🍂May the coming year bring you abundant moments of gratitude, grace, joy, and celebration. If you feel moved to extend the spirit of the season, early #GivingTuesday contributions are already being welcomed. 📌Help us reach our goal: bit.ly/eqtxgive #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA

🏳️‍⚧️ Trans Day of Remembrance is about holding on to the light of our trans siblings through this dark time. Our memory is long, and we will never forget those who have charted the path before us. We love you, we miss you. #TransDayOfRemembrance #TDOR #TDOR2025

💗Join Equality Texas and community partners at this year's vigil in Dallas as we honor the memory of those we have lost over the past year. 📌bit.ly/TDOR-vigil #TransDayofRemembrance #TDOR

🏳️‍⚧️Join Equality Texas and community organizers from across North Texas for a virtual panel discussion during Transgender Awareness Week! 📌bit.ly/eqtx-panel #TDOR #TransAwarenessWeek #LinkInBio

🎉Tonight at the Equality Texas annual gala, among a celebration of the resilience and defiance of the community, the Board of Directors announced that Brad Pritchett would take on the permanent role as CEO of Equality Texas. #EQTX #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA

Are you starting to feel green with envy? Good, because the Gala is almost here -- and something Wicked this way comes! The 2025 Equality Texas Gala Silent Auction is officially live, and it’s time to let your bids defy gravity! 🌐 http://bit.ly/eqtx-auction

✨We've been working hard to make this a night to remember, and we're excited to announce that we'll be joined by fantastic entertainers as well as some special guests! 📌Get tickets: equalitytexas.org/gala #lgbtq #lgbtqia #wicked #gala #eqtx

💗Pink goes good with green💚 🍾Join Equality Texas and Brad Stuver at the gala on November 15 for a wicked good time! 👀 We have a big announcement in store, so don’t miss out, get your tickets today! 📌bit.ly/eqtx-stu #gala #eqtx #lgbtq #lgbtqia #wicked

✨We’re thrilled to announce our 2025 Profile in Courage honorees: @ventonjonestx and @nicolecollier95! 🎉Congratulotions! We can’t wait to celebrate with everyone! 📌Tickets: equalitytexas.org/gala #lgbtq #lgbtqia #gala #wicked

🎉Our biggest event of the year is less than a month away and we’re OBSESSULATED! ✨Join us on November 15 for our 7th Annual Gala: Together We’re Unlimited! 📌 equalitytexas.org/gala #lgbtq #lgbtqia #wicked #eqtxgala

🎉We are thrillified to announce our 2025 Glen Maxey Lifetime Achievement honorees Jason Hanna & Joe Riggs! 📌Tickets: equalitytexas.org/gala #lgbtq #lgbtqia #gala #wicked

🌈We weren't joking when we said pride is all year long! ✨Volunteer with us for The Woodlands Pride Festival! 📌bit.ly/woodlands-eqtx #volunteer #lgbtq #lgbtqia #pride2025

🌈Pride during Spooky Season? OoOoOOOooOooo! ✨Volunteer with us in Pflugerville this weekend at Pflugerville Pride! 📌bit.ly/PPride25 #volunteer #lgbtq #lgbtqia #pride2025

🍾We're thrillified to announce our 2025 Monica Roberts Trans Activist of the Year honoree Ash Hall! 🎉Congratulotions Ash! We can't wait to celebrate with everyone at our 7th Annual Gala: Together We're Unlimited! 📌Tickets: equalitytexas.org/gala #lgbtq #lgbtqia #gala #wicked

🌈It's LGBTQIA+ history month, and we're sharing a snippet from a Pride event earlier this year of the vibrant and diverse LGBTQIA+ community in Texas with a mini history lesson! #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #LGBTQHistoryMonth #Pride #Pride2025

🌈Rainbow crosswalks for all! ✨Head to the #linkinbio or bit.ly/eqtx-kit to get your own rainbow chalk kit and make your city a more welcoming place for LGBTQIA+ Texans! #rainbow #rainbowcrosswalk #texas #lgbtq #lgbtqia

✨We’re thrilled to announce our 2025 Business Champion honoree: Parents of Trans Youth! 🎉Don’t forget to get your tickets now and join in on the fun! 📌Tickets: equalitytexas.org/gala #lgbtq #lgbtqia #gala #wicked

✨Good news! Our 7th Annual Gala: Together We're Unlimited is almost upon us! 💚💗Dust off your ruby slippers and wands and join us as we celebrate the gravity-defying power of community. 📌Get your tickets: equalitytexas.org/gala #EQTX #Gala #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #TogetherWereUnlimited

✨Come to our 7th Annual Gala: Together We're Unlimited and celebrate the courage, intelligence, and heart of our community this year as we faced yet another record-breaking slew of anti-LGBTQIA+ bills. 📌Tickets: equalitytexas.org/gala #EQTX #Gala #Fundraiser #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA

This is a painful moment for our community. Despite the overwhelming majority of Texans raising their voices against this legislation during the regular and special sessions, today SB 8 was signed into law. 📌Learn more at equalitytexas.org/sb8 #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #TXLege #SB8

🎉We're 30% to our goal of $10,000, but we only have until midnight to participate in #NorthTexasGivingDay! 💗Help us reach our goal by donating now! 📌Give now: bit.ly/eqtxntgd #lgbtq #lgbtqia

The Texas House passed SB 8, the anti-trans bathroom bill. SB 8 is now on track to become law, after an 8-year fight. #TXLege #SB8 #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA

🚨ATTENTION ALL TRANS TEXANS AND ALLIES! SB 8, the Bathroom Bill, is on the floor TOMORROW (Thursday, 8/28/25) at 9AM, and we're assembling a chorus of voices AGAINST this legislation. 📌Join us: bit.ly/eqtx-ryv #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #TXLege #SB8

✨Announcing Equality Texas' 7th Annual Gala: Together We're Unlimited! 🤝The theme is “Together We’re Unlimited” because 2026 will be about the gravity-defying power of community! 📌Get tickets or become a sponsor: equalitytexas.org/gala #EQTXGala #Fundraiser #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Wicked

📢Today at the Texas Capitol, hundreds of Texans spoke up and lawmakers plugged their ears! No matter what happens, we won't stop fighting. Trans Texans have always been here and will always be here. #TXLege #SB8 #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA

We're hosting a rally in the outdoor rotunda this afternoon following adjournment. Join us in-person us starting at 1:00PM to stand up for the dignity, safety and basic rights of all Texans! #SB8 #TxLege

#SB8 testimony in the State Affairs committee just wrapped. The bill was left pending. You can make online comments on the #SB8 bathroom bill until 5 p.m. Monday, Rep.King says. Here's the link: comments.house.texas.gov/home?c=c450

Here we are again. Texas lawmakers are debating another bill ( #SB8 ) that would dictate which bathrooms transgender people can use. Meanwhile, urgent issues wait in the wings. We're at the Capitol and will be sharing updates from the hearing live on our socials. Follow along! #TxLege

🚨The trans bathroom ban (SB 8) is scheduled for a hearing in the House State Affairs committee TOMORROW, August 22 at 8am. 📢This is our LAST CHANCE for the community to fight this, and we need everyone to show up, drop a card, and testify! 📌bit.ly/eqtx822 #TXLege #SB8 #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA

✨NEW MERCH!✨ 🐍 Don't tread on trans Texans! 🐍 📌Buy now: equalitytexas.org/shop #donttreadonme #lgbtq #lgbtqia #transrights

🌈Going to Austin Pride? Come march with Equality Texas in the parade! 📌bit.ly/eqtxatx

Public testimony on #SB8 has now concluded. Dozens of Texans spoke against this harmful bill. Now we wait to see if lawmakers listened. We'll be here updating you on additional developments. #TxLege

🚨 Texas update: the House adjourned until Abbott calls the next special session. The Senate could still act TODAY on bills that impact LGBTQ+ Texans. We are watching live at the Capitol—follow along for updates. #TxLege

🚨Redistricting affects ALL Texans, including LGBTQIA+ Texans! 📢Join Equality Texas Action 501(c)(4) and our partners at the @texasforall.bsky.social coalition to fight back against this attempt to take away the LGBTQIA+ representation we've fought so hard for!

✨Verniss McFarland, founder of The Mahogany Project, joined us for the Separate is NOT Equal rally to speak out against the anti-trans bathroom bills filed this special session. #SeparateIsNotEqual #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #TXLege #SpecialSession #HB32 #SB7

Final testimony accepted before public testimony on #SB7 closed focused on the inherent impracticality of this bill. It's not enforceable outside of labeling harassment of anyone using a women's restroom essentially permissible. #TxLege

One particularly galling aspect of #SB7's prioritization: its lack of actual substance. As testimony revealed: • It creates no new restrictions • Only escalates penalties for existing law • Ignores more urgent Texas issues This isn't governance - it's a costly PR stunt for the TX GOP. #TxLege

Texas has faced numerous issues in the last few weeks and months. None of those issues is in any way related to or the fault of trans Texans. As one testimony put it, "The fact that we are here is proof that Texas lawmakers are deaf, dumb, and blind to the needs of its constituents." #SB7 #TxLege

🧵 On some of #SB7's dangerous consequences: EVIDENCE PRESENTED TODAY: • Multiple cases of cis women confronted in restrooms by male vigilantes demanding "proof" of femaleness • This type of harassment enabled by bathroom bill rhetoric Legislated harassment of all women isn't safety. #TxLege

As one Texan just testified, the letter of the law presented by #SB7 would require transmasculine Texans to use the women's restroom. Where's the 'common sense' there? Another testimony asks - Where is the safety in forcing Texans to look a certain way to use a public bathroom safely? #TxLege

Let's be clear: Much of #SB7's 'support' today boiled down to the bad-faith argument 'trans people make me uncomfortable'. As one person just testified, "Trans Texans' lives and rights and lives should not be threatened to cater to the discomfort of the few." #TxLege

Equality Texas staffer Naveen Farrani testifies opposing #SB7: "This bill will force men into women's spaces. You have been so focused on kicking trans people out of women's spaces that you have created a policy that will force [trans] men into the spaces you are claiming to protect." #TxLege

Just over 3 weeks ago, floods swept through Kerr County and left 130 Texans dead. Many of these were kids. Texan families were left alone for days to search for their own missing family members due to the failures of these very same lawmakers now obsessing over passing #SB7

🧵 @TFN's Felicia Martin dismantled bathroom bill logic today: THE MYTH: 'Trans women threaten cis women in bathrooms' THE REALITY: • Debunked by law enforcement nationwide • ZERO verified cases in Texas history Trans women face: • Much higher assault risk than cis women #SB7 #TxLege

@bradpritchett.bsky.social of Equality Texas nails it: Survivors are failed at every turn because we're debating bathroom bills again. Every hearing for a bill like #SB7 declares: • Trans lives are expendable • Bullying is valid policy • Actual violence prevention can wait

"This bill is the latest shade of lipstick we are going to slap on this pig. Statistically, trans people are not attacking people in bathrooms. There's just no evidence of that... This bill does nothing but score cheap political points." #SB7 #TxLege

"If men assault women in the bathroom [following the passage of #SB7], will you blame us? Like you always do?" Equality Texas field director Sofia Sepulveda hits the nail on the head. #TxLege

"I'm here to stand with every trans Texan, and every trans person living. We are focused on the wrong things, Senators. I hope that you all vote 'No' to stand against this takeover by Governor Abbott." #SB7 #TxLege

"Texas is strong enough to be kind, bold enough to be just, and big enough to make room for everyone... even those who make you uncomfortable." #OpposeSB7 #TxLege

🧵 Let's examine #SB7's fundamental failures that @ACLUTx's Ash Hall exposed today: The bill's binary view of sex ignores: - 1.7% of people born intersex - Chromosomal variations beyond XX/XY - Medical consensus re: sexual diversity ALSO: No guidance for enforcement Creates business liability