Public disputes over the legal status, medical care, public accommodation, athletic participation and political representation of transgender and non-binary people, and over how candidates, officials and commentators speak about them.
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Gina Hinojosa answered Greg Abbott’s anti-transgender attacks with an ad closing “My pronouns are Mom, Texan, and soon to be: Governor.” Transgender writers said the line mocked them; her campaign said the culture wars are over.
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Role at the time: Texas writer, in her independently published Substack newsletter
Statement summary
In a newsletter post titled "Stay on target, Texas voters," Texas writer Jessica Lemmons wrote that she had seen the "my pronouns are" ad and agreed it was a bad move that did not account for the reality transgender Texans face, while arguing that Abbott wants to erase transgender people altogether and that voters should keep their attention on his record.
“Yes, I saw the 'my pronouns are' ad, and yes. I also think that was a bad move that didn't consider the reality trans people living here face; but Governor Abbott wants to erase trans people altogether.”
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The case asks whether the closing line of Hinojosa's September 9 "Pronouns" ad — "My pronouns are Mom, Texan, and soon to be: Governor" — mocked transgender Texans; that line is the fixed reference point, not Abbott's attacks on her record. Lemmons grants the criticism and then subordinates it, setting the ad against what she says Abbott intends and urging voters not to be diverted by it. That is acknowledging a concern while substantively downplaying its weight. The closest competing label is condemns, since she does call the ad a bad move that ignored transgender Texans' reality. That loses because the operative argument of the passage, and of the post's title, is that the criticism should not carry weight against Abbott's record. mixed_or_conditional loses because she offers no positive assessment of the ad and states no unresolved condition.
Katelyn Burns is an American freelance journalist and columnist who covers transgender politics and policy. She was the first openly transgender Capitol Hill reporter in the United States, and writes for Xtra Magazine, MSNBC and Defector.
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Jeis Whittaker is a native Texan who identifies as non-binary and was interviewed by KXAN in September 2026 about Democratic campaign messaging on transgender issues in Texas. Whittaker is a private individual rather than an officeholder, candidate or professional commentator.
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Jessica Lemmons is a Texas writer who publishes an independent politics and culture newsletter on Substack covering state government, public education and LGBTQ rights in Texas.
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Chris Geidner is an American legal journalist who publishes the newsletter Law Dork, covering the federal courts, the Supreme Court and LGBTQ legal issues. He was previously legal editor at BuzzFeed News and a contributor to MSNBC.
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Parker Molloy is an American writer and media critic who publishes the newsletter The Present Age. A transgender journalist, she has written for MSNBC, Rolling Stone and The New Republic and was previously an editor at Upworthy and a researcher at Media Matters for America.
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Maya Contreras is an American writer, political strategist and voting-rights advocate. She co-founded the intersectional feminist policy institute All Women's Progress and is listed as an expert with the Women's Media Center.
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Greg Abbott is a Republican politician who has served as governor of Texas since 2015.
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Gina Hinojosa is a Democratic member of the Texas House of Representatives and a candidate for governor of Texas in the 2026 election.
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