Ken Paxton signs 'bill of rights' filled to the brim with transphobia and hate

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is a menace to anyone who isn’t a white, cisgender, able-bodied man. We know this, but it bears repeating as we discuss the latest terrible “bill of rights” to get Paxton’s signature. Dated Sept. 7, 2022, a press release from Paxton’s office (brought to our attention thanks to a tweet from journalist Andrea Grimes) celebrates his signing of a “Women’s Bill of Rights.” Of course, Paxton being Paxton, this has nothing to do with protecting reproductive health care or wage equality or domestic violence relief, or anything else remotely valuable or important. Instead, it’s transphobic. 

This “bill of rights” is described as attempting to “affirm basic biological truths” and to “fight back against the left.” The press release promises the document highlights “key biological differences” between men and women. It includes a quote from Paxton, in which he pledges to stop the “dangerous agenda” of the “radical left.”

Mind you, people on the “radical left” merely want trans women (and trans folks in general) to have access to safe, age-appropriate health care, bathrooms, and yeah, sports. Protections against discrimination at the workplace, in finding and keeping housing, and again, health care would be great too. So radical, right?

RELATED: Nora Roberts donates $50,000 to save library defunded by residents over LGBTQ books