Press Releases

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Angela Hale, Equality Texas, 512.289.2995 [email protected] Equality Texas Foundation & Texas Health Institute Announce a New $250,000 Contract and a First of Its Kind Texas Research Capacity-Building Project to Improve the Quality of Healthcare for Transgender Texans  Austin, Texas – August 28, 2018 – Equality Texas Foundation and

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Angela Hale 512-289-2995  [email protected] Join Equality Texas & Our All-Star Cast of Pro-Equality Texas Political Leaders at the Dallas Pride Parade this September  Austin, Texas – August 16, 2018 – Equality Texas, the largest statewide organization solely dedicated to securing full equality for LGBTQ Texans, today

In response to President Donald Trump’s nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to fill Justice Anthony Kennedy’s seat on the U.S. Supreme Court, the following can be attributed to Chuck Smith, CEO of Equality Texas: “With Justice Anthony Kennedy retiring, the progress we have made toward full equality for LGBTQ people is

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact:  Angela Hale, Equality Texas 512-289-2995, [email protected]   New Report Shows Epidemic of Violence Against LGBTQ Texans 3 Murdered in Houston-7 in Texas in 2017-Highest Number in 20 Years Equality Texas Fighting on the Front Lines with the Houston Police Department & Montrose Center to Protect LBGTQ

Judge Lee Rosenthal, the chief judge in the Houston-based Southern District Court of Texas, said in a decision last week:  Within the last year, several circuits have expanded Title VII protection to include discrimination based on transgender status and sexual orientation. The failure-to-conform stereotyping protection from Price Waterhouse has been expanded to