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In March 2021, Texas courts have fully recognized that LGBT individuals have employment protections, based on the 2020 Bostock v. Clayton County Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) legal precedent. [102] In 2022, Texas became a plaintiff in a federal lawsuit to overturn some LGBT protections on Constitutional grounds. [103]
On February 26, 2018, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (covering Connecticut, New York and Vermont) ruled that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits sexual orientation employment discrimination under the category of sex.
A public policy campaign advocating for changes in the Texas Education Code dealing with bullying and harassment. Equality Project A public education program on LGBT policy issues and their effect on Texas citizens. Why Marriage Matters Texas A program with Freedom to Marry working to legalize same-sex marriage in Texas. The program was ...
PFLAG, a leading U.S. LGBTQ advocacy group, on Friday won a temporary restraining order blocking demands from Texas' Republican attorney general for information about the group's work with ...
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton faces a lawsuit after he demanded an LGBTQ group turn over all records related to its support of Texas families seeking transition-related medical care for their ...
MORE: LGBTQ teen Nex Benedict died by suicide, medical examiner says. The FBI counted 2,936 incidents related to sexual-orientation and gender-identity bias in 2023 – up roughly 8.6% from about ...
The Stonewall Democrats of Dallas is an LGBT political club in the area. [18] Gay for Good also has a Dallas–Fort Worth chapter. [19] The Resource Center opened its 20,000-square-foot building in 2016; the $8.7 million project is located in Oaklawn and is one of the largest LGBT community centers in the nation. [20] [21]
The Texas Supreme Court stayed the judge's order that same day, and the next day Paxton asked the court to void the marriage license. [57] Responses from all parties were due on April 13, 2015. [58] In April 2016, the Texas Supreme Court dismissed Paxton's effort to void the marriage. [59]