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Former Texas House Speaker Urges Supreme Court to Make LGBTQ Discrimination Illegal

The former Republican Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives, Joe Straus, has come out in support of federal protections for LGBTQ Americans in an op-ed published in Newsweek. The Republican politicia...

Donald Trump Says He’s “Concerned” with Rise of Hate Groups

President Donald Trump spoke about the rise of hate groups outside of the White House on Wednesday (August 7), saying he was “concerned” and plans to “do something about it.” Outside of the White House, whil...

Black Trans Woman Chynal Lindsey Murdered in Dallas

Chynal Lindsey, 26, was found murdered in Dallas, Texas, making her the second black trans woman to be killed in the city and seventh killed nationwide. According to Police Chief U. Renee Hall, Lindsey’s bod...

Gay Texas Councilman Challenges Recall After Nude Photos Leak

19-year-old politician Cross Coburn, who served as an openly gay councilman in Groves, Texas, was recalled from office after his nudes from Grindr were leaked, reported the New York Times. 62 percent of vote...

Danielle Skidmore, Transgender Advocate, Might Make Texas History

Texas currently holds a record of at least 53 openly LGBTQ people running for public office in 2018. Eight candidates in Texas are transgender, but one of the candidates would achieve notability as Austin’s fir...

LGBTQ Texans suspect firework-throwing motivated by hate

Around 2 AM on June 28, an unidentified person threw a firework from a moving vehicle onto the patio of a gay bar in Austin, Texas. On Aug. 9, also very early in the morning, it happened again. Patrons of t...

Texas GOP reaffirms homophobic planks in party platform

The Texas Republican Convention, held in San Antonio this past weekend, decided to reaffirm the state party's long-term allegiance to homophobic policy. Among the platforms adopted by the conservative group:...

This week marks 15 years since Lawrence v Texas

June 26 is the fifteenth anniversary of the legalization of gay sex in Texas--and other states. Prior to 2003, multiple American states had laws banning sodomy, even between consenting private adults. Despit...

Dallas PD make arrest in killing of transgender woman

The Dallas Police Department have announced that a man has been arrested and charged in connection with the May murder of Dallas transgender woman Carla Patricia Flores-Pavon. A 24-year-old man, Jimmy Eugene...

Gay Texan elected mayor in landslide

Bruno "Ralphy" Lozano, 35, has been elected mayor of Del Rio, Texas, in a landslide. Lozano defeated incumbent Robert Garza, who had served in the position for four years. Del Rio, a city with population of ...

Texas man gets light sentence after using alleged “gay panic” defense

The Texas justice system is being criticized after an Austin man received an light sentence due to a so-called "gay panic" defense. James Miller, 69, was convicted of criminally negligent homicide by a jury ...

A time of reckoning: Atlanta's LGBTQ community addresses racism problem

Group Demands ICE Release Trans Woman in ‘Life-or-Death Medical Crisis’

Brookhaven Becomes Seventh Georgia Municipality to Outlaw LGBTQ Discrimination

House Democrats Call for ICE to Release all Transgender Detainees

Is gay Atlanta rapper Anye Elite about to break out?

Ryan Murphy to Receive GLAAD Award for Accelerating LGBTQ Visibility in Media

Behind the Scenes: “Maybe Happy Ending, The Musical!”

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