Transgender Education Network of Texas

TENT Back to School Guide: As we head into the ‘21-’22 school year, nearly everyone is feeling mixed emotions sending their kiddos back to online and in-person schooling. Aside from the ongoing pandemic, trans students and their families are facing their own unique sets of challenges and fears while preparing to re-enter school.  With TENT’s 2021-2022 Back To School Guide, we hope to address concerns, fight misinformation, and make sure every trans student, their affirming families, and their affirming teachers feel prepared to make the most out of the upcoming school year without fearing how their identities will impact their academic lives. Our guide contains a variety of resources to inform students, teachers, and families about transgender rights in school and how current legislation and policies in the state of Texas impact them.  We also aim to make it easier for guardians, teachers, and families to create effective support systems for transgender students to ensure trans kids do

  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: EQUALITY TEXAS AND THE TRANSGENDER EDUCATION NETWORK OF TEXAS RELEASE STATEMENT ON THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES LETTER TO GOVERNOR ABBOTT Contact :  Ricardo Martinez | ricardo.martinez@equalitytexas.org   Emmett Schelling | info@transtexas.org   GOV. ABBOTT CONTINUES TO PERPETUATE MISINFORMATION AND A CULTURE OF HATE AND FEAR, RESULTING IN THE DAILY PERSECUTION AND LIMITED ABILITY FOR TRANSGENDER PEOPLE TO LIVE THEIR LIVES  Austin, Texas – August 11, 2021 - Equality Texas, the largest statewide organization solely dedicated to securing full equality for LGBTQ+ Texans, and The Transgender Education Network of Texas (TENT), the largest statewide, BIPOC trans-led, trans-focused policy, education, and advocacy organization in the state of Texas, responded today to the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) reply to Governor Greg Abbott’s loaded direction to investigate a healthcare practice that doesn’t exist, in his co