Left-wing activists have expressed their outrage at what they say is an act of erasure against the queer community by Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on political murals.

Abbott had given cities 30 days to remove political murals from public spaces, and the Texas Department of Transportation reiterated the order to the city of Austin.

'An absolute breach on freedom of speech and a breach on our queer history.'

The city agreed to remove the Pride rainbow crosswalk on Fourth Street as well as a Black Lives Matter mural on Eleventh Street. They were at risk of losing state and federal funding if they didn't comply with the order.

But local activists are incensed.

"It feels like a slap in the face to the community," Austin Pride president Micah Andress said to KTBC-TV . "I don't under

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