STEP South Texas Equality Project

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South Texas Equality Project creates spaces & collaborations to celebrate, support, educate, & advocate for LGBTQIA+ & other marginalized communities in the Rio Grande Valley of South TX. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

🩷❤️🧡💛🏳️‍⚧️ PRIDE KICKOFF - MIDNIGHT SUN 🏳️‍🌈💚🩵💙💜📆 Sat, June 6th, 2026⏰ 9 PM - 12 AM📍 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈Celebrate Pride with comm...
05/16/2026

🩷❤️🧡💛🏳️‍⚧️ PRIDE KICKOFF - MIDNIGHT SUN 🏳️‍🌈💚🩵💙💜

📆 Sat, June 6th, 2026
⏰ 9 PM - 12 AM
📍

🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈Celebrate Pride with community with this FREE event! 🥳🌈
🎧 Featuring DJs &
✨ Loteria • Prizes • Local Artisan Vendors • Local Resources • Performances

🪩 Theme: Midnight Sun 🌖

📢🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 CALLING ALL ORGANIZERS & VOLUNTEERS 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️📢Join us for our Pride Month edition for STEP UP Coalition Meet...
05/16/2026

📢🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 CALLING ALL ORGANIZERS & VOLUNTEERS 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️📢

Join us for our Pride Month edition for STEP UP Coalition Meeting! 🩷❤️🧡💛💚🩵💙💜

📆 Thursday, May 21, 2026
📍 6:30–8:00 PM
💻 Virtual on Zoom
🔗 BIT.LY/STEPUPMAY21

❤️‍🔥 Want to volunteer for Pride month events? Looking for volunteers or wanting to get the word out? Now’s your chance!! Share your event details with us and connect with others 💞🌈✨

💌 For more information email [email protected]

🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 RGV LGBTQ+ SUPPORT GROUP 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️📅 Wednesday, May 13th⏰ 7 PM - 8 PM💻 Via ZoomJoin us on Zoom at 7:00pm for ou...
05/10/2026

🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 RGV LGBTQ+ SUPPORT GROUP 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

📅 Wednesday, May 13th
⏰ 7 PM - 8 PM
💻 Via Zoom

Join us on Zoom at 7:00pm for our next RGV LGBTQ+ Support Group! The next topic is “Reducing Stigma” There are many overlaps between mental health & being part of the LGBTQIA+ community. This session we focus on one of these overlaps: the stigmas that follow. Lets discuss ways to reduce stigmas with our community, loved ones, and ourselves.

Open to the LGBTQ+ community and allies. Email us at [email protected] to RSVP or for more information.

🌈🌱 Join STEP for a group volunteer opportunity at Marinoff Nursery 🌱🌈📅 Wednesday, May 20th⏰ 8am - 12 pm 📍Marinoff Nurse...
05/09/2026

🌈🌱 Join STEP for a group volunteer opportunity at Marinoff Nursery 🌱🌈

📅 Wednesday, May 20th
⏰ 8am - 12 pm
📍Marinoff Nursery - 7420 S Stewart Rd, Alamo, TX

Help restore the native taumalipan thornscrub forest across the Rio Grande Valley! In the original pride flag, the green stripe represents Nature. 🏳️‍🌈 Let’s uphold our duty as the LGBTQIA+ community and help our local nature out! 🪴
Snacks, drinks, and fun provided!🌈

❣️Limited volunteer capacity, please RSVP at [email protected]

Join us for the May Day Solidarity Fest to celebrate International Workers Day! We’re excited to be participating in thi...
04/30/2026

Join us for the May Day Solidarity Fest to celebrate International Workers Day! We’re excited to be participating in this event designed to create a proactive space for community to connect, learn, and take action during the . Together, we will be gaining skills and connections to build local networks of resilience and resistance because we deserve better! We are fighting for our freedoms and our futures. It’s time to abolish billionaires y fuera ICE.
Every day people across the globe are uniting to demonstrating our People Power and disrupting the billionaire class with 🤜🏽🤛🏽Join us!

Sign up at smvmt.us/rgvfest and please share!

🗓️Friday, May 1st, 2026
📍Edinburg Municipal Park
⏰ 12 - 6pm

RGV + Pride= Visibility Happy Le***an Visibility Day!In honor of today, we are sharing pictures from the historic le***a...
04/27/2026

RGV + Pride= Visibility

Happy Le***an Visibility Day!

In honor of today, we are sharing pictures from the historic le***an flag raising at Bar B in Downtown Brownsville- organized by Chicas Happy Hour.

Check out the post above to read the speech read by Esther Siller- a native of Brownsville and the founder of Chicas Happy Hour- about what this historic occasion means to her and why le***an visibility is so important.

Also, check out Esther's words about an alternative le***an flag that has deep roots in history and community.

is a group for le***an and q***r women in the Rio Grande Valley. Meetings happen regularly throughout the RGV. Check them out for more.

🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ RGV LGBTQ+ SUPPORT GROUP🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈🌟✨6 Year Anniversary Celebration! 🤩🥳📅 Wednesday, April 29th📍 Casa Vibra | 6...
04/23/2026

🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ RGV LGBTQ+ SUPPORT GROUP🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈
🌟✨6 Year Anniversary Celebration! 🤩🥳

📅 Wednesday, April 29th
📍 Casa Vibra | 6:30 - 8:30pm

Everyone is welcome! Join us as we celebrate 6 years of the RGV LGBTQ+ Support Group! You can expect food, cake, free journals (for first 25 attendees) and community 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Alex Parras is a q***r trans man who was born and raised in Brownsville. He is a q***r activist, urban farmer, and conse...
04/23/2026

Alex Parras is a q***r trans man who was born and raised in Brownsville. He is a q***r activist, urban farmer, and conservationist.

Alex just turned 21 (join us in wishing him a happy birthday week!) and has already made tremendous contributions to our community. You've probably seen him at one of our events- always smiling and willing to lend a hand. He is constantly challenging us by bringing new perspective to the work we do and represents the future. We are so honored to have him join our board and continue being a part of the fight for q***r and trans rights in the RGV.

We asked Alex to share a little bit about what being a part of the STEP board means to him, why it's important to create spaces for q***r and trans joy. Because today is EARTH DAY, we also asked him to share a bit about why conservation is so important.

Continuing the celebration of our new STEP board members!!!!Tiffany Lozano (she/her) is a Dominican American artist, act...
04/22/2026

Continuing the celebration of our new STEP board members!!!!

Tiffany Lozano (she/her) is a Dominican American artist, activist, poet, singer, and pastor. She identifies as a Le***an Q***r Woman and was born in New York City but grew up in McAllen and now lives in Weslaco. In the early 2000s, she was a member of HUGS (Helping Unite G**s and Straights- the first GSA in the RGV) and is a pastor at the LGBTQ+ affirming Mount Calvary Christian Church in Harlingen. She is also the founder of Queen T. Artistry- which promotes visibility and expression through the arts.

For Le***an Visibility Week, we had Tiffany share some of what visibility means to her and why it is so important. Because it's National Poetry Month, we also asked her to talk a little about the impact poetry has had on her.

She also shares some of her thoughts on being a Q***r Christian.

Welcome to the board, Tiffany! STEP is so lucky to have you!

🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ Get informed & get involved! 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️The next STEP UP Coalition Meeting is Thursday, April 23rd! At STEP UP...
04/20/2026

🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ Get informed & get involved! 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️

The next STEP UP Coalition Meeting is Thursday, April 23rd! At STEP UP Coalition meetings you will meet others involved in community organizing and learn about volunteer opportunities, local issues and more. If you’ve RSVP’d for a previous meeting in 2026, you’ll automatically receive this meeting’s link prior to the meeting date.

📆 Thursday, April 23rd
⏰ 6:30 - 8:00 PM
💻 Via Zoom

RSVP at: bit.ly/STEPUPApril
Email [email protected] for assistance & with any questions. Everyone is welcome! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

We are so excited to continue announcing our new board members! Our STEP Board family is growing! We recently added five...
04/19/2026

We are so excited to continue announcing our new board members! Our STEP Board family is growing! We recently added five new incredible individuals to our board. While we revealed them at a recent STEP UP coalition meeting, we are so happy to be showing them off on social media. These individuals represent different identities, experiences, and parts of the Rio Grande Valley and have already demonstrated a commitment to the work that STEP does and to the larger LGBTQ+ community in the RGV.

Guy Duke (they/them) is a nonbinary and bisexual archaeologist, professor, poet, artist, zine-maker, and parent originally from Canada who now lives in McAllen, Texas.

Because today is Nonbinary Parents Day and because April is both Autism Awareness Month and National Poetry Month, we asked Guy to share not only what STEP means to them and why they are excited to be a part of the board but also how autism intersects with their q***r identity and how poetry has been a powerful vehicle for their self-expression.

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