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Federal appeals court breathes new life into Texas drag ban previously struck down as unconstitutional

The case now returns to the judge who initially blocked the law from taking effect.

Lesbian Texas state rep running for Congress says she’s ‘running for the people, not the powerful’

Jolanda Jones doesn't wait for permission to speak her mind.

Texas Supreme Court rules that judges can refuse to marry same-sex couples

“It is not a violation of these canons for a judge to publicly refrain from performing a wedding ceremony based upon a sincerely held religious belief,” the Texas Supreme Court ruled.

Texas will target professors 'pushing leftist ideologies,' Greg Abbott says

Greg Abbott has vowed to remove professors that he believes are "pushing leftist ideologies."

GMA's Will Ganss slams his Texas hometown for vote to revoke LGBTQ+ protections

Good Morning America's Will Ganss has a message for his hometown as it considers voiding LGBTQ+ anti-discrimination policies.

Texas college students report increase in harassment, mistreatment amid academic LGBTQ+ crackdown

Students at schools once considered havens for LGBTQ+ students have become hostile environments under Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott.

Overnight standoff over Houston’s rainbow crosswalks ends with arrests

Texas authorities destroyed a city Pride crosswalk in the middle of the night.

Texas city will vote on overturning LGBTQ+ antidiscrimination protections next month

Arlington could remove “gender identity and expression” and “sexual orientation” from antidiscrimination protections next month.

Texas city could be first in nation to rescind LGBTQ+ antidiscrimination protections

Arlington, Texas, could remove “gender identity and expression” and “sexual orientation” from antidiscrimination protections.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signs law restricting bathroom use by trans, nonbinary, intersex people

The Republican Legislature passed the anti-trans legislation earlier this month.

Texas passes bill banning abortion pills from being mailed to the state

Texas now allows private citizens the right to sue health providers for mailing abortion medication.

Houston area officials step up after Greg Abbott rejects gay softball tourney's funding request

iPride's Gay Softball World Series will take place in September as planned thanks to a $500,000 grant from Harris County.

Texas Republicans assigned troopers to tail this out lawmaker. He dragged them to a gay bar

Democratic Rep. Venton Jones, along with colleague Terry Meza, attended a Stonewall Democrats meeting at the Rose Room.

Texas constable tells legislators ‘We’re not interested in being the potty police’ at bathroom bill hearing

The father of a transgender child said that in nine years of working near a court bathroom, he has gotten zero complaints about people using it.

Texas is gerrymandering the only LGBTQ+ member of Congress from the South out of her seat

New congressional districts in Texas will split Democrat Julie Johnson's district into eight parts.

West Texas A&M University's drag show ban blocked by appeals court

University president Walter Wendler's unilateral cancellation of a campus drag show has been found unconstitutional.

Texas woman charged with murder for abortion accuses police of 'maliciously abusing their power'

Texas officials are trying to get a lawsuit dismissed under qualified immunity after wrongly charging a woman with murder for having an abortion.

Texas church vandalized by homophobes gets restored by affirming community

The Congregation at Life in the City painted over spray-painted messages of hate before Sunday service rolled around.

Texas Democrats fleeing the state also stopped anti-abortion and anti-trans bills

Democrats left Texas to stop Republicans from redrawing the state’s congressional maps, but they stopped other bills, too.

Austin police seek men who assaulted a trans woman and her friends, and broke Good Samaritan's jaw

The incident is being investigated as a hate crime.