Notices by Gabriel Arana (gabrielarana@texasobserver.social)

What a year it’s been @TexasObserver. So grateful to the fedivers for helping keep us afloat! https://www.texasobserver.org/best-2023-stories-texas-observer/

After 36 years of work, USPS wouldn’t even return widow Carla Gates’s calls. https://www.texasobserver.org/usps-worker-heat-death-safety/ From @josephinelee @TexasObserver

Mexican women have more rights than American women; they’re not going backward like we are. Sigh. https://apnews.com/article/mexico-abortion-decriminalize-d87f6edbdf68c2e6c8f5700b3afd15de

@jeff @feld @oconnell @TexasObserver No one is suggesting kids watch a typical, bawdy drag show, which means they are not being involved in an activity with overtly sexual themes. @texasgop wants people to think anything a drag queens does or wears is sexual. It’s just not true. Unsophisticated viewers are the problem, not the multitalented queens imho

“Drag can be appropriate for all ages,” Brigitte Bandit, an Austin drag queen who frequently performs at birthday parties, told the @TexasObserver. “It’s simply a way to express yourself and have fun, and why not allow kids to see something like that?” https://www.texasobserver.org/drag-ban-sb-12-aclu-lawsuit/ Another must-read from @oconnell