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While the Senate rushed through a discriminatory bathroom bill this week, Governor Abbott was busy devising a plan of his own: He’s demanding that members of the House sign on to HB 46 and HB 50—two bathroom bills prohibiting municipalities and school districts from protecting transgender Texans in public facilities—before

My son Landon is transgender. In his words that means his mind hasn’t always matched his body. So, even though he was born a girl, he’s always known he was a boy. And when he was eleven he came out to us, and started living and presenting every day as

This #TransTuesday, Equality Texas​ highlights a conversation between three mothers of transgender children in San Antonio about the political climate in Texas. The Legislative Special Session is underway with proposed anti-transgender bathroom ban SB 3 and other discriminatory legislation. We need your help to contact your legislators urging them to

If Lt. Governor Dan Patrick and Senator Lois Kolkhorst think we aren’t going to stand up to their horrific attacks on transgender Texans, they’ve got another thing coming. With only 26 days left to stop their discriminatory bathroom bills before the end of special session, Equality Texas is ramping up

Senate Bill 3 is aimed at banning transgender people from using restrooms that match their gender identity in schools and other state-owned buildings in Texas. Already, Texas has lost $66 million in revenue from cancelled conventions. Leading business groups like the Texas Association of Businesses project $5.6 billion is on the

We need your help to defend equality and fairness in Texas! It may be summer time, but the LGBTQ community is still under attack. The Special Session will come down to the wire, and it’s one we can’t afford to lose. We are hosting phone banks all over Texas. Volunteer