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Let’s spend some time together! With more and more Texans staying home to stay healthy, a lot of folks have free time on their hands or just need to connect with people outside of their walls. Equality Texas is here to help. We have been hard at work developing new

Co-Authored by Ricardo Martinez and Emmett Schelling for Progress Texas The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic sweeping the globe will hit LGBTQ+ Texans in ways others won’t experience. These implications are complex, layered, and intersectional. First, our community lacks basic protections from discrimination in housing, employment, public accommodations, and healthcare, the

This is guest post by one of our members, sharing his recent experience in Austin. If you would like to contribute a story of how COVID-19 has affected you, please visit our Share Your Story page. Last week, when COVID-19 was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization, I

Thank you for such a warm welcome. My name is Ricardo Martinez and I am the incoming CEO for Equality Texas.  I want to start by thanking the staff and boards of Equality Texas for entrusting me with such an incredible honor. I can’t wait to get going on December

Following a national search,
Equality Texas names Ricardo Martinez Chief Executive Officer.
Ricardo will be joining us from Phoenix, Arizona on
December 1st.

Every time I have to go and listen to people — including people elected to protect all Texans — talk about how I am a danger or not worthy of the same equality as my neighbors, I feel it.