Bonjour, Texas Competes

What’s happening? Texas Competes, a new business organization, which released a letter this week with 43 Companies in opposition to the Texas Legislature’s anti-LGBTQ legislation.

Why is this important? This list.


  1. Amazon
  2. American Airlines
  3. Apple
  4. Austin Chamber of Commerce
  5. Austin City Limits Music Festival
  6. Austin LGBT Chamber of Commerce
  7. Austin Tech Alliance
  8. Bain and Company
  9. BASF
  10. BBVA USA
  11. bp America
  12. C3 Presents
  13. Cedar Park Chamber of Commerce
  14. Dell Technologies
  15. Destination El Paso
  16. Dow
  17. Facebook
  18. Fort Bend Chamber of Commerce
  19. G6 Hospitality LLC
  20. Gearbox Entertainment
  21. Greater Houston LGBT Chamber
  22. GSD&M
  23. HP
  24. Hunt Companies
  25. IBM Corporation
  26. Levi Strauss & Co
  27. Lime
  28. Marriott International
  29. McKinney Chamber of Commerce
  30. Microsoft
  31. North Texas Commission
  32. North Texas LGBT Chamber of Commerce
  33. PayPal
  34. Salesforce
  35. San Antonio LGBT Chamber of Commerce
  36. Silicon Labs
  37. Sun Life
  38. Sustainable Food Policy Alliance, including member companies Danone North America; Mars, Incorporated; Nestlé USA; and Unilever United States
  39. TechNet
  40. Texas LGBTQ Chambers of Commerce
  41. Unilever
  42. United Airlines
  43. United Corpus Christi Chamber of Commerce

How will this be important? Corporations first became vocal on LGBT issues in 2017 when the Texas Legislature was considering its “bathroom bill” that LGBT supporters opposed. This is trend in a red state is a big deal.

Check them out on twitter @TXCompetes

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