Baylor University is one of many religious institutions that have received religious exemptions to federal law prohibiting sex-based discrimination.
The South Texas town’s new leader is part of a wave of LGBT candidates vying for political seats across the state.
Rick Miller, a Republican from Sugar Land, introduced legislation that would reverse local non-discrimination ordinances—like the one in Houston, where his openly gay son works as an attorney.
Austin Wallis posted a video to YouTube this week that details his difficult experience of being gay in a private, Lutheran school in Houston.
A black, transgender woman was murdered in Tyler, which her friends say was a hate crime—but the murder won’t be investigated that way.
The journey of Houston’s Equal Rights Ordinance has been long and full of plot-twists—but it could all be over soon.
With the Supreme Court’s decision, Texas has never been closer to recognizing same-sex marriage.
Here's what that means—and what it doesn't.
"I'd never marry a guy I didn't like," says the man who once covered “Cowboys Are Frequently, Secretly Fond of Each Other."
How would you vote on a survey that the BSA emailed to its members about its policy of banning openly gay members?
Mary Gonzalez of El Paso has been called the first lesbian member of the Texas legislature, but she tells the Dallas Voice that she prefers “pansexual.”
On the eve of the Republican runoff for U.S. Senate, the Lite Guv paid the chicken chain a visit.
What people are saying about NASA's first woman in space, who died of pancreatic cancer Monday at the age of 61.
A new UT study says that children of gay parents fare worse than their straight-parented counterparts, igniting a firestorm of backlash.
A recent Father's Day print ad for Plano-based retailer J.C. Penney featuring a gay couple has sparked praise as well as backlash.
A number of Eagle Scouts are sending their medals, badges, and membership cards to Boy Scout headquarters in Irving to take a stand against the organization's announcement that it will continue to exclude gays.
Houston's openly gay mayor had previously said Obama's views on gay marriage needed to "evolve" more quickly.
A YouTube video posted by Adair Lion, an El Paso-born rapper, has been viewed more than 100,000 times and was dubbed “The World’s First Pro-Gay Rap Song.”
The El Paso Times profiles the 41-year-old "exotico," a 24-year veteran of the lucha libre circuit.
