Campus Climate Report

Equality Texas is tracking the ongoing effects of SB 17 (DEI Ban) through the LGBTQIA+ Campus Climate Report. In 2024, we spoke with 44 participants at 14 public colleges and 5 private colleges across Texas to learn about their perspectives on the LGBTQIA+ climate at their universities. These participants provide a mixed perspective, underscoring how SB 17 contributes to a hostile campus climate for LGBTQIA+ people by stripping away resources and creating an environment of fear. To create a positive climate for LGBTQIA+ people on college campuses and in Texas at large, it is important that institutions of higher education, representatives, and Texans foster LGBTQIA+ equality.