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By Scott Elliff “Words are things,” the inimitable Dr. Maya Angelou once said. “You must be careful about calling people out of their names, using racial pejoratives and sexual pejoratives and all that ignorance. Don’t do that.” She continued, like a prophet, “Someday, we’ll be able to measure the power

Tell Us Texas (Texans’ Experiences: LGBTQ+ Lives) is a collaborative effort to address the varied needs of the LGBT community. This survey, developed by researchers at the Montrose Research Institute, is important because it will provide the information needed to better address the health needs of our diverse community. By

Our Love Looks Like… …kindness and beauty and truth and unconditional acceptance of each other. …caring for each other so deeply that it constantly blows your mind that you could love someone so much. …never being able to have enough hours in the day to spend together or enough time

By José Andrés Araiza, Chairman, Equality Texas Foundation Board of Directors One year ago this week, history was made. On February 19, 2015, Sarah Goodfriend and Suzanne  Bryant became the first legally married same-sex couple in Texas history. I had the honor of witnessing their marriage in Austin. It still

By Lou Weaver, lou.weaver@equalitytexas.org, @louweaver I am thrilled to announce my new position as the statewide Transgender Programs Coordinator for Equality Texas. There is a lot of work to be done here in the Lone Star state, and I am looking forward to opportunities working with the LGBTQ community. One

By Robert Salcido, Regional Field Coordinator, robert.salcido@equalitytexas.org, @rob_salcido A report released in 2013 by the Williams Institute, a think tank at UCLA Law, found that an estimated 1.4 million – or 4.3 percent of Latino adults in the Unites States consider themselves to be lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender. As