AUSTIN — The group that represents LGBTQ conservatives in Texas is backing a controversial state policy that targets medical care for transgender youth. The...
gender-affirming care weeks ago. LCR of Texas Chairman Marco Roberts said the group carefully considered the issue after members asked for direction.“We did not come out with a statement immediately after the governor’s policy was announced because we felt that we needed to do our due diligence, review the science, and not throw something out that was not carefully considered, regardless of political pressures on different sides,” Roberts told.
It’s notable that the statement was issued as LCR of Texas plans to once again ask for a booth at the state GOP convention this summer. The group has repeatedly requested a booth, but never had its ask approved in the past. LCR of Texas has had a chilly relationship with the state GOP. At the Republican Party of Texas convention in 2018, the Log Cabin Republicans
that said homosexuality was “chosen behavior” that “must not be presented as an acceptable alternative lifestyle.”one of its eight legislative priorities. LCR of Texas did not take a stance on the issue at the time, choosing instead to back another push to restrict how transgender students can participate in school sports.
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