“Y’all means all.” A transgender pride flag at the Texas Capitol in Austin.

People wave Pride flags as they line a staircase at the Texas Capitol in Austin on May 12, 2023.

A “Vote With Pride” banner is hang on the tent where NextGen America staff and volunteer are hosting a voter registration drive at the University of Houston Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022, in Houston. September 20th is national voter registration day, and advocacy groups across Texas were focusing their efforts on young voters.

A person waves a Pride flag while listening to speakers during the March for Trans Youth held at the Texas Capitol in Austin, Texas, on March 1, 2022. The rally was held in response to Governor Greg Abbott's order seeking to classify gender affirming care for transgender young people as child abuse as well as ordering state child welfare officials to launch investigations into reports of young people receiving such care.

A transgender pride flag flies during a rally for transgender rights held outside the Texas Governors Mansion in Austin, Texas, on March 13, 2022. LGBTQ advocates the rally to protest Gov. Greg Abbott's directive allowing the state's child welfare agency to investigate parents who allow their transgender children to receive gender-affirming care as child abusers.

When times get tough, corporate CEOs collapse like cowards.

Make America Great Again types are opposing Pride parades celebrating the civil rights of LGBTQ people. So Comcast, Citibank, Anheuser-Busch, Mastercard, Lowe's, Nissan, PepsiCo, Target and other consumer brands are dropping their sponsorships.

Texas Republicans wanted the world’s largest investment firm, BlackRock, to stop talking about climate........

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