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Lobby Day at the Capitol – Monday, March 2, 2009

Spend Texas Independence Day sharing the reality of your life with those elected to represent you.  Resolve today to make a difference in Texas by getting engaged in the movement for equality.

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Help Support Transgender Equality.

Special screening of the film Trinidad - Sunday January 4, 2009

The Alamo Ritz in downtown Austin is featuring a special screening of PJ Raval's award-winning film, Trinidad.  The 5pm screening benefits Transgender Education Network of Texas.  

Purchase advance tickets.

Merry Merry Martini Mixer - AUSTIN

January 31, 2009

Don't miss the 4th annual Merry Merry Martini Mixer at Mercury Hall.  This festive event is always fun and certain to sell out.

To get tickets, or become a host, click here.

To sponsor this event, click here.

Merry Merry Martini Mixer - DALLAS

January 31, 2009

In 2009, Dallas joins the Merry Merry Martini festivities with a festive gathering at the home of Bill Brosius & Ron Guilliard.  For more information, click on the links below.

To get tickets, or become a host, click here.

To sponsor this event, click here. 

Greetings and Best Wishes for the New Year!

Join us in the New Year to move forward on our equality initiatives by supporting the work of Equality Texas. 

In 2009, we are looking forward to working with our state legislators in the 81st Regular Session of the Texas Legislature. 

Please contribute financially to support our advocacy and lobbying efforts by joining Equality Texas' monthly giving program as a member of the Texas Cabinet.  For monthly giving, click here.  For a single gift, please click here.

We have worked throughout 2008 to educate and engage thousands across our great state about equality for Texans of all sexual orientations and gender identities/expressions. 

Through the movie tour of For the Bible Tells Me So, the Equality Project, the Safe Schools Initiative, and our workplace forum discussions, we continued our efforts to bring equality-minded citizens together in Abilene, Amarillo, Brownsville, Bryan/College Station, Corpus Christi, El Paso, Huntsville, Lubbock, Waco, and the major metropolitan areas of Houston, Dallas/Fort Worth, San Antonio and Austin.

2009 will bring a strategic focus on issues that we know are important to you. 

The staff and boards of directors of Equality Texas and Equality Texas Foundation listened to our members and supporters in the development of a 5-year strategic plan, and we will be working to pass pro-equality legislation in 2009. 

With the more bipartisan makeup of the Texas House of Representatives, we are working with legislators to file bills that support safe schools, workplace equality, and nondiscrimination policies. 

We are also committing to comprehensive statewide polling on equality issues to better understand the attitudes and positions of all Texans on issues that are important to achieving our equality goals.

Thank you for your support and your generosity.  Every little bit counts and builds a foundation that we can build upon to achieve success for all of us!

 

 

 


Paul Scott, Executive Director

 

P.S. Your financial contribution is needed today. 

To support Equality Texas' advocacy and lobbying efforts to eliminate discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity/expression, please click here. 

If you would like to make a year-end, tax-deductible contribution, please click here to contribute to the Equality Texas Foundation.  The Foundation educates and engages the public about policies and their effect on Texans of all sexual orientations and gender identities/expressions.