Then There's This: Redemption, Texas

Theatre en Bloc Brings one gay rights activist's fight to the stage

"...More than a decade after the Texas Leg­islature passed the historic James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes..."

Sept. 14, 2012 News Column by Amy Smith

The Archeology of Business

As Austin's gay chamber of commerce turns 15, what have we learned?

"...True: Technically, the Austin Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce is 15 years old;..."

June 15, 2012 Features Feature by Andy Campbell

The History of the LGBTQ Movement in Austin

From Stonewall to today, how Pride has progressed in our city

"...$1,500 was a lot of money in 1990. When the city of Austin required..."

Aug. 9, 2019 News Feature by Beth Sullivan

The Death of Ben Brownlee

A Rockdale teenager's suicide raises questions about official protections for gay and transgendered kids

"...Karen Johle arrived home from work on the afternoon of Tuesday, Nov. 18, her youngest son, 13-year-old Christopher Brownlee..."

Jan. 30, 2004 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Biennial Gay-Bashing

Right-wing legislators pursue anti-gay agenda once again.

"...no time like the present for pushing forward the anti-gay agenda in Texas. Just ask Reps. Warren Chisum (HB..."

April 11, 2003 News Feature by Amy Smith

Gay Place: Gay as the Day Is Long

From Long to Fiesta and night to day, Austin Pride rolls on

"...booty. It was Austin Pride, then hosted by the Lesbian/Gay Rights Lobby of Texas (LGRL, which has since become..."

Sept. 9, 2011 Column by Kate X Messer

Gay Place: Austin Pride Parade

A look back at the 2009 Pride Parade as we prepare for 2012

"...On June 6, 2009, a few hundred of us gathered under the South First Street Bridge in..."

Sept. 14, 2012 Column by Kate X Messer

Gay Place's Top 10 Queer Doin's 2006

Queers look back at 'Brokeback' fever and forward to Mary Cheney's baby

"...few minutes, it was okay to play with being gay...."

Jan. 5, 2007 Column by Kate Getty

The Fight of His Life

Are Ronney Reynolds' Mayoral Hopes on the Ropes?

"...short but thunderous Watson, 38, delivered a standard candidate's kick-off speech in his deepest Texas twang, casting himself as..."

Dec. 6, 1996 News Feature by Alex de Marban

Gay Place

We are coming down from Pride and amping back up for ESHHH

"...be in deep this coming weekend. This li'l sliver of space is barely enough to fill you in on..."

Sept. 28, 2012 Column by Kate X Messer

Texas Faith and Freedom

Samantha Smoot recounts her work with the Texas Freedom Network

"...Samantha Smoot, executive director of the Texas Freedom Network since 1998, recently announced her..."

Oct. 15, 2004 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Texas Responds to Hobby Lobby Contraception Case

Dems, health groups and religious freedom advocates slam ruling

"...States Supreme Court ruled that family-owned businesses like Hobby Lobby can decide to not provide contraception through their health..."

June 30, 2014 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Gay Place: TransTexan Luv

Advocacy summit, Trans Lobby Day at the big pink dome, and so much more, Sunday and Monday.

"...Advocacy summit, Trans Lobby Day at the big pink dome, and so much..."

Feb. 22, 2013 Column by Kate X Messer

Gay Place: Seal '14 With a Kiss

Seal '14 with a kiss

"...Thank you for reading. We luv u. TOP NATIONAL GAY 10 of 2014..."

Jan. 2, 2015 Column by Kate X Messer

Renewing the Rainbow

A Preview of the Gay / Lesbian Right Lobby Agenda for the 77th Legislature

"...Lobbying for the rights of gays and lesbians is not..."

Jan. 19, 2001 News Feature by Amy Smith

Bloody Murders

Gay Rights Lobby's Quiet Fight for Hate Crimes Bill

"...illustration by Doug Potter The beginning of the 1995 Texas legislative session looked promising for the..."

Jan. 24, 1997 News Column by Louisa C. Brinsmade

Activist Bettie Naylor Has Died

Plucky icon lobbied for LGBT rights

"...Naylor, a tiny woman who loomed large at the Texas Capitol for several decades, died in her sleep last..."

April 19, 2012 News Post by Amy Smith

Fostering Family Values

The Legislature engages in its biennial exercises in gay-bashing -- families be damned.

"...Jeff Lutes waited with hundreds of others last Tuesday night to testify against one of..."

May 2, 2003 News Feature by Amy Smith

Adiós! Don't Let the Door ...

A Quick Roundup of the Best and the Worst of the 78th Lege

"...omnibus late-train bills. What follows is a preliminary snapshot of the major bills we've been tracking most closely this..."

June 6, 2003 News Feature

The Hate Crimes Debate

Murders of Gay Men Cause Concern

"...Denise Guerrero and Cruz Saldaña hold a memorial plaque of their brother, Ernest Saldaña, who was beaten to death..."

March 14, 1997 News Feature by Amy Smith

QueerBomb/Pride Roundtable: Extended Remix

QueerBomb and Austin Pride meet for a roundtable

"...Members of QueerBomb, Austin's renegade counter-Pride, and members of the official..."

June 3, 2011 Features Feature by Kate X Messer

Rare Bird

From her office vantage point, beside the rosy glow of the majestic Capitol dome, 78-year-old feminist, political powerhouse, and gay rights lobbyist Bettie Naylor keeps a watchful eye over the doings at the legislature

"...High above the towering canopies of native trees that dot the Texas state Capitol grounds,..."

June 3, 2005 Features Feature by Kate X Messer

Domestic Bliss

As gays and lesbians gain acceptance in society, more and more companies are offering health care benefits to their employees' domestic partners.

"...But not long after he had moved back to Texas, he found himself involved in a highly political and..."

Aug. 4, 2000 News Feature by Jonathan David Carroll

Public Notice

Texas Proud!

"...their dignity, for example, is certainly pride in one of its worst manifestations. Pride in its best light is..."

June 4, 1999 Column by Kate X Messer

Naked City

Warren Chisum's HJR 6 doesn't discriminate against anyone ... except gays and lesbians

"...A proposed constitutional ban on gay marriage was left pending in a House committee in..."

April 8, 2005 News Feature by Amy Smith

Naked City

A local group forms to build community support for marriage equality in Austin

"...Texas lawmakers may be light-years away from allowing same-sex marriages,..."

March 26, 2004 News Feature by Amy Smith

Naked City

Gay leader makes bold red-state predictions

"...Gay rights advocates predict a victory at the ballot box..."

May 27, 2005 News Feature by Amy Smith

Public Notice

The Promise of Spring

"...Although Dewey Winburne -- one of the founders of the SXSW Interactive Conference -- was..."

April 2, 1999 Column by Kate X Messer

Naked City

The James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Act makes a comeback in the 77th legislative session.

"...Supporters of this year's incarnation of the James Byrd Jr. Hate..."

Feb. 16, 2001 News Feature by Amy Smith

The Lauryn Paige Fuller Story

Eighteen-year-old Donald Scott Fuller was brutally murdered last year. Jordan Smith explores

"...299th District Court, a pretrial hearing in the case of State of Texas v. Gamaliel Mireles Coria has just..."

Feb. 18, 2000 Features Feature by Jordan Smith

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