The group said it has received interest from about 100 LGBTQ+ students across the state whose college or university will no longer provide those services to abide by the new legislation.
A Rice University LGBTQ+ organization is offering its services amid Senate Bill 17, a law targeting diversity, equity, and inclusion offices in Texas.The University of Houston is closing its office of diversity, equity, and inclusion Thursday as the result of Senate Bill 17.
That's the new state law that requires public colleges in Texas to disband such offices by Jan. 1 of next year. It only applies to public institutions, so the co-presidents of Rice University's student-run LGBTQ+ organization said they started thinking of how they could help as soon as the legislation passed in the spring.
"We wanted to provide the resources we offer to public university students," Rice Pride Co-President Jorge Arnez Gonzalez said.RELATED:
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