Texas city declares Trans+ History Week in historic first

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Texas city declares Trans+ History Week in historic first

https://www.advocate.com/politics/states/san-antonio-trans-recognition-week 🔗

Jacob Ogles (4 May 2026)

One of Texas's largest cities has formally recognized transgender history for the first time.

The San Antonio City Council approved a resolution recognizing this week, May 4 through 10, as Trans+ History Week.

"At a moment when both our state and country are systematically trying to push trans people out of public life, erase our stories, and outright deny our existence, this proclamation recognizing Trans History Week is a beacon to trans people in San Antonio and across Texas," said Naveen Farrani, a spokesperson for Equality Texas, in a statement to the San Antonio Report.

Trans+ History Week is an international event, held each year the week of May 6, Trans+ History Day. That marks the 1933 Nazi raid on the Institute of Sexology, one of the earliest centers for the study of gender and sexuality and an institution that supported early advocacy for transgender people.

San Antonio has continued to promote LGBTQ+ tolerance and an inclusive environment, even as that puts it at odds with the conservative state government.