Tag Archives: LGBTQ
Rainbow Rodeo
The Texas Gay Rodeo Association has been busting stereotypes for more than three decades.
Rainbow Rodeo The Texas Gay Rodeo Association has been busting stereotypes for more than three decades. – Photos by Brian Maschino @BrianMaschino June 11,...Read More
‘We Love Our Neighbors, but It’s a Sin’: A Dispatch from a ‘Sex Ed Sitout’
Even though a majority of Texans support evidence-based sex education, religious right advocates have lobbied against teaching contraception in schools.
On a Monday morning in late April, Marcia Lamb’s 6-year-old son, Braeden, is running around the playground at Austin’s Zilker Park, making the most of an un...Read More
Lawsuit: Texas Art Teacher Suspended Because She Told Students About Her Wife
Stacy Bailey’s year-long suspension has triggered calls to update Mansfield ISD’s nondiscrimination policy, which in turn has prompted backlash from conservatives.
If you’re gay and an elementary school teacher in the North Texas suburb of Mansfield, simply telling students about your partner or spouse could cost you you...Read More
Bail Lawsuit Accuses Dallas County of Violating Poor People’s Rights in Secret Hearings
“Dallas must open these hearings so that a bright light can be shed on the devastating, mass violations of civil and human rights that are happening in the jail every day.”
Bail Lawsuit Accuses Dallas County of Violating Poor People’s Rights in Secret Hearings “Dallas must open these hearings so that a bright light can be shed ...Read More
‘TransMilitary’ Is the LGBT Advocacy Film Middle America Needs to See
The documentary shines brightest when it shows trans soldiers simply going about their lives.
It’s April 27, 2016, and we’re in the living room of a modest home in Clarksville, Tennessee. Family photos hang on the wall, and there’s a framed paintin...Read More
Trump Nominates Lawyers from Anti-LGBT ‘Religious Freedom’ Group to be Texas Federal Judges
Critics say the judicial appointments could turn federal courts into “the place where civil rights go to die.”
Trump’s nomination of the two religious-right legal activists to vacant federal judge seats in Texas has rattled LGBT rights groups, who call the appointments...Read More
‘Cornyation’ Celebrates San Antonio’s Most Fabulous Fiesta Tradition
Amy Stone’s new history of Cornyation pays tribute to the closeted men and women who started the 66-year-old satirical extravaganza....Read More
North Carolina Mayor Warns Texas of ‘Manmade Recession’ If Bathroom Bill Passes
The bill, one of several anti-LGBT proposals in the Legislature, would be much harder to repeal than pass, the mayor said.
The bill, one of several anti-LGBT proposals in the Legislature, would be much harder to repeal than pass, the mayor said....Read More
Haters Get Flushed: Texas Town Comes Together to Fight Transgender Bathroom Regulations
A transphobic group targeted a Dripping Springs ISD student, but didn't expect the community's reaction.
Texas Values, an anti-transgender group, targeted a Dripping Springs student. They didn't anticipate the community's reaction....Read More