HRC Austin

10 years since 49 souls were taken from their friends, families, and loved ones.

Words will never express our sadness, our grief, our rage over the senseless act of gun violence that stole their lives.

But we continue to fight, to take action, and to remember that love is stronger than hate.

Today and always, we remember.
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10 years since 49 souls were taken from their friends, family, and loved ones.
❤️🩷🧡💛💚💙🩵💜🤎🖤

Today and always, we remember:

Stanley Almodóvar
Amanda Alvear
Oscar A. Aracena-Montero
Rodolfo Ayala Ayala
Antonio Davon Brown
Darryl Burt
Simón Carrillo
Luis Daniel Conde
Cory Connell
Tevin Eugene Crosby
Laureano Disla
Deonka Drayton
Leroy Valentín Fernández
Mercedez Marisol Flores
Peter González-Cruz
Juan Ramón Guerrero
Paul Terrell Henry
Frank Hernández
Miguel Ángel Honorato
Javier Jorge-Reyes
Jason Josaphat
Eddie Justice
Christopher Andrew Leinonen
Luis Daniel Wilson León
Alejandro Barrios Martínez
Juan Chavez Martinez
Brenda Lee Márquez-McCool
Gilberto Ramón Silva Menéndez
Kimberly Morris
Akyra Murray
Luis Omar Ocasio-Capo
Geraldo Ortiz
Eric Ivan Ortiz-Rivera
Ángel Luis Candelario Padró
Joel Rayón Paniagua
Jean Carlo Méndez Pérez
Enrique L. Rios
Jean Carlos Nieves Rodríguez
Xavier Emmanuel Serrano Rosado
Christopher Sanfeliz
Yilmary Rodríguez Solivan
Edward Sotomayor Jr.
Shane Tomlinson
Martin Benítez Torres
Jonathan Antonio Camuy Vega
Franky Jimmy De Jesús Velázquez
Juan Pablo Rivera Velázquez
Sergio Vielma
Jerald Arthur Wright

We'll be back at Taylor PRIDE for their 6th Annual Music and Arts Pride Festival on Saturday, June 27th!

And we're seeking volunteers to help us table! We'll be spreading love and joy while advancing LGBTQ+ equality.

✨️Four shift times are available✨️
🔹️ Setup: 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
🔹️ 1st Shift: 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
🔹️ 2nd Shift: 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
🔹️ 3rd Shift: 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM

Let's support our small town Prides!

Visit the link in our bio or hrc.im/VolunteerAustin to sign up today. 🤗

We're getting "kinky" on June 24th!

Join us for our second Wednesday We Gather summer lecture where Gary Schumann, Attorney at Law, will be speaking on the topic "Kink in the Law."

With over 30 years in the legal profession, and the founder of the Austin LGBT Bar Association (and he received the Bettie Naylor Award at our 2025 dinner), we're super excited to hear about this topic, which has to do with more than bedroom pleasures.

"Kink in the Law" is a talking point that refers to the intersection of many kink communities and legal regulations both locally and nationally.

We'll be at The Iron Bear (on $.99 Wing Wednesday!) for this lecture on June 24th.

Time: 7 to 8 PM

Add it to your calendar so you don't forget and join us at the end of the month!

(Gary has over 30 years in the legal profession. He is a founder of the Austin LGBT Bar Association and has been active in LGBT legal advocacy projects. He is an Equality Texas Capitol Club Member and HRC Federal Club Member. Gary is a Board Member of the Austin LGBT Chamber of Commerce.)

We're here 🌈

Come stop by, say hi, and get some and swag! Ask about how you can get involved, too. We've got several of our lovely and amazing steering committee members here 🥳

If you do stop by, take a photo and tag in your stories and posts! 📸

Happy Pride Month ATX! 🏳️‍🌈
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Amazing talk!!

https://lambdalegal.org/

Shoutout to all our pans. 🩷💛🩵

🩷 What is pansexuality?
Pansexuality is when someone is sexually attracted to people regardless of their gender.

💛 What is panromantic?
Panromantic is when someone is romantically attracted to people regardless of their gender.

🩵 Pansexuality and panromanticism do not mean that a person has sexual attraction to or romantic interest in everyone. It simply means that gender is not a factor in who a pan person can be romantically or sexually interested in.