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They fear Landry and a Republican supermajority in both houses of the legislature will mount unprecedented attacks on transgender and other LGBTQIA+ rights.

Tommy Gonzalez has had an over 20-year career in city government that includes praise and accolades for his work as well as accusations of corruption and ethical violations.

How the city’s pioneering, pot-smoking queer activist rose from the ashes of anti-gay violence.

Activists and supporters block the street outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington Oct. 8, 2019, as it hears arguments in three major employment discrimination cases on whether federal civil rights law prohibiting workplace discrimination on the "basis of sex" covers gay and transgender employees. (CNS photo/Jonathan Ernst, Reuters) Courtney Sharp is the first transgender woman I met, back in 1999, and we have remained friends all these years. I got an email from her recently. She had just ...

Looking ahead: Legislative session, schools new name on the 2021 calendar Dec. 31, 2020 FacebookTwitterEmail 1of11 State Rep. Mike Lang, left, and State Rep. Tom Craddick listen to testimony before the Texas House Committee on Mass Violence Prevention and Community Safety on Nov. 7, 2019 at Odessa College. Craddick will begin his 53rd year as a state representative when the 87th Legislature convenes Jan. 12.Jacy Lewis/Reporter-TelegramShow MoreShow Less 8of11 Council member Michael Trost, at-la...