AltWeeklies Wire
Bathroom Battles: Scaremongering Abounds about Transgender Public Restroom Usagenew
One part of the Houston Equal Rights Ordinance has caused more debate than others, with opponents going so far as to call it the Sexual Predator Protection Act. We examine the war over transgender public restroom usage.
Houston Press |
Jef Rouner |
09-02-2014 |
LGBT
The Legal Limbo of Being Gay and Married in Texasnew

Federal and state rulings don’t agree on same-sex weddings, leaving gay couples in Texas in a special brand of limbo all their own.
Houston Press |
Jef Rouner |
07-18-2014 |
LGBT
Houston's Hyatt Says 'Get a Room!' to Gay Romancenew
Laura Baumbach is an author of hot, sweaty, man-on-man "romance" novels, among other works -- and she learned recently that we don't take too kindly to such things here in Houston.
Houston Press |
Richard Connelly |
05-14-2007 |
LGBT
Tags: gay & lesbian issues
Don't Ask, Don't Benew

A Houston-area man leads the fight against the ban on gays in the military.
Houston Press |
Craig Malisow |
01-09-2006 |
LGBT
Pink Pistols Take Militant Approach to Self-Defensenew
"Pick on someone your own caliber" is the motto of the Houston chapter of Pink Pistols, a group of concealed-pistol-toting, Second Amendment-defending sexual minorities. Their approach to self-defense hasn't won many supporters in Houston's gun-shy gay community.
Houston Press |
Mosi Secret |
01-10-2005 |
LGBT