Press Releases

We joined forces with the ACLU of Texas, GLAAD, HRC, and with support from the Human Rights Clinic at UT Law, submitted a Joint Allegation Letter to 17 independent experts, working groups, and special rapporteurs at the UN about the human rights crisis facing LGBTQIA+ Texans. The Joint Allegation Letter

The ACLU of Texas, ACLU national, Lambda Legal, Transgender Law Center, along with Scott Douglass & McConnico LLP, and Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP filed a lawsuit challenging S.B. 14, which would deny medically necessary health care to trans youth. We,the All in for Equality Coalition, unequivocally support the

SB 12, the Drag Ban, has gone through a lot of changes recently. After language explicitly mentioning drag was removed from the bill, we’d like to explain why this bill is still bad for Texas. We want to be clear, just because the House version doesn’t specifically mention drag, this

Governor Greg Abbott delivered his State of the State address and shared the seven emergency priorities for this legislative session. While Abbott did not explicitly target LGBTQ+ Texans in his address, he did denounce “wokeism” in schools and committed to protect the “rights of parents.” However, if the options are

The dignity of LGBTQ+ people is not up for debate. We are committed to fighting and defeating every bill that would harm, silence, or erase our community. We have always risen to the challenge and will continue to do so for our communities.
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