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Voting it out would be Harrison has spoken of how quickly we went “enough to tarnish the name of this committee,” from “homosexual marriage” to “men putting on he said. dresses and being called women.” House LGBTQ Caucus Chair Mary Gonza- The event at AT&T Stadium, which is billed as lez, D-Clint, urged her colleagues to vote no a “men’s conference,” will also be simulcast so it after hearing testimony from educators who can be seen by those who can’t travel to Dallas opposed the bill. for the event. Organizers expect 80,000 men to Rep. Diego Bernal, D-San Antonio, said it was attend. With that many men in one place, expect all about politics for Republicans worried about Grindr overload in the mid cities that weekend. primaries. “Is the cost worth it?” he asked. — David Taffet Dutton declared it dead late last month, saying it did not have the votes in committee. Senate bill targeting trans kids But a committee substitute added language requiring the University Interscholastic League in sports dies in committee to codify the language. UIL already prohibits Iris Santos Houston police say they are continuing their But according to PGH Lesbian Correspon- investigation into the April 23 murder of transgen- dents, Santos is the 21st trans/non-binary/ der woman Iris Santos, 22. non-gender-confirming person to die violently According to reports, Santos was sitting at a so far in 2021. PGH notes that 19 of the victims picnic table outside a Chick-fil-A restaurant in the have been BIPOC, and that Santos was the fifth 8600 block of Westheimer Road at about 9:30 who identified as Latinx. PGH also reports that p.m. when an unknown suspect approached 15 of the victims have been under the age of 30. and opened fire, striking her several times. The — Tammye Nash restaurant manager called emergency services; Santos was transported to a local hospital where AT&T Stadium to host she was declared dead. Anyone with information about murder of Iris anti-LGBTQ group Santos is asked to contact the HPD Homicide AT&T Stadium in Arlington will host the an- Division at 713-308-3600 or Crime Stoppers at ti-LGBTQ hate group Promise Keepers July 16- 713-222-TIPS. 17. The event was postponed from last summer LGBTQ Nation notes that Santos’ murder because of the pandemic. Senate Bill 29, a bill that would ban trans- comes less than six months after another trans Among the speakers is Jonathan Evans, a most transgender students from participating gender girl athletes from participating in sports woman, Asia Jynae Foster, was murdered in former NFL fullback and chaplain for the Dallas in athletics that align with their gender identity based on their gender identity, died on Tuesday, Houston on Transgender Day of Remembrance, Cowboys and Dallas Mavericks.