Press Releases
For Immediate Release: Equality Texas, Abilene Pride Alliance and Lambda Legal Condemn Clyde High School’s in School Suspension of an Openly Gay Student Who Wore Nail Polish to School
Contact: Angela Hale, 512-289-2995 angela.hale@equalitytexas.org Austin, Texas- December 6, 2020 – Today, Equality Texas, the largest statewide organization solely dedicated to securing full equality for LGBTQ+ Texans, Abilene Pride Alliance, a nonprofit organization that is committed to connecting, coordinating, and advancing the LGBTQ+IA+ community in Abilene and the Big Country and Lambda
For Immediate Release: Equality Texas and the Transgender Education Network of Texas (TENT) mourn the loss of Asia Jynaé Foster on Transgender Day of Remembrance
It’s incredibly heartbreaking that on November 20, a day that is internationally recognized as Trans Day of Remembrance (TDOR) which started in 1999 as a vigil to honor the memory of Rita Hester — the trans community in Houston lost Asia Jynaé Foster to violence.
For Immediate Release: Statement on the Texas Behavioral Health Executive Council Reversing Course
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Angela Hale, Equality Texas, 512.289.2995 angela.hale@equalitytexas.org Equality Texas Releases Statement from CEO Ricardo Martinez on the Texas Behavioral Health Executive Council Reversing Course on the Decision to Discriminate Against LGBTQ Texans. Austin, Texas – October 27, 2020 – Equality Texas, the largest statewide organization solely dedicated to
For Immediate Release: Equality Texas and Texas Pride Impact Funds Announce Queer Texas Crisis Funds Grant Recipients
Contact: Angela Hale, 512-289-2995 angela.hale@equalitytexas.org Equality Texas and Texas Pride Impact Funds Announce Queer Texas Crisis Funds Grant Recipients Austin, Texas – October 15, 2020 – Today, Equality Texas, the largest statewide organization solely dedicated to securing full equality for LGBTQ+ Texans and Texas Pride Impact Funds, a community foundation created to
For Immediate Release: Advocacy, Professional Groups Denounce State Agencies for Stripping Out Explicit Nondiscrimination Protections for LGBTQ Texans
With the removal of sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression from the code, LGBTQ+ folks who experience discrimination could face more obstacles to getting the help they need.