Talarico’s comments on Fox News came in contrast to positions he took in the Texas House opposing GOP restrictions on trans student-athletes.
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State Government
Texas Children’s Hospital’s detransition clinic to launch this year, will include mental health and endocrinology services
The Houston hospital must set up the facility within 90 days of signing a settlement agreement with the Texas attorney general and and create a list of potential gender affirming patients, according to a document obtained by The Texas Tribune.
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Health care
Texas ban on transgender care for minors has compromised treatment for others in El Paso
After one of El Paso’s only pediatric endocrinologists was accused of illegally providing gender-transitioning treatments to kids, his patients who aren’t transgender lost care.
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State Government
Paxton targets Austin ISD in what appears to be Texas’ first enforcement of the “bathroom bill”
The complaint was filed via a state tip line alleging an Austin High School student used a bathroom not aligned with their sex at birth, according to the attorney general.
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Health care
Texas law bans state-licensed mental health providers from giving gender-transitioning care to minors, AG Ken Paxton says
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued an opinion that says that a 2023 law that bans gender-transitioning medical care to minors also applies to mental health care.
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Health care
Texans born without traditional sex traits worry new law will force them to choose a gender they don’t identify with
Intersex Texans fear House Bill 229, which defines gender based on the reproductive system, could increase surgeries on intersex children and create challenges to obtaining sex changes on government documents.
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Transgender Texans
Ken Paxton’s office launches tip line to encourage enforcement of Texas’ “bathroom bill”
The attorney general’s complaint form is the latest effort to enforce new state restrictions on which restrooms transgender people can use in public buildings.
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LGBTQ+ Texans
Enforcement of Texas’ “bathroom bill” draws challenges as colleges, cities implement new policies
In its first week, one group’s test of the new restrictions was met with ID checks at women’s restrooms at the Capitol while the Austin City Council moved to circumvent the law’s intent.
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2025 Legislative Recap
Texas is restricting the bathrooms trans people can use in government buildings. Here’s how the law works.
The “bathroom bill” doesn’t provide guidance for how government agencies, schools and universities should ensure people use facilities matching their sex assigned at birth.
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Public Education
How Texas’ law banning DEI, LGBTQ+ topics in K-12 schools could fare in court
Cases challenging Florida and federal policies provide a glimpse into the possible outcome for the Texas case. It is scheduled for a court hearing in Houston on Dec. 10.
