Get up, walk the dog – my life is mundane, but because I’m gay Texas Republicans think I’m abnormal | Arwa Mahdawi

The state party has unveiled a truly frightening official platform that rejects the result of the 2020 election, seeks to make racial discrimination legal and demonises LGBTQ+ people

This morning, I woke up earlier than I wanted to, fed the baby, walked the dog, chatted with my wife and procrastinated over some work. Yawningly mundane, right?

Wrong. According to the Texas Republican party, my same-sex marriage is an abnormal lifestyle choice". What's more, abnormal" people like me should not have any special legal entitlements" related to being LGBTQ+. That position is spelled out in section 143 of a far-right platform officially adopted at the Texas Republican party's recent convention in Houston.