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LGBTQ+ rights spark deep divisions in small Texas town

Season 2023 Episode 156 | 9m 09s

PBS NewsHour’s Laura Barrón-López explores the tensions over LGBTQ+ inclusion in a changing Texas, where a Christmas parade controversy became a battleground for the fight over rights and acceptance.

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