Press Releases
For Immediate Release: Transgender Youth & Families Respond to Trump’s School Guidance Efforts
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
For Immediate Release: 140+ Musicians & Artists Release Open Letter to Texas Leaders on Discriminatory Legislation
AUSTIN, TEXAS – Under the campaign name #TXTogether, more than 140 musicians and creative artists have released an open letter to Texas state leaders asking them to oppose Texas’ anti-transgender Senate Bill 6 and any other anti-LGBTQ legislation being considered. FULL LETTER ACCESSIBLE HERE The letter’s signers have pledged to
For Immediate Release: Faith Leaders to Issue Moral Call Against Anti-LGBTQ Discrimination Bills In Texas
Contact: DeAnne Cuellar, [email protected], (512) 474-5475 ext.06 TEXAS – On Thursday, Feb. 9, Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick is set to take his pitch for a mean-spirited and deeply divisive transgender discrimination bill, SB 6, to a “policy briefing” for conservative pastors in Austin. But on the same day an interfaith
For Immediate Release: Largest Survey of Transgender Life in America Publishes Data in Texas
Contact: DeAnne Cuellar, [email protected], 512-474-5475 Largest Survey of Transgender Life in America Publishes Data in Texas Alarming disparities between the transgender and general population across the U.S. TEXAS — The National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE) today released state-specific data from the United States Transgender Survey (USTS). As the largest survey of
For Immediate Release: Broad Coaltion of Policy Experts, Advocates Warn of Consequences of Anti-LGBT Discrimination Bills In Texas
Discrimination Laws Betray Guarantee of Equality, Risk the Same Economic Backlash That Has Damaged North Carolina and Other States Media Contacts: Dione Friends, ACLU of Texas, [email protected] DeAnne Cuellar, Equality Texas, [email protected] Nick Morrow, Human Rights Campaign, [email protected] Dan Quinn, Texas Freedom Network, [email protected] AUSTIN – Policy experts and advocates today warned that discriminatory
