The decision in Roe was based on a wide interpretation of the constitutional right to privacy, which in turn has informed decisions on birth control, “sodomy,” and marriage rights. Wade contains existential threats to the LGBTQ community. Greg Abbott’s Orwellian decree to crack down on families trying to support their trans children, to a spate of laws aimed at keeping trans girls out of girls’ sports, it very much feels like we’re in the middle of the worst backlash to expanding LGBTQ rights since the 2004 run of state constitutional amendments to ban same-sex marriage.Įven the leaked draft of the Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. From the heinous “Don’t Say Gay” law forbidding discussion of same-sex relationships or trans identities in elementary schools, to Texas Gov. It’s been a bad year for the LGBTQ community in America.
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