Press Releases

Meet a Texan in the Middle of the Case  Austin, TX (October 3, 2019) – Today Equality Texas hosted a briefing featuring legal experts, advocates, and business leaders about the importance of three LGBTQ discrimination cases before the U.S. Supreme Court. On October 8 the U.S. Supreme Court will consider how Title

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Angela Hale, Equality Texas, 512.289.2995 [email protected] Equality Texas Names Longtime Equality Texas Consultant Angela Hale as Acting CEO of Equality Texas Austin, TX, June 26, 2019 – Equality Texas, the largest statewide organization solely dedicated to securing full equality for LGBTQ Texans announced today that longtime Equality

Contact: Susan Risdon, Equality Texas 214-226-6741, [email protected]          New Poll Shows Increasing Support for Transgender Rights Austin, TX (June 12, 2019) – New data released by national polling organization Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI) shows majority support across the country to protect transgender Americans from discrimination.   More than six

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT:  Susan Risdon, 214-226-6741 [email protected] TEXAS ANTI-LGBTQ BILL SIGNED INTO LAW BY GOVERNOR GREG ABBOTT Austin, Texas- June 11, 2019- Today, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed SB 1978, the so-called “Save Chick-fil-A” bill, into law. This comes as no surprise, as he had already signaled his intent

Contact: Angela Hale, Equality Texas 512-289-2995 [email protected] New Quinnipiac University Poll Shows Texas Voters Overwhelmingly Oppose Refusing to Serve LGBTQ People by a 3 to 1 Margin Austin, TX (June 6, 2019) – New polling released by the Quinnipiac University shows surging support among Texans for equal treatment of LGBTQ