![]() The advocacy groups suggested more trans people be on the panel, including activists or policy experts who could talk specifically about the bill before the Legislature. It goes back to last week when advocacy groups like Equality Texas and the Human Rights Campaign first learned the station had planned a debate with three panelists – Kolby Balcolm, a local trans man and military vet, SA Hispanic Chamber of Commerce CEO Ramiro Cavazos, and Mike Knuffke, a gadfly with the “San Antonio Family Association” who rears his head whenever LGBTQ people want same-sex partner benefits or arts funding or rights or anything like that. The walkout in protest of the panel wasn’t impromptu. Inside the theater, it didn’t get much better after that, as panel members belittled trans people sitting right next to them and warned about the consequences of “forced integration,” all while Beamer asked probing questions about “morality” and “molestation” and whether this whole debate might be “legitimizing” trans or gender-questioning kids. Much of the crowd emptied out into the building's lobby, where they chanted until security forced them out. After about 15 minutes of discussion, LGBTQ activists and allies had heard enough, stood up and walked out of the Tobin Center during the live broadcast. ![]() ![]() Local trans activist Lauryn Farris lead a walkout during WOAI's town hall on SB 6 On Thursday night, WOAI’s Randy Beamer tried to host a “town hall” on Texas Senate Bill 6, the anti-trans measure that started to wind its way through the legislature this week. ![]()
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