Advocacy

Current Policy Initiatives

Looking forward to the future, Equality New Mexico will be working tirelessly to ensure that all queer and trans-New Mexicans are able to experience safety and inclusivity. Our top priorities include expanding healthcare access and focusing on gender-affirming, reproductive, and sexual health services. We're fighting for better access to PrEP and HIV prevention tools, ensuring a safer environment for LGBTQ+ youth in schools and beyond. We will push hard to achieve comprehensive sexuality and consent education for young people and give 16 and 17-year-olds a voice in shaping policies that impact their lives. Together, we can create a more inclusive and empowered future for all. Join us in making a difference!

Policy Advocacy

We lobby officials and leaders at state and local levels for policy changes that improve the lives of LGBTQ New Mexicans.

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Policy Achievements

2023 LEGISLATIVE SESSION

  • Removing Name Change Publication Requirements - PASSED & SIGNED

  • Modernizing The Human Rights Act - PASSED & SIGNED

  • New Mexico Voting Rights Act - PASSED & SIGNED

  • Reproductive And Gender Affirming Healthcare Freedom Act - PASSED & SIGNED

  • Patient-Provider Protection Act - PASSED & SIGNED

2021 LEGISLATIVE SESSION

  • Abortion Ban Repeal - PASSED & SIGNED

  • New Mexico Civil Rights Act - PASSED & SIGNED

  • Healthy Workplaces Act - PASSED & SIGNED

  • Cannabis Legalization - PASSED & SIGNED

2019 LEGISLATIVE SESSION

  • Safe Schools for All Students Act - PASSED & SIGNED

  • Vital Records Modernization Act - PASSED & SIGNED

  • Nondiscrimination Modernization Act - PASSED & SIGNED

  • Gender Neutral Restrooms Act - PASSED & SIGNED

  • Increase in the minimum wage - PASSED & SIGNED

  • Automated and Same-day voter Registration - PASSED & SIGNED

2017 LEGISLATIVE SESSION

  • Statewide Ban on Conversion Therapy - PASSED & SIGNED

  • Albuquerque Public Schools Trans Student Protections (March 2016)

  • Santa Fe Public Schools Trans Student Protections (March 2016)

  • Las Cruces Public Schools Safe Zones Program (May 2016)

2016 LEGISLATIVE SESSION

  • Religious Refusals - DEFEATED

  • Teen Curfews - DEFEATED

  • Bullying Prevention Appropriation - Passed House Education

  • Adding Police Officers to Hate Crimes Act - DEFEATED

  • Drivers Licences for Undocumented Immigrants (compromise bill) - PASSED & SIGNED

  • Multiple Bills to Restrict Abortion Access - DEFEATED

2015 LEGISLATIVE SESSION

  • Safe Schools for All Students Act - Passed Senate Education

  • Carlos Vigil Memorial Act (Bullying Prevention Fund) - PASSED & SIGNED

  • Senate Memorial on Conversion Therapy - PASSED