Press Releases
For Immediate Release: Statement from Chuck Smith, CEO of Equality Texas Regarding Ken Paxton’s Latest Efforts to Allow Discrimination Against Gay & Transgender People
Contact: DeAnne Cuellar, 512-474-5475, [email protected] Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is an abysmal chief lawyer for the state of Texas. Not only is he under indictment for a series of felonies, his top leadership has a long record of discriminating against LGBT Texans. The attorney general continues to intervene in lawsuits
For Immediate Release: Statement from Chuck Smith, CEO of Equality Texas Regarding Attorney General Ken Paxton’s Latest Attempt to Challenge the U.S. Supreme Court’s Obergefell Decision
Austin, Texas (October 28, 2016) – In a futile attempt to challenge the decision in Obergefell v. Hodges, in favor of marriage equality, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, Governor Greg Abbott and Lt. Governor Dan Patrick are at it again wasting more taxpayer dollars with an amicus brief filed with
For Immediate Release: 200+ Texas Small Businesses Speak Out Against Discriminatory Legislation to be Filed in the 2017 Legislative Session, Calling It an Attack on Small Businesses and an Attack on the Texas Economy
200+ Texas Small Businesses Speak Out Against Discriminatory Legislation to be Filed in the 2017 Legislative Session, Calling It an Attack on Small Businesses and an Attack on the Texas Economy San Antonio, Texas – Equality Texas, the statewide organization working for full equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender
For Immediate Release: Statement from Chuck Smith, CEO of Equality Texas in Response to Dan Patrick
Lt. Governor Dan Patrick says one of his priorities for the upcoming legislative session is the so-called “women’s privacy act.” We believe Dan Patrick is using this false name to purposely try to pass legislation to discriminate against LGBT Texans. Clearly, the lt. governor does not really believe in protecting
For Immediate Release: Statement from Chuck Smith, CEO of Equality Texas in Response to Yesterday’s Opinion from Judge Reed O’Connor in Wichita Falls
In late August, Judge Reed O’Connor issued a temporary injunction against the Obama administration’s new guidelines that said schools must allow transgender students to use the bathroom and locker room corresponding to their gender identity. The federal government requested a clarification, asking whether O’Connor’s ruling truly applied nationwide or just to the 13 states,
