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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

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

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

Family Feast fundraiser aims to raise awareness for LGBT youth homelessness AUSTIN, Texas – Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender (LGBT) youth, and young adults, face a particular set of challenges. Discrimination, and often rejection by their families, contributes to the disproportionate number of homeless LGBT youth, a severely at-risk population confronted

Influenced by opponents of equality who took their tactics of fear and distortion to new levels, the Houston Equal Rights Ordinance (HERO) was defeated.  The ordinance, also known as Proposition 1, would have prohibited discrimination in employment, housing, and public accommodation on the basis of 15 protected classes including race,