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The ‘TransQueer Latinx’ theologian who ‘continues to
The New York Post ^ | 06/22/2026 | Ryan King

Posted on 06/22/2026 9:16:36 AM PDT by thegagline

Texas Democratic Senate hopeful James Talarico once lavished praise on a self-described “TransQueer, Latinx” activist theologian as a major source of inspiration for his left-wing philosophy.

“When you started following me on Twitter, I couldn’t contain my inner fan boy, because I read your book last year and it continues to inspire me and y’all’s work continues to inspire me,” the state lawmaker told Roberto Henderson-Espinoza during a March 2021 podcast appearance.

“I told you I was a boring, straight, cis white man, and I added ‘Presbyterian’ to spice it up,” Talarico added. “My imagination is also just limited by my own background and identity.”

“My whiteness, my masculinity, all those things limit my imagination about what’s possible,” he went on. “And that’s where … your book helps me do that.”

Henderson-Espinoza, a PhD scholar, uses He/They pronouns and self-describes as Mestizaje (mixed race), autistic, non-binary, transgender, and Latinx.

*** GOP critics have pointed to Talarico’s past remarks, including from 2021, when he explained that “In my faith, God is non-binary,” argued that the Bible is fine with abortion, and suggested that there are six biological sexes. *** Recently, Talarico publicly vented that his GOP foe, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, “is clipping my past cringey comments” and clarified his belief that “you can’t use human categories to define God.”

*** “While Ken Paxton clips a few cringey comments to distract from the fact that he gave an Epstein-style sweetheart deal to an admitted child molester, James will continue demanding that Paxton release the Hoffman Files so Texans can get answers about the corrupt deal that let a pedophile back on our streets.” ***

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KEYWORDS: mentallyill; needshelp; texas

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Is this the best that Texas has to offer? On one side, there is a self-hating white woke wack-job who is in need of major psychiatric intervention. On the other side, there is the mortal sinner who, to put it nicely, has had numerous ethical lapses.
1 posted on 06/22/2026 9:16:36 AM PDT by thegagline
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2 posted on 06/22/2026 9:22:23 AM PDT by ViLaLuz (2 Chronicles 7:14)
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To: thegagline

Soy boy and then some. Good Lord. Poor Texas, if this guy has even a smidgen chance of getting elected, well....I’m at a loss for words.


3 posted on 06/22/2026 9:24:43 AM PDT by john drake (Lucius Accius-Roman,170 BC - "oderint dum metuant" translated "Let them hate so long as they fear")
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p.s. I’m talking about talarico, not the mixed up Latina.


4 posted on 06/22/2026 9:25:36 AM PDT by john drake (Lucius Accius-Roman,170 BC - "oderint dum metuant" translated "Let them hate so long as they fear")
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To: ViLaLuz

Who needs Ozempic when all you have to do is put that picture on your refrigerator?


5 posted on 06/22/2026 9:29:49 AM PDT by thegagline (Sic semper tyrannis! )
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It isn’t just Texas. There has been a trend in which the grossly ethically-challenged, and outright crackpots, wind up in public office. I know that politics has always attracted those who are not the best among us, but c’mon — this is getting ridiculous. The disturbing thing, and a deeper problem, is not that they can be elected, but that there are people who willingly vote for them.


6 posted on 06/22/2026 9:35:41 AM PDT by Southside_Chicago_Republican (The more I learn about people, the more I like my dog.)
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7 posted on 06/22/2026 9:49:59 AM PDT by Liz (Winston Churchill: “Nothing in life is so exhilarating as to be shot at without result.”)
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What the hell is a latinx? Is that the same as a whitx or blackx? or asianx? Only different?


8 posted on 06/22/2026 9:56:28 AM PDT by Eli Kopter (B''H We are given a new day today, with new choices. Choose wisely!)
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These two are both given over to an evil spirit.

The fact that they can somehow reasonably expect a large enough population to support them tells us just how far down into hell our nation has descended.


9 posted on 06/22/2026 10:07:19 AM PDT by captmar-vell
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To: ViLaLuz

Yep, just like Thomas Aquinas


10 posted on 06/22/2026 10:15:25 AM PDT by muir_redwoods (You choose; a world without dogs or a world without muslims.)
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My whiteness. Oh Brother - the sooner this clown returns to public obscurity, the Better. BARF.


11 posted on 06/22/2026 10:33:36 AM PDT by Gasshog (s'lfkgjsl)
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