Research Guides: Social Justice Resources: LGBTQIA+: Get Involved

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Legislation Affecting LGBT Rights Across the Country

This article, published by the American Civil Liberties Union, reports on the statuses of bills affecting LGBTQIA+ rights.
Know Your Rights: LGBTQIA+

On this webpage by Lambda Legal, find information about rights of LGBTQIA+ people of all ages, for people living with HIV, as well as the rights of individuals and families in the workplace, homes, schools, in court, and in public spaces.
Revolution and Protest Online

Examine how revolutions, protests, resistance, and social movements have shaped and transformed the human experience globally from the 18th to 21st century.

Contact Your Representative

Find out who represents you in the Texas House of Representatives
Elected Officials Directory

You can also get contact information at the Texas Tribune's Directory
Expressing Yourself on Campus

Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi recognizes the constitutional rights and privileges of freedom of speech in expressive activities by individuals and groups on campus. Learn more about your rights on campus.
How to Contact a U.S. Senator

You can contact your senators by writing a letter or a message using your senator's web contact form, by calling, or by visiting.
Know Your Rights: Protesting

The First Amendment protects your right to assemble and express your views through protest. However, police and other government officials are allowed to place certain narrow restrictions on the exercise of speech rights. Make sure you’re prepared by brushing up on your rights before heading out into the streets.
Protest Rights in Texas: Interactions with Police

This guide takes a look at the legal rights and restrictions when it comes to attending or organizing a protest in Texas.

Inclusive Islander Network
The Inclusive Islanders are a network of students, staff and faculty who strive to create an environment of inclusion and affirmation. Visit here for information on LGBTQIA+ related campus information and trainings.
TAMU-CC Pride Alliance
TAMU-CC's LGBTQIA+ organization dedicated to educating and supporting the LGBTQIA+ community across campus. Join and follow for information on campus events!
University Counseling Center
The UCC's goal is to provide you with timely and flexible access to wellness and mental health resources and to empower you to find solutions, achieve your goals, and feel better. Find their free, confidential services here along with additional campus and online resources.

Events

Organizations

Coastal Bend Pride Center
The Coastal Bend Pride Center is an LGBTQIA+ Community Center for all 12 counties of the Coastal Bend. They provide the resources, tools, staff, and physical space to empower its members to achieve health and wellness goals, connect with one another and the broader community, advocate for justice against discrimination and inequality, and promote opportunity in a safe and empowering setting.
Corpus Christi LGBT and Coastal Bend Trans Alliance
Corpus Christi LGBT is a group of LGBTQIA+ community members and allies working together to engage, empower, enrich, and advance the LGBTQIA+ community in Corpus Christi and the surrounding areas. Coastal Bend Trans Alliance is a group that focuses on peer support for transgender youth/adults, parents and allies.
The Mosaic Project
The mission of the Mosaic Project of South Texas focuses on commemorating, educating, and celebrating LGBTQIA+ equality and human rights through planning and production of annual PRIDE Week activities in cooperation with community allies, advocates, businesses, schools, religious institutions, non-profit organizations, families, and friends.

Publications

Hard Candy Magazine
The Coastal Bend’s first and only LGBTQ+ magazine. Hard Candy celebrates the coming together of people in the Texas Coastal Bend to recognize that we are each joined, hand in hand, to continue along a path toward eradicating health disparities in the LGBT community.

National LGBTQ Task Force
We are building a future where everyone can be free to be their entire selves in every aspect of their lives. Today, despite all the progress we’ve made to end discrimination, millions of LGBTQ people face barriers in every aspect of their lives: in housing, employment, healthcare, retirement, and basic human rights. These barriers must go. That’s why the Task Force is training and mobilizing millions of activists across our nation to deliver a world where you can be you.
The Human Rights Campaign
The Human Rights Campaign envisions a world where every member of the LGBTQ family has the freedom to live their truth without fear, and with equality under the law.
The Trevor Project
The Trevor Project is the leading national organization providing crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer & questioning (LGBTQ) young people under 25.
Resources for Transgender College Students
This guide is designed to support trans students in learning about their rights, help them find colleges that affirm their value and empower them to fully embrace their gender identity.
The Asexual Visibility and Education Network
AVEN hosts the world's largest online asexual community as well as a large archive of resources on asexuality. AVEN strives to create open, honest discussion about asexuality among sexual and asexual people alike.