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BurntXOrange

Online news & entertainment magazine at UT Austin

BurntXOrange

Online news & entertainment magazine at UT Austin

BurntXOrange

Texas Boasts Highest Anti-LGBTQ+ Bills Across the Nation. What Does That Mean for UT Students?

Texas Boasts Highest Anti-LGBTQ+ Bills Across the Nation. What Does That Mean for UT Students?

Vivian Perotto, Voice Writer April 3, 2025

From a ban on campus drag shows to a bill that could classify identifying as transgender on official documentation as a felony, Texas is facing a wave of anti-LGBTQ+ legislation.   The American Civil...

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Austin LGBT+ Community Leads Vigil for Orlando Massacre

June 13, 2016

Hundreds gathered at the state capitol and marched to Fourth Street at Colorado Street for a vigil led by the LGBT+ community to honor the lives lost in the mass shooting that took place early Sunday morning at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Fla.