Gregory Wayne Abbott (born November 13, 1957) is an American attorney who has served as the 48th governor of Texas since January 20, 2015. A member of the Republican Party, Abbott previously served as the 50th attorney general of Texas from 2002 to 2015. He is the third governor of any U.S. state to permanently use a wheelchair. He is also the first disabled governor in Texas history.
Chuck Tingle has amassed legions of fans with his tongue-in-cheek titles, unforgettable book covers, and messages of love and social progress.
He’s not only the proud author of books like Space Raptor Butt Invasion, Gay T-Rex Law Firm Executive Boner, and Pounded in the Butt By My Own Butt — he’s also a master of using his particular brand of humor and personal ethos to expertly skewering bullies and monstrous politicians.First, it was his takedown of the alt-right “rabid puppies” who attempted to use him as a tool to delegitimize the Hugo awards (which led to his first of two Hugo nominations, and such literary triumphs as Pounded in the Butt by My Hugo Award Loss and Pounded in the Butt by My Second Hugo Award Nomination), and most recently it's Texas Governor Greg Abbott (or “Gorg Abbott” as Tingle refers to him), who the author has set his satirical sites on.Abbott drew Tingle’s ire with his recent call for the state’s Department of Family and Protective Services to begin investigating the parents of trans children who allow their kids to access gender-affirming medical care.
It’s a directive that flies in the face of the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry due to the fact that blocking access to such care “has been shown to increase youths’ risk for suicidal ideation and other negative mental health outcomes,” according to the latter organization.Naturally, this drew massive backlash from LGBTQ+ rights and human rights groups — and Tingle himself.“When I heard about the situation in Texas with Gorg Abbott it was a moment of shock and horror that I am sure we all felt,” Tingle tells The Advocate. “I have seen devils do terrible things, being terrible is their.