James Talarico Hired the Leader of a Queer-Themed Anti-Gun Movement -- "Cocks Not Glocks" -- to Write His Anti-Gun Legislation

As usual.

Who better?

Democratic Texas Senate hopeful James Talarico tapped the former leader of a protest movement called "C--ks Not Glocks" at the University of Texas at Austin to be his legislative aide, a job that included drafting gun control legislation.

Ana Lopez helped Talarico craft three major firearm restriction bills that he rolled out in the state legislature in 2019, all of which failed to pass.

Lopez took over the leadership of "C--ks Not Glocks," which once handed out more than 4,500 dildos on the UT-Austin campus to protest a 2015 law allowing licensed gun owners to carry concealed weapons at state universities and community colleges, from founder Jessica Jin -- an alum of the school, like Talarico.

Lopez told Study Breaks Magazine in 2017 that Jin had moved to California after graduation and passed the "torch down to me."

With its motto of "fighting absurdity with absurdity," members of "C--ks Not Glocks" marched on campus with t-shirts and banners depicting male genitalia emblazoned with perverse takes on pro-Second Amendment slogans such as "take it and come," while others donned dog collar sex toys.

Jin, who started the movement as a joke on social media, said she wanted to "put a dildo in the hands of every pissed off college student who hasn't been heard in this safety conversation."

"Strap it on, feel the discomfort, feel the weird looks. Wear it loud, wear it proud, and don't take them off until people take their guns home," she added, per the Houston Chronicle.

"As long as you have a d-- on your backpack, people will be thinking about the guns," the Texas Tribune quoted her as saying.

Lopez later complained about the backlash to the group, telling Study Breaks Magazine, "It's usually just men who can't take a joke."

Flashback: James Talarico wants to tell you about Positive Masculinity.

Another flashback:

The Texas House of Representatives advanced a measure on Friday that would prohibit "sexually oriented performances" from taking place in public spaces and in front of minors.

Notably, the House's version of Senate Bill 12 does not include language targeting drag performers -- a big change from the version the state Senate passed last month. That version included any performance with "a male performer exhibiting as a female, or a female performer exhibiting as a male" as "sexually oriented."

Rep. Matt Shaheen, R-Plano, said Friday the House version still seeks to shield minors from sexually explicit content.

"Children should never be exposed to sexually oriented conduct," Shaheen said. "Senate Bill 12 would help put an end to the sexualization of children in the state of Texas."

Under the House substitute of SB 12, shows that include "actual or simulated...sexual acts, including vaginal sex, anal sex and masturbation" cannot take place in front of minors.

Businesses who host such performances in the presence of people under 18 years old could be subject to a civil penalty of up to $10,000.

"Senate Bill 12 would help put an end to the sexualization of children in the state of Texas," Shaheen said.

The measure was preliminarily approved 88 to 12. Forty-two members -- nearly all Democrats -- voted present. That number of abstentions is highly unusual.

Rep. James Talarico, D-Round Rock, told reporters he voted "present" because the measure had significantly improved.

"I think Texas is obviously the best state in the nation and I think we produce some of the best drag queens in the nation. And I didn't want any legislation to target them or hurt that industry," said Talarico.

posted by Disinformation Expert Ace at 05:20 PM

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