Abbott's rule means firing teachers who are or present as gay or non CIS. That is othering and social exclusion, and forcing hardship on people simply because they do not comply with the cultural norm. These people are trying to make it such that you cannot exist in Texas as anything but a cisgender heterosexual person, or else face criminal or civil sanction.
You are blind if you cannot connect those dots.
You saying this to someone who's already doing those things is why you're getting the heat you are. I vote, volunteer for local causes, donate to local races on occasion, and have even walked around and knocked on doors for a candidate for days on end.
Problem is, I don't have enough money speech to compete with the Texas oil oligarchs that are trying to make my home state into a shit hole. The """pAtH oF LeAsT rEsIsTaNcE""" is you choosing to accept the framing and dance to the tune of those rich oligarchs that want to take away voting and civil rights. For fucks sake, I feel like you wouldn't anything short of Auschwitz "fascism". Do you need me to share Umberto Eco's helpful guide for identifying and characterizing them?