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As the Texas Legislature prepares to meet in a special session, a broad and diverse coalition of advocacy organizations came together to release an open letter condemning the cruel politics driving an extremist legislative agenda that threatens the rights, health and lives of vulnerable Texans. The letter and list of

You have two opportunities to join local lawmakers for a legislative debrief in anticipation of the upcoming “special session” called by Governor Greg Abbott. We encourage you to take this opportunity to thank these two San Antonio lawmakers, both scoring a A+ on our 2017 Legislative Scorecard, for their support

Kimberly Shappley is cisgender and an evangelical christian Republican.  When Kimberly was confronted with the possibility of a transgender child she turned to corporal punishment. Fortunately, her daughter’s spirit would not be broken and Kimberly eventually transitioned with her. With Kimberly’s support Kai started socially transitioning at the age of

By Robert Salcido, Statewide Field Coordinator [email protected], @rob_salcido In the first six months of 2017, Texas Diversity Council convened their inaugural LGBT-Allies Diversity Summit in San Antonio, Dallas, Houston, and Austin. Practitioners of diversity and inclusion or those in the corporate sector may very well know what the Texas Diversity

We’re still fighting an anti-transgender bathroom bill, and now we have a shirt to wear that shows our stance and benefits the cause. Get a “You Can Pee Next to Me” shirt, created with our friends at Omaze, and join the movement. Help Equality Texas fight discrimination in the Special

During what is now being called the “session of oppression”, the Equality Texas team and its members have been on the ground fighting for the very heart of our mission and guiding principles. This session, over two dozen bills targeting LGBTQ people were filed. Many of these bills targeted our