Posted on · The Houston Pride Festival and Parade takes place this Saturday. Houston Matters hears from three LGBTQ+ activists about their different experiences through the years.
Posted on · On Friday's Houston Matters: We learn how immigration legislation might affect the local construction industry. Then, we talk with three local LGBTQ+ activists about their experiences as part of different generations of the same community. Also, we discuss The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly of the week's news. And we learn about competitive video game teams in Greater Houston.
Posted on · Equality Texas and the Montrose Center have developed the training and Houston Police Department's Chief Art Acevedo hopes it will help the concept of 'relational policing'
Posted on · An unprecedented amount of Texans from the LGBTQ community are running for political office
Posted on · NPR is launching a deep exploration of how Americans experience discrimination in daily life. One key result: The sense that their own group suffers discrimination crosses racial and identity lines
Posted on · The city of Houston is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review a decision by the Texas Supreme Court in which the court suggested a landmark ruling legalizing same-sex marriage does not fully address the right to marriage benefits.
Posted on · The Texas Supreme Court on Friday threw out a lower court ruling that said spouses of gay and lesbian public employees are entitled to government-subsidized same-sex marriage benefits.
Posted on · (Above: Rainbow crosswalks now adorn all four corners of the intersection of Westheimer and Taft in Houston’s Montrose neighborhood in honor of LGBTQ pride. Photo: Gail Delaughter, Houston Public Media)This is Houston Pride Week, one of the largest LGBTQ celebrations in the country. And last Monday (June 12, 2017) marked the one-year anniversary of the shooting […]
Posted on · (Above: Rainbow crosswalks now adorn all four corners of the intersection of Westheimer and Taft in Houston’s Montrose neighborhood in honor of LGBTQ pride. Photo: Gail Delaughter, Houston Public Media)This is Houston Pride Week, one of the largest LGBTQ celebrations in the country. And last Monday (June 12, 2017) marked the one-year anniversary of the shooting […]
Posted on · A nearly $24 million construction project is in the works to develop what is believed to be the first-ever LGBTQ senior housing facility in Houston -- and the second largest in the country.
Posted on · Five other states have passed similar laws, but opponents say it is simply discrimination with tax dollars
Posted on · President Trump signs an executive order on religious freedom allowing tax exempt groups to endorse political candidates
Posted on · It’s been about a year since Annise Parker finished her time as Houston’s mayor. After her fellowship at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government, she joined the faculty at Rice University. Even before her time in elective office, Mayor Parker was heavily engaged in LGBT activism here in Houston, and she’s returning to those roots, […]
Posted on · The Human Rights Campaign, a civil rights organization promoting LGBTQ equality, recently unveiled a sort of equality scorecard, which found Dallas, Fort Worth, Austin and San Antonio all fare better than Houston when it comes to being LGBTQ friendly. And it’s not just because the Houston Equal Rights Ordinance was voted down last year. To […]
Posted on · The Human Rights Campaign, a civil rights organization promoting LGBTQ equality, recently unveiled a sort of equality scorecard, which found Dallas, Fort Worth, Austin and San Antonio all fare better than Houston when it comes to being LGBTQ friendly. And it’s not just because the Houston Equal Rights Ordinance was voted down last year. On […]