At least 30 LGBTQ Candidates on the November Ballot! Queer the Vote, Y’all August 27, 2018 at 1:30 pm 52 LGBTQ candidates ran for office in Texas in the March primaries. And now, 30 LGBTQ candidates are still standing with a chance to win important races up and down the ballot in the November general election in what could become a historic election for the LGBTQ community and its supporters.

Urgent: Make Them Feel Surrounded! August 8, 2018 at 8:04 pm While Texas Senators Ted Cruz and John Cornyn are home for the August recess, they need to hear constantly from the LGBTQ community and its allies about our opposition to the confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh to a lifetime appointment on the U.S. Supreme Court!

Equality Texas Urges Members to Queer the Vote, Y’all! August 6, 2018 at 7:10 pm The importance of the upcoming November 6, 2018 general election cannot be overstated! So much is at stake - on a federal, state, and local level. We must come together and fight for the state we want. This fall is the time to act with our votes. We cannot sit this out!

URGENT: The Plan to Stop Kavanaugh July 31, 2018 at 9:55 am Today, Equality Texas joins state and national leaders in the LGBTQ equality movement in announcing our opposition to the confirmation of Judge Brett Kavanaugh for a lifetime appointment to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Take Action Now to Oppose Discriminatory Aderholt Amendment July 20, 2018 at 7:32 am The measure would allow taxpayer-funded foster care and adoption service providers to discriminate against both children in care, and against prospective parents, based on sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, and marital status.

Pride Started as a Protest May 17, 2018 at 2:00 pm Pride season is officially underway in Texas, as LGBTQ people across the Lone Star State join with their neighbors in big cities and small towns in joyous, colorful, raucous celebrations. But Pride is more than a party. It’s also a reminder of how far we’ve come and the work we still have to do.

Celebrate our birthdays and double your gift May 11, 2018 at 11:00 am Help us celebrate our birthdays by making a gift to Equality Texas Foundation. When you do, your gift will be matched by a generous foundation and will go twice as far!

Stepping Into the Future: Guest post by John Oeffinger April 5, 2018 at 5:07 pm Texas is home to an estimated 140,000 transgender Texans including an estimated 13,800 youth. Transgender people reside across our state—in urban, rural, and suburban areas, not just in one or two large cities. And experts tell us that many of them experience significant barriers to medical care.

Visibility: guest post by Lily Pando March 31, 2018 at 8:00 am Eventually, I realized that the act of being trans in itself is revolutionary. I realized that I owed it to my past self and to all the other twelve-year olds who might be where I was to be visible and to tell my story. I realized that being trans is the hardest thing a person can do, and I want to make it easier.

People wonder why I would raise a transgender child in Texas, but I couldn’t do it anywhere else March 30, 2018 at 2:30 pm My daughter, Libby, loves her birthday. Starting the day after her birthday, she begins the countdown to her next birthday, drawing up lists of all potential plans for celebrating. This girl loves to celebrate with her friends, and this year we kicked it off with a tea party at the American Girl store with Libby's sister and her very best friends from preschool. And none of them cared in the least that the birthday girl is transgender.