Embrace Austin

Embrace Austin aims to connect people, organizations, and businesses to strengthen Queer Austin. Join as a Member. Donate or Volunteer to Support. #EmbraceAustin embraceaustin.com

Just a reminder that we are still looking for testimonials for our summer fundraising initiative. Share your story and help us raise $$$ for our programming and outreach 👇

We need your help! We would greatly appreciate if you would share a testimonial stating why you support Embrace, why you work with Embrace, or how Embrace has impacted you: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

HB 1557, officially titled the “Parental Rights in Education Act,” will ban discussion of “sexual orientation or gender identity” in all K-3rd grade classrooms, or “in a manner that is not age appropriate or developmentally appropriate for students.” trib.al/uunMPl1

There's a lot of ignorance and straight-up misinformation surrounding trans health care and gender-affirming care in Texas. So, we decided to clear some of that up. kutne.ws/3wR2tnk #LGBTQ #txlege

🗳Find your registration status or your polling location at votetexas.gov or votetravis.com. If you aren’t registered, get registered asap so you can vote in the upcoming Primary Runoff and General Elections!

A friendly reminder that today is the day to vote in the Texas primaries and you need to get yr gay ass to the polls! 🏃‍♀️💨 Voting is a small action you can take that carries big momentum to improve the living conditions for the most vulnerable in our communities. Let's do this!

Read our statement condemning Anti-Trans/Intersex Legislation in Texas, and find resources for trans youth: facebook.com/embraceatx/pos…

good morning to everyone except transphobes 🌞 🏳️‍⚧️ support transgender kids in Texas today with these actions from our awesome partners at @TransTexas and @EqualityTexas! 🧵

Kind Clinic stands by the right of trans people to receive medically necessary, lifesaving care.

25 years after its 1996 release, the film was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress for its cultural, historical, and ✨aesthetic✨ significance.

Need a movie night rec? Check out The Watermelon Woman, a film that made history as the first narrative feature to be released by an out Black lesbian filmmaker, Cheryl Dunye. Quintessentially 90’s cool, the film questions and re-writes the roles relegated to Black women in film.

hbd Audre Lorde, born on this day in 1934 ✨Today we're feeling especially inspired by her 1989 commencement address to students at Oberlin College: queerhistory.com/radical-gradua…

oppressions synonymous, but rather by showing the ways they are linked and yet differ.” A revolutionary thinker and artist, hooks was inspirational in her exploration of the transformative power of love and radical compassion to create stronger communities. (3/3)

hooks described her identity as “queer-pas-gay” and was critical of those who viewed racism and homophobia as the same. “White people, gay and straight, could show greater understanding of the impact of racial oppression on people of color by not attempting to make these (2/3)

bell hooks (1952-2021) was an author, professor, feminist, and social activist. She published over 40 books, essays, poetry, and children’s books addressing love, race, class, gender, history, sexuality, pop culture, and feminism. (1/3)

A BIG GAY REMINDER to celebrate all kinds of love, not just the romantic kind! Create your own love story! Fall in love with yourself! And don’t forget that we’re all deserving of giving and receiving love centered in compassion, kindness, and helping each other grow! ❤️‍🔥✨💌💋

Austin! Don't forget to sign up for your Winter Storm Survival Kits! Pick-ups start tomorrow at @OutYouth ❄️ embraceaustin.org/winterstormkits

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This is a hard day for Texas trans kids. That’s why we’re flooding social media today with messages of hope and support. Print out this image, fill it in with a message of love, and then post it with the hashtags #transkidsbelong and #letkidsplay.