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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,

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Anna Núñez | Anna@houstonunites.org| 713-325-7010 office | 713-857-9160 cell HOUSTON – President and CEO of the Houston Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Dr. Laura Murillo, is asking Houstonians to support Proposition 1, the Equal Rights Ordinance, in a new ad.  Dr. Murillo addresses the claims of discrimination

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Angela Hale | angelahale1@mac.com | 512-289-2995 cell Anna Núñez | anna@houstonunites.org | 713-857-9160 cell | 713-325-7010 office HOUSTON – With about almost a week to go until Election Day, Houston Unites released a new television ad called “Neighbors,” illustrating how the Houston Equal Rights Ordinance impacts

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Kevin Nix | kevin@houstonunites.org | (202) 431-5796 HOUSTON – Texans’ owner Bob McNair today took back his $10,000 contribution to the opponents of the Equal Rights Ordinance. Houston Unites issued this statement from campaign manager Richard Carlbom: “Like Bob McNair, many Houstonians are taking a step