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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 ...
Proposition 1 was a referendum held on November 3, 2015, on the anti-discrimination ordinance known as the Houston Equal Rights Ordinance (HERO).The ordinance was intended to improve anti-discrimination coverage based on sexual orientation and gender identity in Houston, specifically in areas such as housing and occupation where no anti-discrimination policy existed.
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 ...
Public polling on state of LGBT issues in Texas. [4] [5] Safe Schools Initiative 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
LGBTQ community centers are safe meeting places for all people. Prior to the gay liberation movement, there were no LGBTQ community centers in the United States. They became popular in the 1980s following activism to combat HIV/AIDS in the LGBTQ community. By 2009, there were at least 150 throughout the country. [1]
Texas state officials removed two webpages that provided resources for LGBTQ youths after criticism from one of Gov. Greg Abbott's primary challengers.
The first pro-LGBT event in DFW occurred in 1972; it was an unorganized march in Downtown Dallas. [5] The first official gay pride parade took place in June 1980. [6] Since then, both the Dallas and Fort Worth metropolitan divisions of the Metroplex have held their own separate gay pride festivals.
A national LGBTQ+ advocacy group is suing the Texas Attorney General's office rather than hand over information about its support of transgender children receiving gender-confirming medical care.