Press Releases

Media Contact: Angela Hale, Texas Competes/Equality Texas 512.289.2995, [email protected] Study by Leading Texas Economist Shows LGBTQ Nondiscrimination Would Create Hundreds of Thousands of Jobs, Billions in Tax Revenues, Significant Economic Growth Policy supported by 70% of Texans, majorities in both parties would create billions in city & state tax revenues,

For Immediate Release Contact:  Angela Hale, Equality Texas  [email protected] Texas Equity PAC Endorses Democrat Eddie Rodriguez for Special Election to Replace Kirk Watson for Senate District 14 Austin, TX (June 30, 2020) – Today, the Texas Equity PAC, the political action committee of Equality Texas, the largest statewide organization solely

Contact:  Angela Hale, 512-289-2995 [email protected] Equality Texas and Texas Pride Impact Fund Announce Launch of Queer Texas Crisis Fund Austin, Texas- June 29, 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

Angela Hale, Equality Texas, 512.289.2995 [email protected] Equality Texas Releases Statement from CEO Ricardo Martinez on the United States Supreme Court Ruling in Favor of Protecting the DACA Program that Will Protect More Than a Hundred Thousand Texans Austin, Texas – June 18, 2020- Equality Texas, the largest statewide organization solely

Today, in a historic decision, the United States Supreme Court affirmed that companies can’t unfairly fire or otherwise discriminate against LGBTQ people in the workplace. The ruling will directly improve the lives of nearly one million LGBTQ Texans and 11.5 million gay, lesbian, and bisexual people and 1.5 million transgender