Trans Woman, Girl Among First Texas Females to Become Eagle Scouts
Beatrix Jackman, a 19-year-old transgender woman attending the University of Texas at Austin, and Abby Winkelman, a 14-year old girl in Austin, are the...
Pope and Most Texas Catholics Have Same Stance on Same-Sex Unions
Pope Francis expressed support for civil unions for same-sex couples in a new documentary, pointing to the need to ensure legal protections for gay...
I Am Vanessa Guillén Bill Introduced in Congress
With the Guillén family on hand, U.S. Reps Markwayne Mullin (R-Oklahoma) and Jackie Speier (D-California) introduced the I Am Vanessa Guillen Act in Congress...
Women’s Preventive Health Care May Be Cut as State Balances COVID-19 Shortfalls
Advocates call for public discussion and input about proposed cuts to health care programs for Texas women. State agencies have been directed to cut...
The Grim Reality: This is a Pink Recession
The coronavirus pandemic is driving a recession in Texas and across the United States right now, but unemployment data about who is being hit...
Texas Lifts Tampon Ban at Bar Exam After Complaints Over Discriminatory Policy
Tampons and pads are no longer contraband at the upcoming bar exam for aspiring lawyers in Texas.
Pausing a practice that critics called retrograde and...
How are Women Doing in Texas? Lawmakers Respond.
Last week, we shared highlights of the economic hardships women face in Texas based on a 2020 study from the Texas Women’s Foundation.
We also...
Texas Women’s COO: Legislative Change Needed to Address Gender Inequities
In part two of our look at the economic hardships Texas women are facing, we posed four questions to Texas Women’s Foundation’s Chief Operating...
New Study: Texas Women Face Economic Hardship
Today over 14 million women and girls call Texas home, and 50% of women and girls live in the state’s three largest cities —...
Women’s History Month: Five Women in Texas Politics to Remember
Women’s History Month has been celebrated since March 1987, but women have been breaking barriers in Texas politics for a long time.
Edith Wilmans was...
