South Texas Equality Project

South Texas Equality Project (STEP RGV) is the Rio Grande Valley’s all-volunteer, all-Latinx LGBTQ+ advocacy coalition. STEP builds cross-organizational unity among RGV queer groups through coalition programming, publishes a regional LGBTQ+ resource guide, offers scholarships to LGBTQ+ South Texas students, and provides a hub at steprgv.org connecting community members to local services, events, and organizations. As a volunteer-run operation rooted in a predominantly Latinx border region, STEP reflects the unique intersection of queer identity and border culture in South Texas.