SXSW Releases Statement Decrying ‘Discriminatory Laws’ in Texas

Following Texas’ passage of a restrictive voting rights law and one of the most severe and restrictive abortion rights laws in the nation, SXSW, which has been located in the state capital of Austin for 30 years, released a statement decrying the government’s “discriminatory laws” and vowing to continue to support “civil rights for all persons, everywhere.”
This summer, the Republican-controlled Texas legislature, as well as Republican governor Greg Abbott, pu