The Texas House is scheduled to vote on a resolution to honor North Texans@Mark Phariss and Vic Holmes for their contributions to #LGBTQ  rights. They sued the state to recognize gay marriage before the SCOTUS ruling, and Phariss also unsuccessfully ran for Texas Senate. #txlege 

Using data from 41 counties, � @russellgold ⁩ reveals the appraised value of the Craddick family’s mineral holdings totaled more than $20 million. The findings are new bc financial disclosure laws for these kinds of profits top out at ~$46K. #txlege 

2/3 We reached out to the @NCAA  to ask them about this today because the alleged incident would appear to conflict with the organization's official stance which lets transgender athletes compete according to their gender identity if they pass certain hormone level tests. #txlege 

@NCAA  3/3 Even though Emert was NCAA president at the time of the alleged incident, the org declined comment. Emert stepped down in March. "We can’t comment or speculate on what former President Emmert may or may not have said, " a spox said. #txlege  #LGBT  #LGBTQQ  #SB15 

Texas just filed its appellate brief in the case it's fighting against parents of transgender kids. Gov't reiterates argument there hasn't been "any particular harm suffered" by families investigated for child abuse bc kids haven't been removed. #txlege 

The state of Texas' brief also argues two families with transgender kids no longer have standing to sue bc their investigations have been closed and with no finding of child abuse. Background: Q #txlege  #LGBT  #LGBTQ 

Also Texas AG @KenPaxtonTX  cites recent @nytimes  stories about transgender youth to argue that puberty blockers and hormone therapy may be harmful. A group of NYT contributors and LGBT advocates recently criticized the paper's transgender coverage #txlege 

@KenPaxtonTX  @nytimesPaxton  is appealing a lower court judge's decision to halt child abuse investigations into families with transgender kids. The decision now sits with the Third Court in Austin. Read his brief here: Q #txlege  #LGBT  #LGBTQ 

Good Lord. Does it feel like Friday to anyone else? 😓