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no Licenses marriages for same-sex couples.
no Honors marriages of same-sex couples from other jurisdictions
no Relationship recognition for same-sex couples: none.

Statewide Employment Protections
no Private employment protections based on sexual orientation.
no Private employment protections based on gender identity.
no Public (state) employment protections based on sexual orientation.
no Public (state) employment protections based on gender identity.

See Tex. Lab. Code § 21.051 (2002) and Tex. Prop. Code § 301.021 et seq. (2002).

Statewide Parenting Laws
Who May Adopt Any adult. Tex. Fam. Code. § 162.001
Second Parent Adoptions Approved in lower courts.
Notes Varying tolerance but frequent hostility to LGBT parents.

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Related Content for region

3/12/2012
Court Denies Motion to Dismiss Discrimination Lawsuit against Tarrant County College Administrators
(Fort Worth, TX, March 12, 2012) – A U.S. District Court judge today denied a motion by Tarrant County College (TCC) administrators to dismiss a lawsuit brought by a former TCC professor who alleges that the administrators violated the U.S.
1/4/2012
Lambda Legal Applauds Dallas County Community College District for Prohibiting Gender Identity and Expression Discrimination
(Dallas, TX, January 4, 2012) -- Tuesday night, the Dallas County Community College District (DCCCD) Board of Trustees voted 4-1 to add gender identity and expression to its nondiscrimination policies. Three policies were amended by the board. The first covers employees.
9/7/2011
Lambda Legal Files Federal Discrimination Lawsuit Against Tarrant County College Administrators on Behalf of Lesbian Teacher
(Fort Worth, TX, September 7, 2011) – Lambda Legal today filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas claiming Tarrant County College officials violated the U.S.
11/23/2010
Roger Poindexter Takes Over as Head of Lambda Legal South Central Regional Office
(Dallas, November 22, 2010) - Lambda Legal has announced that former national board member Roger Poindexter has been hired as director of the organization's eight-state South Central Regional Office. Poindexter took over from interim Regional Director Charles MarLett on November 1.
9/7/2011
Gill v. Devlin and Howell
Case representing Texas lesbian denied the opportunity to interview for a permanent teaching position at a Texas community college.
12/18/2006
Lopez v. River Oaks
Case arguing federal discrimination after a woman has job offer rescinded because she is transgender
9/17/1998
Lawrence v. Texas
Historic case that overturned all remaining state sodomy laws in the United States

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