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/lgbtq/2025/05/16/521652/texas-house-votes-to-repeal-states-ban-on-consensual-sex-between-same-sex-adults/

#CivilRights #LGBTQ #National #News #Politics #SupremeCourt #Texas #2025TexasLegislature #89thTexasLegislature #ConsensualSex #LawrenceVTexas #USConstitution

10 reasons to #celebrate the #20thAnniversary of the #SupremeCourt’s #LawrenceVTexas #decision

It has only been 20 years since #homosexuality was #legal throughout the #UnitedStates

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2023/06/10-reasons-to-celebrate-the-20th-anniversary-of-the-supreme-courts-lawrence-v-texas-decision/

20 years after a #breakthrough #Texas #case #LawrenceVTexas launched a new #era of #gayrights, #trans #people are still in the #fight

The #US #SupremeCourt paved the way for major #civilrights #victories for #queer #Americans in the 2003 decision that #decriminalized #homosexuality. But #progress for #LGBTQ people has been uneven.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Texas #Politics #Progress

https://www.texastribune.org/2023/06/26/lawrence-v-texas-lgbtq-rights/