Equality Texas CEO Ricardo Martinez announced today (Tuesday, Sept. 21, that his organization is calling for a boycott of the hearing for Texas Senate Bill 3, which would prohibit transgender students from participating in interscholastic sports unless they competed “based on biological sex.” Instead, Equality Texas is asking that trans advocates show up outside the Capitol at noon today (Tuesday, Sept.
21) for a rally against SB3 and other anti-trans legislation. Advocates who are able to be at the Capitol today are also encouraged to register against the bill.
Martinez said, “We cannot in good faith ask trans people, trans children, their loving families, and community advocates to participate in the political theater of the Texas