Press Releases
Statement of Equality Texas’ CEO Chuck Smith on Texas Attorney General’s Appointment of Anti-LGBT Attorney Jeff Mateer
Equality Texas works to secure full equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender Texans through political action, education, community organizing, and collaboration. Please consider our organization as a resource to assist with providing expert opinions relevant to religious liberty protections, and Attorney General’s recent decision to hire the First Liberty
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Equality Texas Fighting on the Front Lines Against LGBT Discrimination – Texas Senate Committee Focusing on Anti-LGBT Bills Out of Step with the Majority of Texans
Equality Texas Fighting on the Front Lines Against LGBT Discrimination – Texas Senate Committee Focusing on Anti-LGBT Bills Out of Step with the Majority of Texans New Report Shows Widespread Support for LGBT Texans Against Discrimination – Another Names Steven Hotze and the Conservative Republicans of Texas as a Hate
Memo to Media: Religious Liberty Protections in Texas
Why do advocates of “religious freedom” think the term means the freedom to discriminate against LGBT people in child welfare services, and in public accommodations, and elsewhere? Is it only religious freedom for some? Today, the Texas Senate held a hearing to consider new legislation that could create new laws
For Immediate Release: Statement of Equality Texas’ CEO Chuck Smith on Dallas Justice of the Peace Bill Metzger’s Plan to Refuse to Marry Same-sex Couples
Contact: DeAnne Cuellar, [email protected] This week a Dallas County Justice of the Peace, Bill Metzger, used his Facebook page to contemplate breaking the law and the Texas Code of Judicial Conduct by refusing to marry same-sex couples. In 2015, the United States Supreme Court ruled that laws like Texas’ law
Equality Texas Calls for Reinstatement of Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast’s HIV Prevention Funding
Contact: DeAnne Cuellar, 210-896-9141, [email protected] Austin, Texas – After months of investigation, a Harris County grand jury cleared Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast of all wrongdoing and allegations of unlawful misconduct. Equality Texas supports early intervention and prevention programs to prevent and reduce HIV-affected communities and publicly requests the Texas Department