As the 2019 legislative session in Texas comes to a close, HRC looks back with pride on accomplishing some significant milestones for equality in the Lone Star State.
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HRC is deeply saddened to learn of the death of Muhlaysia Booker, 23, a Black transgender woman fatally shot in Dallas on May 18.
For the first time ever, the Texas House held a hearing on HB-517, a bill introduced by Rep. Celia Israel to protect LGBTQ youth from the dangerous and discredited practice…
HRC volunteers in Texas mobilized thousands of supporters across the state ahead of hearings on anti-LGBTQ legislation.
In new Public Policy Polling survey, Texans broadly oppose attempts by the state legislature to strip away municipal civil rights protections.
HRC needs everyone to take action and help us stop SB 2485, SB2486 and SB 2487, three municipal preemption bills targeting non-discrimination ordinances in Texas.
HRC launched an Equality Act Month of Action with dozens of in-district grassroots events to build support for the Equality Act
SB 2485 and SB 2487 pass Senate; bills spun off from SB 15 continue to endanger critical local LGBTQ-inclusive nondiscrimination ordinances
The Texas House Committee on Insurance held a hearing on HB 3058, a bill authored by Rep. Julie Johnson to eliminate a requirement for prior authorization of prescription medicines that…
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