Did you know that Germany legalized Same-sex Marriage in autumn 2017? Well, those of you, who’ve already seen all of them or simply want to know how the international LGBT community is celebrating their gay pride demonstrations, should have a look at our European neighbors. Gay Travelers! Check your weekend holiday schedule and get ready for a Pride Trip to join the gay, lesbian, transgender, and queer people under the Rainbow and make Germany an even more gay-friendly country in Europe and the world. We invite you to join the discussion on Facebook and Twitter.Our favorite kiss during Pride | Gay Pride Calendar Germany 2022 © Pride Calendar 2022 for Germany The Hill has removed its comment section, as there are many other forums for readers to participate in the conversation. In response, the American Civil Liberties Union of Texas and Lambda Legal filed a lawsuit against Texas on behalf of the mother of a transgender teen who claimed she was investigated by the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services.Ī Texas judge in in early March rejected an appeal from Paxton in the case. Greg Abbott (R) ordered state agencies to investigate reports of transgender children receiving gender-affirming treatment as child abuse.
Paxton last month issued a memo arguing that gender-affirming care for transgender teens, such as puberty blockers, amounted to child abuse.
Paxton’s Tweet was a response to USA Today naming Levine, a transgender woman, as one of its “Women of the Year.” assistant health secretary Rachel Levine, causing Twitter to flag the tweet as “hateful conduct,” though it left the tweet up. It also follows another controversy involving Paxton last week, when he intentionally misgendered U.S.
Paxton’s letter comes as Florida faced national blowback for passing a “Don’t say gay” bill, which bans discussion of sexual orientation or gender identity in primary schools. The Texas AG also wrote that the Austin ISD’s curriculum and lesson plans “deal head-on with sexual orientation and gender identity-topics that unmistakably constitute ‘human sexuality instruction’ governed by state law.”Īustin ISD posted to its website that it would be hosting Pride Week from March 21-March 25 as “a time to highlight the district’s commitment to creating a safe, supportive and inclusive environment” to align “with the National LGBT Health Awareness Week.”ĭistrict’s superintendent Stephanie Elizalde responded to Paxton in a tweet, writing : “I want all our LGBTQIA+ students to know that we are proud of them and that we will protect them against political attacks.”ĭistrict spokesman Jason Stanford told The Washington Post: “We’re going to react to this by doubling down on making sure our kids feel safe and celebrating Pride.” Or, worse district is cynically pushing a week-long indoctrination of that not only fails to obtain parental consent, but subtly cuts parents out of the loop.” Paxton wrote Tuesday that by hosting pride week, the district “has, at best undertaken a week-long instructional effort in human sexuality without parental consent. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) said in a letter to the Austin Independent School District (AISD) this week that its Pride Week was “breaking state law.”