Lizzo Criticizes Texas Anti-Trans, Anti-Abortion Laws During SXSW Speech
“I’m proud to rep Houston but I’m not proud to rep Texan politics right now,” the Grammy winner said, per. “There are very regressive laws being passed. They’re taking away the right for young children to have a chance to live authentically as themselves.”
Last month, Texas’s Republican governor, Greg Abbott, signed an order directing the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services to investigate cases of gender-affirming care among youths in the state, writing in aMany across the country have criticized Abbott’s decision and deemed the order transphobic.
Abbott was also highly criticized last year, when he signed a bill prohibiting abortions as early as six weeks in the state and encouraging citizens to against anyone who “aids or abets” an illegal abortion. The law took effect in September and is the most restrictive of any in the country., individuality, and mental health—called the abortion ban “atrocious” and criticized the state’s government for “being in people’s homes and telling them what to do with their bodies and being all up in their uteruses.”This content is created and maintained by a third party, and imported onto this page to help users provide their email addresses.
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