Gregory Wayne Abbott (born November 13, 1957) is an American attorney who has served as the 48th governor of Texas since January 20, 2015. A member of the Republican Party, Abbott previously served as the 50th attorney general of Texas from 2002 to 2015. He is the third governor of any U.S. state to permanently use a wheelchair. He is also the first disabled governor in Texas history.
Equality Texas launches ads during Abbott’s ‘State of the State’
As Texas Gov. Greg Abbott was delivering his “State of the State” address Sunday evening, Feb. 2, Equality Texas launched a statewide ad campaign focused on transgender lives and rights.
The 30-second ads feature three trans individuals — Ashton, Gio and Nadya — talking about life in their own words. Between the ads, Governor Abbott threatened to fire all LGBTQ-affirming teachers and threatened to scrub DEI practices from every corner of the state.
The ads, developed by GLAAD and GROUND Media, ran in Abilene, Amarillo, Austin, Brownsville, Dallas, El Paso, Harlingen, Houston, Lubbock, Midland, Odessa, San Angelo, Tyler, Waco and Wichita Falls.
Twelve minutes into his speech Abbott committed to ending all DEI practices in K-12 schools and railed against the so-called “woke agenda,” a press release from Equality Texas noted.
