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Gabe Cazares is a proud Texan, a queer, disabled Latin x, and a self-described policy wonk. Gabe is currently part of Mayor Sylvester Turner’s executive team as Director of the Mayor’s Office for People with Disabilities in the City of Houston. In this capacity, Gabe oversees the accessible and timely

Waking up to news that Dominique “Rem’mie” Fells and Riah Milton, two Black transgender women, were murdered in Pennsylvania and Ohio was devastating. Their death is felt deeply by a community they may not have known they had here in Texas. Geographic boundaries to injustice don’t exist. While we still don’t

ELIA CHINO — Fundación Latinoamericana De Acción Social, Inc. A Michoacán-born immigrant, Elia Chinó has called Houston home for over 34 years. During that time, she has forged a reputation as a determined health and wellness advocate who works tirelessly to educate people about preventable diseases, behavioral health and mental

Today is Juneteenth. Juneteenth, also known as “Black Independence Day” or “Freedom Day”, commemorates the official end of slavery in the U.S. On this day in 1865, a group of enslaved people in Galveston, Texas finally learned that they were free from the institution of slavery, despite the Emancipation Proclamation

After it was announced that a restaurant would open in Amarillo with the name of “Big Beaners” Ali Ramos took it upon herself to create a change.org petition to try to encourage the restaurant owner to reconsider the name. Ali began the distribution of the petition and recently hit 10,000

Written by Ricardo Martinez, CEO Equality Texas Today, the Supreme Court ruled against the challenge to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. We celebrate with the 700,000+ Dreamers (nearly 40,000 of them LGBTQ- identified) and their loved ones who can now continue pursuing the American Dream without the