Monica Roberts, a pioneering blogger who started TransGriot, died earlier this week, prompting an outpouring of remembrances from Texas and around the country. Roberts had been hailed as a pioneer for covering the trans community, and won numerous accolades for her...
LGBTQ Rights
back to archiveSarah Davis Is Not Our Friend: A Pride Month Open Letter to Equality Texas and Human Rights Campaign
This opinion piece was submitted by twenty activists and community leaders. Their names can be found below. tl/dr: Marsha P. Johnson would never. Dear fellow LGBTQI siblings,Pride is a time for celebration: for beads, for drinks, for meeting new friends and basking...
Texas Pride Events Commemorate Stonewall Day
This weekend, Texas Pride events set to commemorate Stonewall Day In a normal year June would be a month full of festive gatherings for Pride Months: parades, bar-hops, voter registration drives, and many more fun festivities. Now with COVID-19 accelerating in...
At long last, federal protection for gay and transgender Texans
In a 6 to 3 decision on Monday, the Supreme Court ruled that individuals cannot be fired from their workplace for being gay or transgender. Doing so violates the equal employment portion of the Civil Rights Act, the judges said. The landmark ruling now...
For LGBTQ community, COVID-19 exposes health disparities in Texas
As Gov. Greg Abbott continues his push to reopen the state, COVID-19 cases keep climbing. It’s a distressing sign, and one that will likely continue to disproportionately affect marginalized communities. It’s also providing an impetus for LGBTQ lawmakers and advocates...
(Another) secret recording: Abbott fired judicial watchdogs for views on same-sex marriage
A secret audio recording reported on by the Houston Chronicle suggests Gov. Greg Abbott’s office sent two judicial watchdogs packing because of their views on same-sex marriage. Two members of the Texas State Commission on Judicial Conduct, an independent state...