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SB6, also known as the “bathroom bill” is likely to enter the next phase of the legislative process. On Tuesday, the Texas Senate will convene at noon and is expected to begin floor debate on the discriminatory bill that would prohibit transgender Texans from using the bathroom that correctly matches

CONTACT: DeAnne Cuellar, 512-474-5475, [email protected] Susan Risdon, 214-226-6741, [email protected] Jose Medina, 512-804-8061, [email protected] Civil and Religious Liberties Groups, Sexual Assault Experts, Faith Leaders, Parents Call for Rejection of Discriminatory ‘Bathroom’ Bill Austin, Texas – March 7, 2017– Equality Texas, the largest statewide organization solely dedicated to securing full equality for LGBT Texans, today joined

CONTACT: DeAnne Cuellar, [email protected], 512-474-5475 WHO: Chuck Smith, Equality Texas CEO Chelsa Morrison, mother of transgender girl Rachel Gonzales, mother of transgender girl Danielle Skidmore, Transgender adult Reverend S. David Wynn, lead pastor of Agape Metropolitan Community Church in Fort Worth, Texas Kim Farbo, Texas Association Against Sexual Assault representative and

Austin, Texas – February 27, 2017 – Equality Texas today 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 Pidgeon et al, v. Parker). Equality Texas filed the Amicus Brief on behalf

TEXAS – February 22, 2017 – Today the Trump Administration took a giant step back from their previously stated commitment to champion fairness and equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) people. By reversing guidelines previously issued by the Departments of Education and Justice during the Obama administration