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Unlike any other …..Unite the Fight! September 18, 2018 at 1:26 pm Unite the Fight is the annual gala for The Equality Alliance. Benefits 5 charities, including Equality Texas
Get off the couch August 28, 2018 at 3:35 pm There are less than 75 days until Election Day! It has never been more important for you to show up to the polls and vote in the November General Election in Texas.
Equality Texas Foundation & Texas Health Institute Announce a New $250,000 Contract and a First of Its Kind Texas Research Capacity-Building Project to Improve the Quality of Healthcare for Transgender Texans August 28, 2018 at 1:08 pm Austin, Texas – August 28, 2018 – Equality Texas Foundation and Texas Health Institute announced today an exciting new $250,000 contract awarded to the Texas Health Institute and the Equality Texas Foundation for TransFORWARD: A Statewide Transgender-Powered Research Collaborative in Texas. The project will engage transgender Texans in a ground-breaking research capacity-building project to improve the lives and health of transgender Texans.
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.
How we’re celebrating Women’s Equality Day August 24, 2018 at 4:15 pm This Sunday, August 26, is Women’s Equality Day, when we celebrate the 98th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment. As we honor the suffragists who fought for decades to secure women’s right to vote, we’re gearing up our voter turnout efforts across the state in a big way!
Will you hire me if I’m gay? August 24, 2018 at 9:00 am Think discrimination against LGBTQ professionals is a thing of the past? Photographer Alicia Verdier knows otherwise. Read Alicia’s story here.
We Won’t Go Back! August 21, 2018 at 6:30 pm We have to keep up the pressure on Senators John Cornyn and Ted Cruz to vote NO on confirming Brett Kavanaugh to a lifetime appointment to the Supreme Court. Our rights are at risk if Kavanaugh is confirmed. Will you take a stand and tell Senators Cornyn and Cruz: We won’t go back?
Join Equality Texas & Our All-Star Cast of Pro-Equality Texas Political Leaders at the Dallas Pride Parade this September August 16, 2018 at 12:00 pm Equality Texas will be joined by an all-star cast of pro-equality political leaders at Dallas Pride. This year’s Pride theme is “Vote No H8 in the Lone Star State,” based on the ongoing No H8 photo series created and continued by Adam Bouska. Equality Texas is proud to march with current and future political leaders who are dedicated to bringing full equality to LGBTQ Texans.
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!