Celia Israel's guest appearances

Celia Israel

Texas Tribune Events

Politex with Trey Martinez Fischer

The Austin City Councilman

David Garcia

Jessica Shortall

Joaquin Castro

Michael Webber

Jeff Traylor

Gilberto Hinojosa

Amber Briggle

Donna Howard

Eddie Rodriguez

Gina Hinojosa

Gilbert Garcia

Ina Minjarez

Scott Braddock

Max Baca

Sheriff Javier Salazar

OwlTail

It's Monday morning and we are back with another episode of Politex. As mean-spirited anti-LGBTQ legislation targeting trans children continues to make its way around the State Capitol, I spoke to three of the people who are fighting back:     My colleague Rep. Celia Israel is a founding member of the Texas LGBTQ Caucus and one of the strongest fighters we have in the Texas House.     Amber Briggle has been a prominent voice in the fight against attacks on transgender rights in Texas since the 2017 legislative session when the so-called "bathroom bill" was first proposed. Her advocacy is inspired by her son, Max.     Jessica Shortall is a nationally recognized author and speaker. She is a founding director of Texas Competes, a national model of advocacy for LGBTQ communities in deep red states.     Nobody likes a bully and I hope you'll tune into to today's episode to see how folks are fighting back against transphobic policies at the Capitol.

Episode 8: Rep. Celia Israel, Amber Briggle, Jessica Shortall