Nov. 20 is Transgender Day of Remembrance. It's a day when we pause to honor, remember and mourn those lost to anti-trans violence. It's also a day to remember that we must continue to stand with our trans friends and neighbors, a community that has unfortunately been the target of discrimination in our communities at at the state Capitol in Austin. Read More

The Texas Freedom Network has been at the State Board of Education to call for the adoption of an African American Studies course for Texas public schools. We just sent out the following press release. Read More

Texas investigators have ordered the anti-abortion Heidi Group to repay at least $1.5 million to taxpayers for overpayments and other alarming irregularities while contracted with the state to provide reproductive health care services to women. The group, which served only a fraction of the tens of thousands of women it promised to provide services for, got the money in the first place because anti-abortion lawmakers booted Planned Parenthood out of the state's women's health program four years ago. We just sent out the following press release pointing to how the Heidi Group scam highlights the dangers of playing politics with women's health. Read More

The Texas Freedom Network was proud to stand with scholars and activists who called for the State Board of Education to approve an elective course in Mexican American Studies for Texas public schools. It took four long years, but the state board finally did it last year. Now let’s make it happen for African American Studies. You can help by speaking out in favor of an elective course in African American Studies at a public hearing before the board on Nov. 13! Read More

TFN Calls on State Board of Education to Follow Austin’s Lead, Help Ensure All Texas Students Have Access to Accurate Information on Sex and Health Read More