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Texas lawmaker introduces drag queen 'bounty hunting' bill

The bill would award $5,000 in a lawsuit targeting drag queens.

Critics are saying a new bill introduced into the Texas Legislature this year will only encourage a bounty-hunting trend that targets drag queens and transgender people. Texas state GOP Rep. Steve Toth filed House Bill 4378 on Thursday, March 9 that will allow anyone in Texas to sue people who perform in drag or host a drag performance where children are present.

The bill targets events like family-friendly brunch shows at restaurants or drag queen story time events at libraries or other family-oriented drag queen events. The bill says that people who sue a person or venue can be awarded $5,000 in damages.

Erin Reed, a transgender rights activist and independent reporter, tweeted about HB 4378 on Saturday, March 11, saying that the piece of legislation could easily be used to target transgender people who perform.

The bill defines drag as "a performance in which a performer exhibits a gender that is different than the performer’s gender recorded at birth." It goes on to say this performance can involve using makeup and clothing to dance, lip sync, or perform "in a lascivious manner."

The bill joins 17 other proposed pieces of Texas legislation that targets transgender people, drag queens, and the LGBTQ+ community. The Advocate reported in November 2022 that Texas legislators have proposed anti-LGBTQ+ bills for the upcoming legislative session. This now includes HB 4378 and the recent heterosexual tax cut bill from state Rep. Bryan Slaton.

That proposed bill would provide massive tax cuts, up to 100%, for straight families that stay married and have children. Slaton also pushed a bill that would have outlawed minors at drag shows.

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And this is one of the many reasons police are not welcome at LGBT pride events.

If LGBT pride events become illegal, who's going to enforce it? That's right, the police.

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For any cis people who thinks this won't affect them: - How long before they start targeting cosplay? - How long before they decide another culture's clothing is against their idea of gender norms? - How long before they say women who wear pants are dressing in 'drag'?

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national holiday

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i have a suggestion

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Me too

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That's right.

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Republicans in Congress are poison.

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An important tweet

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This is such a "common sense" way of putting it. Everybody memorize this for spitting it back out whenever needed.

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Never thought I'd have the opportunity to say this again: Reducing women and girls to their vaginas and then forcing them to show those vaginas to strangers is not a feminist ideal.

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A Memorial Day Reminder: Not One Post-9/11 War Has Been Worth It | Common Dreams

​Our leaders continue to spend money on wars they think will make the United States the undisputed power in the world—wars that instead kill

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Squatting resources!

Because the state prioritizes landlords’ right to leech money off of the working class during a pandemic while contributing nothing of value to society over tenants’ right to not die of exposure, we’re about to face a global eviction crisis. That means people will be thrown out on the street to fend off a deadly virus while houses that nobody can afford sit empty. At the same time, countless small businesses and community centers are shutting down because they can’t afford rent

So here are a few guides to squatting, breaking into and living in or otherwise using (e.g. as a social center) abandoned property:

Opening Doors: A Primer

The 75 River Do It Yourself Occupation Guide

It’s Vacant, Take It! by Homes Not Jails

Bonus: How to occupy and collectivize your workplace

Bonus: The Autonomous Tenants Union Network, a North American collaborative of radical tenants unions

I hope you find these interesting!

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Also:

Australia: Crisis! Ipswich - Brisbane (current version from 2016) has quite a few resources aimed at the homeless, in addition to the section on squatting (starts on page 30 of the pdf).

England and Wales: Advisory Service for Squatters website has quite a few resources. There’s a Squatters Handbook (14th edition, 2016). (Certain parts may still be applicable for Scotland and Northern Ireland, but there are disclaimers about certain legal elements being specific to England and Wales.)

France: LE SQUAT DE A À Z (2019; in French).

Barcelona: Despegando Squatting Manual (2020; in English).

Squat.net’s list of how to manuals sorted by country.

Melbourne Squatters Guide (2010) has a section on repairs that should be done ASAP: fixing water pipes, cracked PVC pipes, leaking taps, toilets, roof leaks, and resources for general repair. There are notes about how to get utilities turned on, which were cited in a How to Squat in Abandoned Property article (footnote #17). I can’t guarantee that everyone actually does have the right to have utilities connected as long as the plumbing, wiring, lines, etc. work, but I was more trying to get a feel for winter tips.

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