Democratic State Rep. Gina Hinojosa wants the Texas Commissioner of Education to take office by vote instead of the governor's appointment.
Calls for the inclusion of LGBT terminology and gender identity education did not persuade the state board's curriculum decision.
Rejecting calls for LGBT inclusion, the proposed TEKS continue to push abstinence while presenting facts the current standards leave out.
LGBT activists call the sex education standards too narrow, while others fear the new plan could override abstinence-only parental teaching.
Rebecca Bell-Metereau, a college professor and candidate for State Board of Education, wrote a film review book on cross-dressing and sexualization.
