Texas state Rep. Brian Harrison sounded the alarm after he “snuck” into a state-funded transgender conference at the University of Texas at Austin on Monday, according to a string of posts on his X account.
“The Texas Government is promoting a radical, liberal agenda … with your tax dollars,” the Republican wrote on X, adding, “Prepare to be furious.”
The University of Texas at Austin receives tax dollars through the state through General Revenue, which accounted for over 10% of the university’s funding in the 2020-2021 fiscal year.
The first thing Harrison saw upon stepping onto campus was a promotional banner for “TRANSCENDENCE: A Century of Black Queer Ecstasy, 1924-2024,” according to one of his posts.
“TRANSCENDENCE” is an art collection organized around seven themes, according to UT Austin’s Art Galleries at Black Studies curator Phillip A. Townsend: “Portraiture, Beyond Figuration, Dance and Movement, Spirituality, Sex and Sensuality, Black Queer Futures, and Altered States.” […]
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