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Texas Lawmakers Pass Two Anti-LGBT Measures

By Jason St. Amand | Thursday May 16, 2013
Texas lawmakers passed two bills this week that would discriminate against the LGBT community.

Texas Politician Targets LGBT Community with Anti-Gay Flier

By Jason St. Amand | Thursday May 16, 2013
A failed Dallas City Council candidate targeted the LGBT community by defacing a cover story by the Dallas Voice with anti-gay rhetoric.

3 Brothers Charged in Hate Crime for Beating San Antonio Gay Man

By Jason St. Amand | Wednesday Apr 10, 2013
A gay man in San Antonio, Texas, says three brothers in his apartment complex beat him because he is gay. The brothers claim the victim had taunted them and came onto them. Police are treating the incident as a hate crime.

Texas College Student Candidate’s HIV Status Revealed to Public

By Jason St. Amand | Monday Apr 8, 2013
A student running for the University o Huston-Downtown’s vice president was the victim of a smear campaign that revealed his HIV status to the public.

Texas A&M Student Senate Allows Personal Defunding of LGBT Center

By Jason St. Amand | Friday Apr 5, 2013
The student senate at Texas A&M University narrowly approved a measure that allows religious students to opt out of funding the school’s LGBT resource center, which will cut into its $100,000 annual budget.

Gay Love Triangle Leads to Vicious Stabbing in Australia

By Jason St. Amand | Tuesday Nov 6, 2012
A Qatar man is on trial for stabbing a Texas man 14 times in Perth, Australia, apparently because of jealousy over a gay love triangle.

Texas Prof Still Supports His Flawed Gay Parenting Study

By Jason St. Amand | Friday Nov 2, 2012
A Texas professor who published a controversial study about gay parenting admitted his research is flawed but still stands by his findings that children from same-sex couples are worse off than children from straight parents.

Gay Texas Couple Find ’Leave or Die Fags’ Painted on Porch

By Jason St. Amand | Thursday Oct 4, 2012
A Texas couple say someone vandalized their property by painting "leave or die fags" on their porch. They also claim that the attack was caused by an anti-gay ad a pastor wrote in a local newspaper.

Texas Trade School Principal, Outraged at Gay Student, Shuts Down Cosmetology Program

By Jason St. Amand | Tuesday Sep 18, 2012
A Southeast Texas trade-school principal allegedly cancelled a long-running cosmetology program after seeing a male student whom he perceived as gay.

Talking Strategy with Dallas Marriage Equality Sit-In Couple Mark Jiminez and Beau Chandler

By Jenny Block | Friday Jul 20, 2012
On July 5, Dallas couple Mark Jiminez and Beau Chandler walked into the Dallas County Clerk’s office and requested a marriage license. When denied, they sat down, handcuffed themselves together and refused to leave, sparking a national call to action.