Tag Archives: nondiscrimination

SMU adds transgender protections

Posted on January 4, 2013 by David Taffet

Southern Methodist University issued a new statement if nondiscrimination. It reads: SMU will not discriminate in any employment practice, education program, or educational activity on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, genetic information, or veteran status. Continue reading →

Posted in Instant Tea, news | Tagged gender expression, Gender Identity, lgbt, nondiscrimination, SMU | Leave a comment

Resource Center sends letter to Dallas company about adding LGBT policies

Posted on September 17, 2012 by Anna Waugh

Resource Center Dallas’ CEO Cece Cox sent a letter Friday to Holly Frontier Corporation requesting a meeting with them about adding LGBT protections. Continue reading →

Posted in Instant Tea, news | Tagged Cece Cox, Energy Transfer Supply, ExxonMobil, Holly Frontier Corporation, lgbt, LGBT protections, nondiscrimination, Rafael McDonnell, RCD, Resource Center Dallas | Leave a comment

BREAKING: ExxonMobil shareholders again reject LGBT employment protections (with photos)

Posted on May 30, 2012 by John Wright

ExxonMobil, Meyerson Symphony Center, Human Rights Campaign Continue reading →

Posted in Featured, Instant Tea, news | Tagged ENDA, ExxonMobil, Human Rights Campaign, Meyerson Symphony Center, nondiscrimination | 17 Comments

Keller youth petitions his city to add LGBT protections

Posted on April 20, 2012 by David Taffet

GSA president collected more than 2,000 signatures before making a presentation at City Hall DAVID TAFFET | Staff Writer KELLER— Isaiah Smith, 16, made a presentation to the Keller City Council on April 17 after collecting the signatures from about … Continue reading →

Posted in More Headlines News, News, Texas | Tagged Isaiah Smith, Keller, lgbt, nondiscrimination, Pat McGrail | Leave a comment

Measure would ban anti-LGBT discrimination in Houston

Posted on February 16, 2012 by Michael Stephens

Charter amendment could also allow DP benefits for city workers DANIEL WILLIAMS | Contributing Writer HOUSTON — Long-brewing plans to place a city-wide non-discrimination policy before Houston voters became public this week. Since December a coalition of organizations and leaders have … Continue reading →

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Non-discrimination measure headed toward Houston voters

Posted on February 13, 2012 by admin

A coalition of organizations led by the Houston GLBT Political Caucus has announced plans to place a city-wide nondiscrimination charter amendment on the November ballot. The amendment would make it a misdemeanor to deny employment, housing or public accommodation to … Continue reading →

Posted in Houston, Houston Headlines | Tagged AntiDiscrimination, Discrmination, Equality Texas, Houston GLBT Political Caucus, Noel Freeman, nondiscrimination, poll | Leave a comment

U.S. Supreme Court: Religious groups exempt from employment discrimination laws

Posted on January 12, 2012 by admin

The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday, Jan. 11, issued a ruling exempting religious groups from nondiscrimination in hiring laws when it comes to ministers and those who teach religious subjects, according to this report in The New York Times. “The … Continue reading →

Posted in Houston, Instant Tea, news | Tagged Barry Lynn, Catholic Bishop, church, Discrimination, Lutheran, nondiscrimination, Perich, Religion, separation of church and state, Supreme Court, William E. Lori | 4 Comments

UPDATE on NBA’s new nondiscrimination policy

Posted on December 8, 2011 by admin

After posting the earlier notice about the National Basketball Association’s new nondiscrimination policy that includes protections based on sexual orientation, I got an email from Rafael McDonnell, communications and advocacy manager from Resource Center of Dallas, reminding me that RCD … Continue reading →

Posted in Instant Tea, news | Tagged collective bargaining, gay, NBA, nondiscrimination, Resource Center Dallas | 2 Comments

NBA announces new nondiscrimination policy including sexual orientation

Posted on December 8, 2011 by admin

You can now add the National Basketball Association to the ranks of professional sports organizations that specifically include protections against discrimination based on sexual orientation. Around 5:30 tonight, the Human Rights Campaign issued a statement applauding the NBA for making … Continue reading →

Posted in Instant Tea, news | Tagged Dallas Mavericks, HRC, lgbt, marriage equality, NBA, nondiscrimination, phoenix suns, Steve Nash | 1 Comment

Council member Jones to be first cisgender reader at Houston Day of Remembrance

Posted on November 17, 2011 by admin

Houston City Council member Jolanda Jones is scheduled to be the first cisgender reader in the history of Houston’s Transgender Day of Remembrance. Lou Weaver, president of the Transgender Foundation of America, one the events sponsors, says that Jones was … Continue reading →

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