Steve Labinski News Today

Gay Republicans who have fought for acceptance within the Texas GOP over the past three decades said progress has been excruciatingly slow.

Gay Republicans who have fought for acceptance within the Texas GOP over the past three decades told The Texas Tribune progress has been excruciatingly slow. Many of them have left the party, even as the number of Log Cabin Republicans in Texas continues to grow.

Many of them have left the party, even as the number of Log Cabin Republicans in Texas continues to grow.

This year’s Texas Republican convention made headlines again for its attitudes toward LGBTQ people. The party adopted a platform declaring that “homosexuality is an abnormal lifestyle choice.”