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In order to complement and further our work across the state, Equality Texas is proud to announce the members of our inaugural Emeritus Board: Steve Atkinson Kim Biffle Katie Coyne D. Scott Elliff, Ed.D John Hintz Jo Ivester Holt Lackey Aekta Malhotra Tina Maness Elizabeth Myers Mark Niermann Mark Sadlek

As the 2023 Texas Legislative session draws to a close, it leaves behind a record-breaking number of attacks on LGBTQ+ people and anti-trans legislation. With these ceaseless attacks, anti-LGBTQ+ extremists have tried to silence, intimidate, and invalidate us. However, at every step, LGBTQ+ Texans and allies have shown up and

Open Letter from 100+ Orgs Defending LGBTQ+ Texans We all want to be treated with dignity and respect regardless of our races, backgrounds, and genders. But today, certain politicians are pushing laws that restrict our freedoms because of the color of our skin, what’s in our wallets, or because we

General Legislative Updates and Process Week of February 27th through March 3rd How Many Anti-LGBTQ+ Bills Are There This Week? Now that it’s March, we’re approaching the cutoff for bill filing. Lawmakers have one more week—until March 10th—to file bills for this legislative session. There are currently 93 bad bills,

My beloved Texans, On Saturday evening, we hosted our Somewhere Over the Rainbow Gala. It was a joyous night celebrating the richness, talent, and history of our community. A few short hours later we woke up to the devastating news about the shootings in Colorado on Transgender Day of Remembrance.

A Look at the Election Results Over the last year LGBTQ+ Texans have been under constant attack by our state’s top political leaders. These politicians have cultivated a climate that has endangered lives, they’ve aligned themselves with vigilante hate groups, white nationalists, and they have targeted our safe spaces, our