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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 ...

5 LGBTQ things you need to know today, April 12

1. The Hawaii House approved a bill on Monday that bans so-called "conversion therapy" from being inflicted on LGBTQ youth. In March, the State Senate passed SB 270, with only one Senator voting against it. Aft...

Human Rights Campaign projects seven banned words on Trump hotel.

5 LGBT things you need to know today, Dec. 20

1. Plano, Texas, lawyer Mark Phariss, who famously sued the state of Texas for the right to marry his partner Vic Holmes four years ago, is running for Senate as a Democrat in the conservative North Dallas subu...

5 LGBT things you need to know today, Sept. 21

1. Jeff Mateer, the president's choice for a federal judgeship in Texas, once described transgender children as "part of Satan's plan."2. Chancler Encalade is the third Texas man to plead guilty under the f...

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

Pete Buttigieg Places Third in National Poll

Methodist Church Set to Meet to Discuss LGBTQ Views and Possible Split of Denomination

Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Whether Federal Law Bars Anti-LGBTQ Discrimination

Is gay Atlanta rapper Anye Elite about to break out?

Nintendo Faces Backlash After Removing Trans Flag Level from Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Converse Releases New Pride and Trans Pride Sneakers

Frank Ocean Reveals He’s Been in a Relationship for Three Years