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  Friend, I am Carmen Saenz, a native New Yorker living in Waco, Texas. In 2012, my friend Susan Duty-Dennard and I hosted Equality Texas’ Daniel Williams at our first Waco Equality Day to lead an Equality Project training. The full day of knowledge exchange, interactive exercises and hands-on practice

Friend, My son is Benjamin and he is a 10-year-old transgender boy growing up in Houston. Together, we worked in our local community to protect the Houston Equal Rights Ordinance (HERO). As a family we publicly shared Benjamin’s story and the impact it had on all of us. We were

Building a State of Equality in Texas On November 21, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. I married Vic Holmes, the love of my life, the person I had lived with for 18+ years, at the Westin Stonebriar Hotel in Frisco, Texas.  It was the best day of my life. I met

AUSTIN WHAT: Interfaith Service of Remembrance and Hope WHERE: Trinity UMC Austin, 4001 Speedway, Austin, Texas 78751 WHEN: 7:00 p.m. MORE: https://www.facebook.com/events/540373649449024/ CORPUS CHRISTI WHAT: World AIDS Day Event WHERE: 5633 South Staples Street, #700 WHEN: 6:00 p.m. MORE: Contact Bill Hoelscher, 361-814-2001 DALLAS WHAT: AIDS Arms Free Rapid HIV

Thursday, November 19, 2015 San Antonio, Texas 6:00 – 9:00 p.m. 611 E Myrtle St, San Antonio, Texas 78212 http://on.fb.me/1lxiDKT San Marcos, Texas 7:00 p.m. UCM-Wesley, 510 N. Guadalupe, San Marcos TX 78666 http://on.fb.me/1S7ltAB Stephenville, Texas 6:30 p.m. Tarleton State University, Huneywell Bandstand; Tarleton & McIlhaney Streets Stephenville, TX 76402

This week the University Interscholastic League (UIL), literally punted their nondiscrimination policy concerning athletic contests out of bounds. The UIL has proposed that a student athlete’s gender be determined by their birth certificate. This policy, if approved, would prevent transgender young people from having equal opportunities in extracurricular activities. School-based