April is both Sexual Assault and Child Abuse Awareness month. Two in five women and one in five men will experience a form of sexual assault in their lifetime. Many of us may have a loved one in our lives who is transgender — even if we don’t know it. Transgender people are often misunderstood and t...

As Texas’ controversial “bathroom bill” surpassed a major hurdle this week, a Dripping Springs-based group joins others, fearing passage of the measure could lead to discrimination against transgender people. Senate Bill 3, authored by State Sen. Lois Kolkhorst (R-Brehnam), passed by a 21-10 vote in...

By Alexa Ura of the Texas Tribune A proposal to gut cities’ and school districts’ trans-inclusive bathroom policies did not advance in the House ahead of a crucial deadline, nixing the measure’s chances of getting a vote by the full chamber. But that doesn’t mean that the issue itself is dead. Up ag...

Dripping Springs residents got some hard questions answered April 9 by DSISD school board candidates Trey Powers, Ron Jones and Barbara Stroud at the Candidate Forum held at Trudy’s Restaurant in Dripping Springs. The Dripping Springs Democratic Action Group hosted the forum; candidates answered que...

After a long debate Tuesday, Texas Senators approved Senate Bill 6, which would require transgender people to use public bathrooms of their sex at birth, by a vote of 21-10. The Senate must take up the bill again for its third reading before sending the bill to the House for its vote. The floor vote...

et aside the argument about the discrimination of Senate Bill 6, known as the transgender bathroom bill, which would require people use the bathroom of their birth gender. Instead, with those in control of the Texas House, Senate and Governor’s mansion saying they are ‘business friendly’, take a lon...

hat began as a social media call out to support a Walnut Springs Elementary transgender student has grown into a movement aiming to kill Senate Bill (SB) 6, or the so-called “bathroom bill,” within the Texas Legislature. While support continues to pour in for “Many Stripes, One Tiger,” (MSOT) Andy H...

A dispute over a Dripping Springs ISD bathroom accommodation allowing a transgender male student at Walnut Springs Elementary to use female facilities continued during public forum at Monday’s board of trustees meeting.  Although the item was not up for discussion on the agenda, various members of t...

The debate over transgender student bathroom use within Dripping Springs ISD was rekindled Monday as a local state representative and a nonprofit Christian group opposed the district’s current policy. Jonathan Saenz, president of Texas Values, and State Representative Jason Isaac (R-Dripping Springs...

Intense debate raged Monday as parents packing the house at the Dripping Springs ISD trustees meeting cast opinions on transgender students’ use of bathrooms based on their gender identity. Over 30 speakers weighed in on the topic for the better part of two hours, which was ignited after a Walnut Sp...