For Immediate Release: Texas Anti-LGBTQ Bill Signed Into Law by Governor Greg Abbott June 11, 2019 at 3:30 pm SB 1978 does not take away the rights of LGBTQ people, it does advance the message that anti-LGBTQ views deserve special protections.

For Immediate Release: New Quinnipiac University Poll Shows Texas Voters Overwhelmingly Oppose Refusing to Serve LGBTQ People by a 3 to 1 Margin June 6, 2019 at 2:29 pm A new Quinnipiac University poll shows Texans believe that businesses should NOT be allowed to refuse service to someone based on their sexual orientation or gender identity.

For Immediate Release: Equality Texas Celebrates 30th Anniversary June 5, 2019 at 11:44 am Equality Texas, incorporated in 1989, commemorates its biggest heroes, milestones and victories across three decades of fighting for LGBTQ equality in the state of Texas.

For Immediate Release: Statement by Lou Weaver, Equality Texas Transgender Programs Coordinator, on the Discovery of Another Murdered Transgender Woman in Dallas June 3, 2019 at 4:43 pm The transgender community and allies across Texas are reeling with the discovery of the body today in Dallas of Chynal Lindsey, a Black transgender woman.

For Immediate Release: Equality Texas Announces New Board Members and Officers June 3, 2019 at 9:45 am Equality Texas announced new members of the Equality Texas Foundation and Equality Texas Boards of Directors as well as new Equality Texas board officers.

For Immediate Release: Equality Texas Searching for New Chief Executive Officer May 29, 2019 at 10:35 am Equality Texas is launching a search for a new chief executive officer to lead the organization into the future.

Shifting the Narrative — the 86th Legislative Session May 28, 2019 at 3:28 pm

For Immediate Release: Equality Texas Blocked Nearly 20 Anti-LGBTQ Bill This Session May 28, 2019 at 2:40 pm The death of 20 LGBTQ bills this legislative session is evidence of the growing political strength of and support for the LGBTQ rights movement.

For Immediate Release: Proposed Trump Administration Rollbacks of ACA Nondiscrimination Regulations Jeopardize Transgender Texans’ Access to Health Care May 24, 2019 at 4:50 pm The Trump administration’s new proposed regulation would erase all recognition by the Department of Health and Human Services of protections for transgender people under the Health Care Rights Law.

For Immediate Release: Equality Texas Statement on the Murder of Muhlaysia Booker May 20, 2019 at 1:22 pm We are devastated that Muhlaysia Booker of Dallas, Texas has become the third transgender woman of color to be killed this year. We call upon the Dallas Police Department to pursue their investigation and find Muhlaysia’s killer(s). Equality Texas decries the epidemic of violence targeting transgender women of color and all violence against members of the LGBTQ community.