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First-Time Texas Director Has Festival Hit

6 days ago | texassignal.com | Jef Rouner

When most people get ghosted, they have a cry and move on. Zach Goodwin launched what is quickly becoming an auspicious debut as a film director. Stitched has its world premiere in Houston at the 58th WorldFest Houston International Film Festival on April 28. The film follows a counterfeiter referred to as Dead Ted who is fatally shot after a too-brief reunion with his granddaughter.
School Voucher Bill Passes Texas House

1 week ago | texassignal.com | Jef Rouner |Jessica Montoya Coggins

Late last night the Texas House passed the controversial school voucher bill Senate Bill 2. The bill, a major priority for Governor Abbott, would allow families in Texas to use tax dollars to send children to private or charter schools. The vote was nearly on party lines: 85 for and 63 against. Two Republicans, former speaker Dade Phelan and State Rep. VanDeaver voted against it. Ahead of the vote, the rotunda of the Texas Capitol was awash in red on Wednesday.
The Dangerous Reality Of An Abortion Exception Bill

2 weeks ago | texassignal.com | Jessica Montoya Coggins

On Monday, the Texas House Public Health committee will be taking public testimony about a bill that purports to clarify the medical exceptions to the state’s near-total abortion ban. And while many House Democrats have been championing the bipartisan legislation, a growing number of voices in the reproductive health community are urging the lawmakers to consider the real threats posed by the bill.
The Queer Women Crime Story From A Texas Comic Legend

2 weeks ago | texassignal.com | Jef Rouner

For most people, the Roaring 20s brings up images of flappers, jazz, and the Charleston. For Texas comic icon Janet Harvey, that image should also include queer women punching cops and taking all they can grab. High Street Hellcats is the latest indie comic from a Texas writer currently being crowdsourced on Kickstarter, which has become the de facto pre-order release platform for comic passion projects in the state.
First Death Reported In Texas Measles Outbreak

1 month ago | texassignal.com | Jef Rouner |James Russell |Jessica Montoya Coggins

In a news release, The Texas Department of State Health Services confirmed the first death from a measles outbreak in West Texas. According to the agency the case was a “school-aged child who was not vaccinated” and had been hospitalized in Lubbock. The measles outbreak was first reported in rural Gaines County. As of this week there have been 124 cases of the measles in Texas and New Mexico. Eighteen people have been hospitalized.
Abortion Shield Laws Under Threat

2 months ago | texassignal.com | Jessica Montoya Coggins |Jef Rouner

Health — 1 min read Yesterday a judge in Collin County ruled that a New York doctor must cease prescribing and sending abortion medication to patients in Texas. He also fined the New York-based physician over $100,000. The judgment stemmed from a civil lawsuit filed by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in December after a woman in North Texas received abortion pills through a telehealth service based out of New York.
A Frank Q&A About Reproductive Rights In Texas

2 months ago | texassignal.com | Jessica Montoya Coggins |Jef Rouner

The landscape for abortion access has been transformed over the last few years, to say the least. In December, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit against a New York doctor for prescribing abortion pills to a woman in Texas, potentially setting up a legal showdown between anti-abortion states and those with shield laws that protect abortion providers.
What National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day Means Now

2 months ago | texassignal.com | Jef Rouner |Jessica Montoya Coggins

Friday, February 7 marks National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. The Day was first commemorated in 1999 to signify the disproportionate toll HIV/AIDS has taken on the Black community. Over two decades later, the signifier carries extra meaning for organizations like the Afiya Center, the only reproductive justice organization in North Texas that was founded by, and primarily serves, Black women.
Queer Pro Wrestling Is Growing In Texas

Jan 13, 2025 | texassignal.com | Marisol Cortez |Jessica Montoya Coggins |Jef Rouner

Imagine a professional wrestling match. Lightning-fast exchanges of holds and strikes, death-defying moves off the top rope, slams that look like they should break a person in half. Have you got it? Okay, now add full musical numbers right out of Broadway. That’s the sort of innovation that happens when LGBTQ+ people run wrestling. This example comes from Fight Opera in Austin. The promotion began booking shows in June 2022, mostly on the stately grounds of the Pink Flamingo Plant Company.
When An Autopsy Doesn't Tell The Whole Story

Jan 10, 2025 | texassignal.com | Jessica Montoya Coggins |Jef Rouner |Marisol Cortez

This article was originally published by DecelerationLast summer, Jessica Witzel collapsed, convulsed, and died in the unshaded driveway of a San Antonio gas station during one of the hottest days of 2024, itself the hottest year on record in San Antonio. Her death was reported by area media at the time, based on the accounts of first responders, as the likely consequence of the heat dome that blanketed much of the state under excessive heat warnings all that week.