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Lege Week 14 Wrap-up: This moment calls for action
This week’s legislative update will be a little more personal as the last few days have been incredibly hard on our community. The State Legislature is in an all out assault on LGBTQ+ Texans. This week alone, 9 anti-LGBTQ+ bills have moved in the House and the Senate, and that’s
Lege Week 13 Wrap-up: Healthcare under attack
It’s time for our community to act. This coming Monday and Wednesday, the Texas legislature will hear 4 anti-LGBTQ+ bills; bills that restrict healthcare for transgender youth, empower healthcare providers to turn away anyone who “violates” their “moral, ethical or religious beliefs,” and further deepen the stigma for those living
Lege Week 12 Wrap-up: Have you been keeping up with the Lege?
This week we kept a close eye on movements in both the Texas Senate and House. As we mentioned in our last update, the Senate State Affairs committee, despite overwhelming opposition in the hearing, voted to move the transgender sports ban, SB 29 (R- Perry) to the next step in
From Arkansas to Texas, Trans Day of Visibility: A Personal Narrative
Written by Caden Campbell (they/them), Development Associate Today is Trans Day of Visibility. A heavy day given today’s political climate and the mass of anti-trans legislation we are seeing across the country, places like Arkansas, my home state. I think about the lives lost to violence — murder, suicide,
Lege Week 11 Wrap-up: Preparing for the unexpected
Friday was the first all-hands-on-deck hearing at the Capitol.
Testimony Against SB 29
On Friday March 26th, the first hearing about SB 29 — one of Dan Patrick’s “priority bills” for the 87th Legislative Session, which targets transgender youth who want to play sports — was held in the Senate State Affairs Committee. More than 140 Equality Texans submitted written testimony against SB