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High court denies appeal from gay couple seeking accurate birth certificate...
Ken Upton In a setback for same-sex parenting rights, the nation’s high court today refused to hear a challenge of a Louisiana policy barring gay couples from obtaining accurate birth certificates for...
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Ex-TCC professor’s anti-gay bias suit advances
Jacqueline “Jackie” Gill FORT WORTH – In a preliminary victory for a lesbian former professor, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas denied a motion Monday by Tarrant County...
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EXCLUSIVE: Transgender woman ticketed for using women’s restroom at Parkland...
Paula Witherspoon Police cited a transgender woman for disorderly conduct on April 25 for using a women’s restroom at Parkland hospital. An officer with the hospital’s police force wrote the citation...
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Transgender woman ticketed for using women’s restroom at Parkland hospital...
Paula Witherspoon A transgender woman who was ticketed for using a women’s restroom at Parkland hospital last week has a criminal background and is a registered sex offender, Instant Tea has learned....
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Advocating for LGBT youth in foster care will be topic of CLE panel...
Mark Niermann Dallas CASA and the Gay & Lesbian Fund for Dallas are collaborating with Lambda Legal to present a program for continuing legal education credit. “Legal and Ethical Issues Regarding...
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Anti-gay state senator wants to outlaw domestic partner benefits in Texas
Dan Patrick Here’s why you need to get out and vote on Tuesday if you haven’t already. In the same week that Dallas County voted to offer health insurance vouchers to the domestic partners of...
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AG Abbott says DP benefits are illegal in Texas, but that’s just his opinion
Greg Abbott Republican Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott issued an opinion Monday saying domestic partner benefits offered by local government entities in Texas violate the state’s constitutional...
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Napolitano directs INS to process green card applications for gay couples
Homeland Security Chief Janet Napolitano Binational couples may officially begin applying for green cards for the non-citizen spouse. “After last week’s decision by the Supreme Court holding that...
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Lambda Legal files lawsuit against city of Houston over spousal benefits
Ken Upton Lambda Legal filed a federal lawsuit Thursday against Houston Mayor Annise Parker and the city of Houston to ensure spouses of legally married same-sex couples will receive health benefits....
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Lambda Legal to file federal discrimination suit against officials of the...
Ken Upton, Lambda Legal senior staff attorney The Employee Retirement System of Texas discriminates against its LGBT employees by not offering equal pension benefits to same-sex couples. Lambda Legal...
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