Commentaries by Dara Purvis

Texas "Bathroom Bill" Offers Up More of the Same False, Tired Anti-LGBT Arguments

April 17, 2017 07:45:50 pm

JURIST Guest Columnist Dara Purvis of Penn State Law discusses some deficiencies of a recent Texas bill resembling North Carolina's "HB2"...In January, Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick introduced Senate Bill 6 (SB6), another so-called "bathroom bill" aimed at preventing transgender...

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