Annise Danette Parker (b. May 17, 1956) is an American politician and the mayor of Houston since January 2, 2010. She served as an at-large member of the Houston City Council from 1997 to 2003 and city controller from 2004 to 2009. Parker is Houston’s second female mayor, and the first openly gay...

Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott has intervened in a first-of-its-kind Travis County same-sex divorce case, arguing that the women involved, who were married in another state, may not be legally granted a divorce because Texas law defines marriage as between a man and a woman. Angelique Naylor, 39,...

Floyd Elementary School administrators have recently become more concerned about a young boy’s hair than his educational development. Young Tyler Pugh found himself suffering from an in-school suspension for sporting locks that fall past his ear lobes, which is reportedly in violation of the school...

Daniel Martinez, sexual assault suspect An unidentified 18-year-old male was allegedly kidnapped and sexually assaulted by two older men on Dec. 6 in an incident that has been dubbed a “possible hate crime,” and which has reportedly drawn comparisons to the 1998 beating death of openly gay...

Houston, Texas (CNN) — Annise Parker made history Saturday as Houston’s first openly gay mayor. Parker, who served five years as city controller, beat former city attorney Gene Locke with 53.6 percent of the vote in a runoff election. Both are Democrats who faced off for the second time...

Lt. Gen. Bob Cone, CG Three Corp Three U.S. soldiers went on a chilling rampage at the sprawling Fort Hood Army Base in Texas on Thursday, killing 12 people and wounding 31, officials said. CLICK HERE FOR LIVE STREAM The motive for the attack is unknown. At least one gunman opened fire with two handguns...

The Legal Battle Over Gay Marriage in North Carolina Guilford County — Under North Carolina law, marriage between same-sex couples is not recognized. However, bills that would allow gay marriage or amend the constitution to essentially ban it has never come up for debate in the state legislature. “I’ve...

Four billboards along Interstate 30 are sparking a debate over whether gays should be welcomed at local churches. A coalition of five churches that are part of a larger congregation of prodominatly gay Christians have put up four billboards on I-30 between Grand Prairie and Fort Worth with messages...

A protest outside the Rainbow Lounge in Ft. Worth, TX FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) – Two Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission agents who took part in a June police raid on a gay bar failed to report they used force when arresting a patron or that he suffered a serious head injury, according to a report released...

Organizers of the Great Nationwide Kiss In understood the importance of a kiss when they first decided to turn it into a movement. They repeatedly told the stories of: the two men in El Paso who were kicked out of Chico’s Tacos in El Paso, Texas for kissing; the two lesbians kicked out of Rolling...