Hardest-Working Harbinger of Queer Progress
Adri Pérez
If all the legislators under the pink dome had a pinkie’s worth of Texas Freedom Network Organizing Director Adri Pérez’s courage, maybe this ol’ Lone Star State wouldn’t be failing its people so often. Stacks of expertly crafted testimony delivered to the often antagonistic reps and senators prove Pérez’s shining sword, cutting BS bills to ribbons. Their relentless advocacy – teaching oppressed folks across Texas how to represent themselves at the Capitol – makes that sword an open-source weapon. Even overeager DPS officers, whose rough treatment of LGBTQ protesters at the Capitol included tackling Pérez to the ground, haven’t blunted the activist’s spirit. They remain as sharp as ever in the fight for queer Texans’ futures.
