Press Releases

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

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Imelda Mejia, ACLU of Texas, [email protected], (713) 942-8146 ext. 123 Angela Hale, Equality Texas, [email protected], (512) 289-2995 Tom Warnke, Lambda Legal, [email protected], (213) 841-4503 Emmett Shelling, Transgender Education Network of Texas, [email protected] LGBTQ Rights Groups Launch Resource Hub for Transgender Youth Austin, Texas — March 30,

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: 512-289-2995 [email protected] Equality Texas Has a New Look, but Our Commitment to Take on the Enemies of Equality & Stop LGBTQ Discrimination Is Unwavering  Austin, Texas – March 26, 2018 – Equality Texas, the largest statewide organization solely dedicated to securing full equality for LGBTQ Texans,

House economic competitiveness panel releases its report today calling the bathroom bill needlessly divisive and a serious economic threat   Today State Rep. Byron Cook, (R-Corsicana), who refused to hold a hearing on the bathroom bill during the Special Legislative Session, released the long-awaited report from his House Select Committee