Press Releases

EQTX & GLAAD Celebrate HD146 Runoff Results

The Texas Legislature is getting a little queerer courtesy of Lauren Ashley Simmons’ runoff election win in House District 146. Simmons, an openly queer union organizer, ousted Rep. Shawn Thierry, the incumbent who betrayed the LGBTQIA+ community during the 2023 Legislative Session when she voted to ban health care for

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Texans Speak Out Against Paxton’s Lawsuit, Abbott’s Order

Texas Attorney General, Ken Paxton, announced that he is suing the Department of Education over updates to the Title IX regulations. Title IX is a federal civil rights law designed to protect students in public schools from discrimination.The updates now explicitly include protections for sexual orientation and gender identity.

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Equality Texas Petitions the UN about Crisis in Texas

We joined forces with the ACLU of Texas, GLAAD, HRC, and with support from the Human Rights Clinic at UT Law, submitted a Joint Allegation Letter to 17 independent experts, working groups, and special rapporteurs at the UN about the human rights crisis facing LGBTQIA+ Texans. The Joint Allegation Letter

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SB 12: Still Bad For Texans

SB 12, the Drag Ban, has gone through a lot of changes recently. After language explicitly mentioning drag was removed from the bill, we’d like to explain why this bill is still bad for Texas. We want to be clear, just because the House version doesn’t specifically mention drag, this

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