Video: VisitDallas President and CEO on How Destinations Are Fighting Against Discriminatory Legislation

The last few years have been busy for Phillip Jones, president and CEO of VisitDallas. In January 2017, Jones, along with fellow tourism and business leaders across the state, stood on the steps of the Texas state capitol building in Austin to voice his opposition to Senate Bill 6, or the “Texas Privacy Act” –– also known as the “bathroom bill.” The legislation would have required a person to use a restroom, locker room, or similar facility based on the gender stated on their birth certificate and make it a crime for transgender people to use facilities for the gender with which they identify. Needless to say, such legislation would discriminate against not only Texas citizens, but visitors to the state, and could severely damage the state’s economy and brand. When North Carolina passed its own bathroom bill, H