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In June, the city of Dallas will become kaleidoscopic. Rainbow flags will hang from street poles and be displayed proudly in shop windows. This year’s Dallas Pride parade participants will march across shaky ground as the LGBTQ community faces ongoing legislative attacks from Texas’ extensive collection of staunch conservatives.
A bill filed this session places a new target on the back of LGBTQ students and teachers in Texas public schools. Senate Bill 762, filed by Sen. Donna Campbell, a Republican from New Braunfels, would prohibit employees, students, volunteers or agents from displaying any flags, aside from 12 exemptions. The acceptable flags are the star-spangled banner, the Texas flag, the Prisoner of War or Missing In Action flag, a political subdivision’s flag, a military flag, the flag of a foreign country and a college flag among others…