{"id":576391,"date":"2017-01-11T16:07:10","date_gmt":"2017-01-11T22:07:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/?p=576391"},"modified":"2017-01-12T16:07:11","modified_gmt":"2017-01-12T22:07:11","slug":"schaefer-sounds-off-on-anti-lgbt-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=576391","title":{"rendered":"Schaefer Sounds Off on Anti-LGBT Bill"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2015\/04\/Matt-Schaefer2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2015\/04\/Matt-Schaefer2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-347162\" \/><\/a>AUSTIN (AP\/Staff) &#8211; A backlash over Texas&#8217; efforts to adopt anti-LGBT bathroom laws has begun, and an East Texas lawmaker is weighing in. A best-selling author is snubbing lawmakers, and Dallas civic leaders are warning major sporting events could go elsewhere. State Representative Matt Schaefer of Tyler fired back with a proposal to restrict lawmakers and others in the Texas capitol to using public bathrooms according to their &#8220;biological sex.&#8221;  Texas is among several states where GOP leaders want people to be required to use restrooms that correspond with the gender on their birth certificates. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Such a measure in North Carolina caused outrage in the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community and inspired corporate and NCAA boycotts. Rick Riordan, author of the &#8220;Percy Jackson and the Olympians&#8221; series, said in a tweet that he declined an honor from the Texas Legislature over &#8220;this nonsense.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AUSTIN (AP\/Staff) &#8211; A backlash over Texas&#8217; efforts to adopt anti-LGBT bathroom laws has begun, and an East Texas lawmaker is weighing in. A best-selling author is snubbing lawmakers, and Dallas civic leaders are warning major sporting events could go elsewhere. State Representative Matt Schaefer of Tyler fired back with a proposal to restrict lawmakers &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=576391\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Schaefer Sounds Off on Anti-LGBT Bill<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-576391","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-16 19:57:12","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/576391","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=576391"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/576391\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":576393,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/576391\/revisions\/576393"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=576391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=576391"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=576391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}