Press Releases
For Immediate Release: Equality Texas’ Statement Regarding Spike in Calls to Suicide Hotline
CONTACT: DeAnne Cuellar, [email protected], 512-474-5475 ext. 06 Texas – August 3, 2017 – Late last night, the Trevor Project – the nation’s largest LGBTQ youth crisis intervention and suicide prevention organization – issued a press statement about the amount of incoming calls, text messages and online chats they’ve received from
For Immediate Release: LGBTQ Coalition Speaks Out Against Anti-Transgender Bills on Day of Testimony in Senate Committee
Nick Morrow | Human Rights Campaign | [email protected] | 865-386-8244 DeAnne Cuellar | Equality Texas | [email protected] | 512-474-5475 ext. 06 Stephen Wilson | ACLU of Texas | [email protected] | 713-325-7010 Dan Quinn | Texas Freedom Network | [email protected] | 512-322-0545 LGBTQ Coalition Speaks Out Against Anti-Transgender Bills on Day of
For Immediate Release: While the Nation Celebrates Pride Month and Two Years of Marriage Equality, Texas Supreme Court Punts Same-Sex Marriage Case Back to Lower Court
Contact: DeAnne Cuellar, [email protected], 512-474-5475 ext. 06 Equality Texas Releases Statement TEXAS – June 30, 2017 – On February 27, 2017, Equality Texas filed an amicus brief with the Texas Supreme Court in the case of Jack Pidgeon and Larry Hicks v. Mayor Sylvester Turner and City of Houston (formerly
Governor Abbott Signs HB 3589 Into Law, Statement from Equality Texas
“HB 3859 will allow child welfare organizations, agencies, employees, and foster parents that contract with the state to discriminate against LGBTQ families and others when making foster care and adoption decisions. The only consideration for a child welfare agency, organization, its employees, and foster parents should always be the best
For Immediate Release: Special Session Statement from Equality Texas
Chuck Smith, Chief Executive Officer “On the heels of the recently-concluded 85th Legislative ‘Session of Oppression,’ during which Texas lawmakers passed egregious laws targeting LGBTQ people, women, and immigrants, it is extremely disappointing that Governor Greg Abbott is calling legislators back to pass an anti-transgender bathroom bill. Governor Abbott is letting the