Protesters against Gov. Greg Abbott’s policies showed up in the dozens in downtown Austin Sunday. Those protesting took issue with the governor’s policies ranging from transgender healthcare access to immigration.
The governor says legislation he supports on issues like healthcare and border security are about protecting Texans.
"We are upset and enraged over everything that the [legislature] and Governor Abbott has been doing in regards to a lot of vulnerable communities such as immigrants, LGBTQIA+," Ivonne Diaz, organizer with Texas Rising, said. "They should be focusing on providing access to a lot of the vulnerable populations, such as healthcare needs, veterans, education.
"I no longer have a dietitian or a primary healthcare physician because of [Attorney General Ken] Paxton's and Abbott's efforts to shut down gender-affirming care for trans youth. It's affected me not even in my gender-affirming care journey, just in my regular healthcare," Leo Brainard said. "Healthcare is also very difficult for me to find. It took a pretty long time for me to get good healthcare, and now that I have it, I'm afraid of losing it every day honestly," Finn Smith said. "It's really hard to be in public and live my life and do the things that I want to do because of all the aggression and all of the hate that's going on in this state right now.
"I want this to be a place where I can thrive and live, and with the direction that it's going under Abbott, I do not see it being that way," Gormin said."I did not want to pick any in-state school," she said. "I knew that I couldn't stay in Texas and be safe."
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