Texas Rep: Defund All Colleges With LGBTQ Studies

November 24, 2024 LGBT News, Republicans

Austin’s ABC affiliate reports:

Calling it “left-wing propaganda,” State Representative Brian Harrison, R-Waxahachie, said if any Texas public university offers “LGBTQ/Sexualities Studies” programs, he will try to zero out its budget. “If they have an LGBTQ minor, that is an abuse of taxpayer funding never authorized by the legislature and as far as I’m concerned, there have got to be consequences,” the Republican told us on Inside Texas Politics.

Rep. Harrison is one of 11 state lawmakers who sent a letter to University of Texas System leaders criticizing its Board of Regents for offering free tuition to undergraduate students whose families earn less than $100,000 a year. The move by the UT System is an expansion of the Promise Plus endowment, allowing qualifying undergraduates to attend any of its nine academic institutions, tuition-free.

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Earlier this month Texas A&M disbanded its LGBTQ studies minor upon the urging of Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick. 

Harrison first appeared here in 2022 when he introduced a bill making it legal to use the HOV lane while pregnant because “unborn babies” constitute the required additional person.

Harrison is the owner of a dog breeding outfit called Dallas Labradoodles and he coordinated the HHS response to COVID during the Trump administration. After being elected to the Texas legislature, he advocated against mask and vaccine mandates.



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