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Attorneys Argue That Texas Gay Marriage Ban Hurts Kids
AUSTIN (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Lawyers for two same-sex couples challenging Texas’ gay marriage ban are refuting state claims the prohibition promotes raising children in “stable, lasting relationships.”...
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Web Filter Lifts Block On Gay Rights Sites
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - A popular online safe-search filter is ending its practice of blocking links to mainstream gay and lesbian advocacy groups for users hoping to avoid obscene sites. For several...
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Gay Marriage Bans To Be Heard In Federal Court
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Bans on gay marriage in three staunchly conservative Southern states were to get a hearing in a federal appeals court Friday — the latest legal...
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Patrick Asks Texans To Protect Marriage
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter AUSTIN (AP) - Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick has urged a gathering of religious and social conservatives to become an army of supporters to help him and other Christian...
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Stars Join Elton John’s Dolce & Gabbana Boycott
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter LOS ANGELES (AP) - From the Oscars red carpet to the TV smash “Empire,” Dolce & Gabbana is everywhere in Hollywood. But might that soon change? Several...
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Paxton Sues Over Same-Sex Benefits
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter AUSTIN (AP) - The Texas attorney general is suing the federal labor department over a plan that would extend family and medical leave benefits to married same-sex...
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Dueling Gay Rights Rallies Set In Austin
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter AUSTIN (AP) - The Texas Capitol will be abuzz with talk of gay marriage as three groups hold dueling events both for and against same-sex rights. Alabama Supreme...
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Groups For, Against Gay Rights Stage Rallies At Texas Capitol
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Hundreds are gathering at the Texas Capitol for a rally against same-sex marriage, headlined by Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore....
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Texas Bill Seeks To Ban Gay Marriage Licenses
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter AUSTIN (AP) - A contentious debate is expected as a Texas House committee hears a bill barring state and local employees from licensing or recognizing same-sex...
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Gay Keller Student Says ‘Promposal’ Unfairly Denied
By Kristin Weisell | @KristinWeisKRLD KELLER (KRLD) – Prom season and the big “promposal” invites are starting again. But one Keller student says she was denied her moment because she was planning to...
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Texas Lawmaker Delays Transgender School ‘Bathroom Bill’
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter AUSTIN (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — A highly anticipated hearing on a bill limiting transgender students’ use of Texas school bathrooms and locker rooms has been delayed...
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Gov. Greg Abbott Backs Contentious Anti-Gay Marriage Bill
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter AUSTIN (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Gov. Greg Abbott is publicly getting behind a religious objections bill that is moving fast after the U.S. Supreme Court heard historic...
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Texas Lawmakers Take On Religious Rights V. Gay Rights Tuesday
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter AUSTIN (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Religious rights v. gay rights; it’s a tale of two issues – as well as two hot-button bills scheduled for House votes Tuesday. H.B. 4105 –...
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UT System Extends Benefits To Gay Spouses
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter ARLINGTON (CBS11) – The University of Texas System is extending medical and insurance benefits to spouses of its gay employees effective July 1. The policy...
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Boy Scouts Set To Lift Ban On Gay Leaders
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter IRVING (CBSDFW.COM) – The Boy Scouts of America on Monday are expected to lift their longstanding ban on gay leaders. The group’s board is scheduled to take up the...
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Paxton No Longer Facing Contempt Hearing
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter AUSTIN (AP) – The possibility of Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton being held in contempt of court for impeding gay rights diminished Monday after a...
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Jack Evans, Partner In 1st Gay Marriage In Dallas, Dies
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – After being together for some 56 years, but only getting married around this time last year, one part of a historic Dallas couple is gone....
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Baptist Church’s Acceptance Of LGBTQ Members Met With Disapproval
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – A vote to accept the LGBTQ community is putting a North Texas Baptist congregation at the center of controversy within its own church...
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Women Have Many Motivations For D.C. Inauguration Protest
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter WASHINGTON (AP) — Call them rebels with a cause. Or two. Or three. Or 10. When throngs of women from around the nation converge on Washington for a march on the...
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After Women’s Marches, Can Numbers Translate To Real Change?
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter DENVER (AP) — Deb Szeman, a self-described “homebody,” had never participated in a demonstration before hopping on an overnight bus from her home in Charlotte,...
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Boy Scouts To Allow Transgender Children To Join
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter DALLAS (AP) — The Boy Scouts of America says it will allow transgender children who identify as boys to enroll in its boys only programs. The organization...
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Perry Decries Election Of 1st Gay Texas A&M Student Prez
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter HOUSTON (AP) — U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry is suggesting that the election that gave his alma mater, Texas A&M, its first openly gay student body...
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Creator of Rainbow Flag, Symbol Of Gay Rights, Dies At 65
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter NEW YORK (AP) — Gilbert Baker, the creator of the rainbow flag that has become a widely recognized symbol of gay rights has died. He was 65. Baker was found dead...
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Court: Civil Rights Law Prohibits Discrimination Of LGBT
Follow KRLD: Facebook | Twitter CHICAGO (AP) — A federal appeals court ruled for the first time Tuesday that the 1964 Civil Rights Act protects LGBT employees from workplace discrimination, setting up...
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Texas Court Questions Right Of Benefits For Gay Spouses
AUSTIN (AP) – The Texas Supreme Court has questioned whether gay spouses are legally entitled to government-subsidized workplace benefits in a unanimous decision quickly condemned by gay-rights groups....
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Texas Supreme Court Rules Gay Couples Not Guaranteed Spousal Support
TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) – An old battle over same-sex marriage re-opened Friday after the Texas Supreme Court on Friday sided with same-sex marriage opponents who argued that the city of Houston should not...
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Gay Rights Group Launches $26M Campaign Ahead Of Midterms
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Human Rights Campaign, one of the nation’s leading gay rights groups, is launching a $26 million political organizing effort ahead of next year’s midterm elections. While the...
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Justices Take Up Dispute Over Wedding Cake For Gay Couple
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is taking up the highly anticipated case of the Colorado baker who refused to make a wedding cake for a same-sex couple. Tuesday’s clash at the high court pits baker...
View ArticleNational Gay Rights Group Says Amazon Should Avoid DFW For Next Headquarters
DALLAS (CBS11) – No Gay? No Way! That’s the name of a politico-business campaigned carved by a national gay rights group. The group lists Dallas and Austin in a group of cities that should be...
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Justices Side With Colorado Baker On Same-Sex Wedding Cake
WASHINGTON (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — The Supreme Court ruled narrowly Monday for a Colorado baker who wouldn’t make a wedding cake for a same-sex couple. But the court is not deciding the big issue in the...
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Justice Kennedy Retiring, Giving Trump Major High Court Pick
WASHINGTON (AP) — Justice Anthony Kennedy, the Supreme Court’s decisive man in the middle on abortion, gay rights and other contentious issues, announced his retirement Wednesday, giving President...
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Carrollton Leaders Consider Anti-Discrimination Ordinance To Protect City...
Carrollton City Council Approves Anti-Discrimination Ordinance To Protect City LGBTQ Employees CARROLLTON (CBSDFW.COM) – Tonight, the City of Carrollton is considering an ordinance that would shield...
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Carrollton City Council Approves Anti-Discrimination Ordinance To Protect...
CARROLLTON, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – The city of Carrollton passed an ordinance Tuesday night to protect LGBT city workers. The ordinance drew opposition from some who didn’t want it and other who asked if...
View ArticleMan In Full Makeup And Heels Denied Entry Into Nightclub: ‘I Was Shocked’
CORPUS CHRISTI (CBSDFW.COM) — A bouncer at a Corpus Christi nightclub denied entry to a man in full makeup, wearing sparkly, silver stiletto boots. Told he was “out of dress code,” Ben Rios was looking...
View ArticleOklahoma ‘Country Boy’ Supports LGBTQ Community On Pickup During Pride Month
HULBERT, Okla. (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — He describes himself as a “straight, country boy” from Oklahoma and Cody Barlow believes in the power of duct tape — even when it comes to dealing with bigots. The...
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With 7th Album Announcement Taylor Swift Calls Out Homophobes
NEW YORK (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Taylor Swift is preparing to release a new album — her 7th — and it contains a track that goes after homophobes. Coinciding with the announcement of her seventh album,...
View ArticleEllen DeGeneres Defends Friendship With George W. Bush After Dallas Cowboys...
ARLINGTON (CBSNEWS.COM) – Ellen DeGeneres was spotted laughing it up with a former president at a Dallas Cowboys game Sunday, but the celebrity sighting received some negative attention. Yes, that was...
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Vandals Deface Mural Honoring Transgender Community In Dallas
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Vandals defaced a mural on Cedar Springs Road commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall uprising. Dark blue aerosol paint was used to paint mustaches on the upper lips...
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Police: Patrons Attacked By Men Using Homophobic Slurs At Dallas Gay Bar
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) — Police in Dallas are looking for two men who assaulted several people while using homophobic slurs at a gay bar this weekend. The fight happened around 12:30 a.m. Feb. 2 at the...
View ArticleTexas Sues California Over 2017 Travel Ban, AG Paxton Says It ‘Violates U.S....
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) — Texas is taking on California, suing The Golden State’s 2017 travel ban forbidding all non-essential travel to the Lone Star state. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced the...
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