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2015 was an unpredictable year for LGBT Texans. From the highs of securing the freedom to marry, to the lows of HERO’s defeat in Houston, we’ve experienced every emotion this year. Before the fireworks usher in the New Year, the Equality Texas staff would like to share  a favorite story

In a big decision this week — the FDA lifts a lifetime ban on blood donations from gay and bisexual men. However — some restrictions are still in place– as the FDA institutes a policy requiring a year of celibacy by men who have sex with men. Chuck Smith, the

  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

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