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PRIDE Proclamation

Help us encourage the City of Lubbock to declare June as PRIDE Month. 

• Since 1999 the nation has recognized PRIDE Month.  It is time for our city leaders to step and do the same. As their constituents our expectations are high. 
• Join us in our campaign to hold our leaders accountable to all citizens of Lubbock.

We want to hear from you. 

The OUTwest Lubbock Blog page is located on our website under "Living Here".  This forum is intended to highlight our community stories, experiences, and lives told in first-person accounts from the South Plains of Texas. We believe sharing our stories makes the invisible, visible.  With visibility comes PRIDE in ourselves and each other. We are proud to stand by your side and support your ability to "stand out in your field" and grow our community.

Lubbock Election Season is HERE!

There is plenty on the ballot this year.  

*Mayor

*City Council Representative

*City Proposition A - "Freedom Act Lubbock"

Read more here

There are 190,131 registered voters in Lubbock County as of 04/17/24.  Are you one of them?  Need to check your status, check your mail-in deadline, and/or check your polling location.  Visit votetexas.org today!

Lubbock & the South Plains in the Spotlight

• Lubbock PRIDE
• Gay rights activists: Fight is only just getting started
• Gay in Lubbock: Activist group rates Lubbock zero for gay equality, locals see it better
• "Chilly Climate" for GLBTQ on Texas Tech University Campus
• Driving Equality - See what advocates had to say about life in Lubbock
• South Plains College Student Organization SPeCtra
• City Council PRIDE Proclamation - Protest

State News

• Equality Texas
• Texas Tribune
  • Texas Legislature - 2023 (SB12)
  • Texas Legislature - 2023 (SB17)
• Texas PRIDE Impact Fund

National News

• HRC - Human Rights Campaign