LGBTQ Rights

LGBTQ Rights

 

The freedom to marry became the law of the land, even here in Texas, in June of 2015. But the fight for equality didn’t end there. Texas remains a state where LGBTQ individuals can be fired from their job, denied a place to live or refused service at a business simply because of who they are or whom they love.  Far-right activists and politicians continue to work to preserve the right to discriminate and roll back gains made by the LGBTQ community at the local level.

Resources

Texans Equal Under Law

How Did the Tea Party/Religious Right Lose So Badly on LGBT Discrimination in the Texas Legislature? http://bit.ly/1Nq22Sj

New Poll Shows Long List of Proposed Texas Bills Promoting Anti-LGBT Discrimination Contradicts What Voters Want

Texas GOPer, Hate Group Leader Prays for God to Destroy Lawmakers Who Support LGBT Equality, Women’s Reproductive Rights

by Dan Quinn
Blog, LGBTQ Rights, Religious Right Watch

Steven Hotze, the head of Conservative Republicans of Texas (which the Southern Poverty Law Center last year added to its list of hate groups), is asking supporters to pray for God to destroy lawmakers who support LGBT equality and women's reproductive rights:…… Read More

Texas Hate Group Spokesperson Once Again Exposes the Lies Behind Anti-Transgender Bill

by Dan Quinn
Blog, LGBTQ Rights

Supporters of SB6, the so-called "bathroom bill" that would discriminate against transgender people who need to use a public restroom in Texas, often claim they're simply trying to "protect" women and children from sexual predators. The bill, they insist, has nothing to do with targeting transgender people for discrimination. But they're lying, as a spokesperson for Conservative Republicans of Texas made clear in an essay Monday. Excerpt:…… Read More

Politicians Are Misusing Faith, Misleading on Claims about Safety to Scapegoat and Hurt LGBT Texans

by Dan Quinn
Blog, LGBTQ Rights, Press Releases

Religious-right activists used a press conference on Wednesday to pressure Texas House members into passing SB6, which would require discrimination against transgender Texans in public restrooms. We sent out a statement in response.… Read More

Equality, Civil Liberties Groups Denounce Shameful Deal Pitting Rights of Transgender Texans against Planned Parenthood Funding

by Dan Quinn
Blog, LGBTQ Rights, Press Releases, Reproductive Rights

Last week Texas House members shamefully bartered over the lives of transgender Texans and women's access to health care services. Today the Texas Freedom Network joined with our coalition partners to call out this outrageous bargain. Here's the press release we sent out:…… Read More

House Budget Vote: Big Defeat for School Vouchers, But the Right’s War on Women’s Health Care Continues

by Dan Quinn
Blog, Education, LGBTQ Rights, Reproductive Rights

A marathon session in the Texas House on that chamber's version of the state budget ended in the wee hours of this morning with a big victory in our fight against school voucher schemes but distressing actions in the continuing war on women's reproductive health care. Read More

LGBT Foundation
21 Oct
LGBT Foundation
@LGBTfdn

Happy International #PronounsDay! Today is a chance for us to make respecting, sharing & educating about personal pronouns more commonplace Referring to people by the pronouns they determine for themselves is basic to human dignity Find out more at lgbt.foundation/pron… pic.twitter.com/dy8l…

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