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#TransTuesday: Parental support from other transgender families and the community May 9, 2017 at 7:30 am This #TransTuesday, Equality Texas highlights a conversation between three mothers of transgender children in San Antonio.
#TransTuesday: BTAC 2017 National Black Trans Advocacy Conference & Awards Gala May 2, 2017 at 9:38 pm We know the importance of highlighting black trans voices and being supportive of all communities.
Weekly Update April 21, 2017 April 21, 2017 at 8:19 pm This week has been one of the busiest yet in the Texas Legislature with several bills making their way through the process. Here is a recap of what’s happened this week.
Civil, Religious Liberties Groups Tell Texas Lawmakers: There Is No Middle Ground on Discrimination April 19, 2017 at 9:00 am As Texas House and Senate committees today consider two bills that would effectively codify discrimination against LGBT Texans, leading civil and religious liberties organizations warn that lawmakers are pushing Texas in a dangerous direction.
#TransTuesday – 5 Fathers of Transgender Children April 18, 2017 at 7:39 am This #TransTuesday, Equality Texas highlights a conversation between five fathers of #transgender children in Texas. Please watch and share with the hashtag #TransTuesday.
Weekly Update April 14, 2017 April 14, 2017 at 5:29 pm Texas is leading the nation with the number of anti-LGBTQ bills filed. Currently 26 discriminatory bills have been filed in the Texas House and Senate this session that directly attack LGBTQ people with regard to restroom access, roll back of local nondiscrimination protections, and provide religious refusals for child welfare providers, county clerks, medical professionals, counselors, wedding service providers, and more.
CSHB 2899 – Simmons – relating to the regulation of discrimination by political subdivisions April 14, 2017 at 2:20 pm The committee substitute for HB 2899 would strip away the ability of cities, schools, and other local entities to pass or enforce nondiscrimination protections in multiple-occupancy bathrooms, showers, and changing facilities, for attributes other than those covered under state or federal law.
FAQs for HB 2899 Committee Hearing April 14, 2017 at 7:58 am The House Committee on State Affairs will hear witness testimony on 2899, also known as the "bathroom bill" on Wednesday, April 19th, starting in the afternoon in the John H. Reagan Office Building room JHR 140
HB 2899 April 9, 2017 at 7:06 pm
HB 1849 February 26, 2017 at 1:29 pm

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