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This session we faced almost insurmountable odds but our community partners joined together virtually and in-person to create real power that held back an overwhelming attack on our rights. Visible public pressure is a core pillar of legislative strategy, and LGBTQ+ Texans and their families delivered in Texas-sized fashion.

Last Tuesday as the clock struck midnight, all 30+ anti-LGBTQ+ bills filed this session were officially dead, including 13 direct attacks on transgender youth. It’s been a long, hard road to get here and we absolutely could not have done it without you, our partner organizations or our LGBTQ+ champions

These bills give bullies state-sanctioned instructions to further exclude, harass, and abuse trans youth. Even if these bills do not pass, this “debate” has made Texas less safe for my child.

We’re right down to the wire on important deadlines for the Texas legislature which will determine whether the attacks on transgender kids pass into law. The deadline for Senate bills to be debated on the House floor — one of the final steps of the legislative process before they become

We’ve made it through the first major deadline of the 87th Legislative Session. As of yesterday at midnight, any House bill that has not yet been heard on the House floor is dead, including medical care bans like HB 1399 (Krause) and HB 68 (Toth) and sports bans like HB

In the #txlege, nothing is truly “dead” until Sine Die. We saw that clearly this week.  This past Tuesday SB 29 (Perry), the bill that would ban transgender youth from participating in sports, failed on a vote by the House Public Education committee. At 9:30 this morning the Chair of