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Houston’s Trans Community Braces for New Laws They Say Erase Their Identities
Houston Press ^ | June 19, 2025 | April Towery

Posted on 06/19/2025 9:28:33 AM PDT by Angelino97

In the early 2000s, Avery Belyeu was living as a gay man in New York City, starting a career in the nonprofit sector and seeking opportunities to help those struggling to find their identities. About 10 years ago, Belyeu became a woman.

Now CEO of the Montrose Center, Belyeu remains steadfast in her advocacy for the LGBTQ+ community. She knows the struggles of feeling like she doesn't belong. Raised in a family of Jehovah's Witnesses in Florida, she hasn't seen her parents in 17 years and has found that her religious beliefs align with Judaism.

Belyeu and the Center's staff and clients are grappling with fallout from the recently passed Texas House Bill 229, which defines men and women based on the reproductive organs they are born with and requires state records to reflect it.

That means a person born with male organs who now identifies as female and has updated gender markers on their ID cards will face inconsistencies with their documentation, potentially leading to harassment as they navigate traffic stops and airport security, and try to access services. Additionally, transgender people may be barred from using certain bathrooms, shelters or locker rooms.

Belyeu's transition included medical interventions and most of her legal identification reflects her sex as female...

"When you pass laws saying that some people can't have accurate documentation and that their sex assigned at birth has to be displayed in their medical records, the message being sent is that trans people do not belong, that there is not a space or a place for trans people to exist."

HB 229's author, Ellen Troxclair, R-Austin, says it “lays out the biological truth for anyone who is confused.”

(Excerpt) Read more at houstonpress.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: hb229; intercession; ohthedrama; texas; trans
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To: Angelino97

GO PLAY BASKETBALL WITH GRINER


21 posted on 06/19/2025 11:30:27 AM PDT by ridesthemiles (not giving up on TRUMP---EVER)
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To: Angelino97

“About 10 years ago, Belyeu became a woman.”

No, he did not.

L


22 posted on 06/19/2025 11:37:16 AM PDT by Lurker ( Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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To: Angelino97
...some people can't have accurate documentation and that their sex assigned at birth has to be displayed in their medical records...

Hmm...who assigns sex?

23 posted on 06/19/2025 11:39:40 AM PDT by ShadowAce (Linux - The Ultimate Windows Service Pack )
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To: Angelino97

Tranny bracing is dramatically clutching your frilly scarf with a scrunched shocked face.

Science.


24 posted on 06/19/2025 12:09:22 PM PDT by If You Want It Fixed - Fix It
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To: FamiliarFace

And 9.5 years ago he became a giraffe.
9 years ago he became a (beached) blue whale.
8 years ago he became an endangered species so that even law enforcement can’t invade his environment. (Read: crappy pigsty of a New York apartment.)

Why not…… if your DNA doesn’t define you in any way?


25 posted on 06/19/2025 12:20:31 PM PDT by willgolfforfood
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To: Angelino97
Sex CANNOT be assigned at birth, only recognized.
26 posted on 06/19/2025 12:53:43 PM PDT by A strike (Make RealID required for voting )
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To: Angelino97

feeling like she doesn’t belong.

Thats because he doesn’t. I don’t care if he wants to pretend to be Josephine Bonapart on even days and Napoleon on odd days.

So the first step is not making everyone play in your fantasy. Nor do you get to demand legal protections for your mental illness.


27 posted on 06/19/2025 1:05:58 PM PDT by Adder (End fascism...defeat all Democrats.)
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To: Angelino97

About 10 years ago, Belyeu became a woman.

Belyeu surgically removed his penis and testes, created a fake vagina, and added some bolt-on boobs.

He did not “become” a woman. He’s a man playing dress up.


28 posted on 06/19/2025 1:51:55 PM PDT by ro_dreaming (Who knew "Idiocracy", "1984", "Enemy of the State", and "Person of Interest" would be non-fiction?)
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To: A strike

I know , right? They talk about sex assigned at birth , as if it’s some sort of arbitrary process that is used.

And it can also create the impression, that someone will have a different sex in the future.


29 posted on 06/19/2025 4:22:54 PM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: Dilbert San Diego

All that business is simply rebellion against the Creator, in a destructive effort to be a God


30 posted on 06/20/2025 2:12:12 PM PDT by ViLaLuz (2 Chronicles 7:14)
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