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Bar patron says he was assaulted, called gay slur by hotel bouncer
Bobby Beltran, 31, says the incident occurred March 15 after he and a his friends were asked to leave the W Hotel bar because they were too drunk.
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Texas lawmakers, conservative leaders celebrate 10 years of marriage inequality
Several Texas lawmakers joined conservative leaders at the state capitol in Tuesday for a controversial slice of symbolic wedding cake in a 10th anniversary celebration of the state’s constitutional ban on same-sex marriage.
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Texas lawmaker files complaint against judge who allowed same-sex wedding
A state lawmaker’s complaint has prompted the Texas Commission on Judicial Conduct to investigate a judge who ordered the issuance of a marriage license to a same-sex couple.
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Texas AG asks state Supreme Court to void same‑sex couple’s marriage
Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said Friday the state’s same-sex marriage ban has been “needlessly cast in doubt” after a judge gave a lesbian couple from Austin permission to tie the knot. Paxton warned of “legal chaos” if the state Supreme Court doesn’t void their marriage and make clear that a judge wrongly allowed the couple to wed.
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Texas AG seeks to block probate judge’s same-sex marriage ruling
Ken Paxton says Probate Judge Guy Herman’s “misguided ruling does not change Texas law or allow the issuance of a marriage license to anyone other than one man and one woman.”
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Texas faith leaders gather at state capitol in support of marriage equality
Faith leaders rallied for marriage equality Tuesday at the Texas Capitol, seeking to convince lawmakers that expanding rights to LGBT Texans won’t compromise their religious beliefs.
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Probate judge rules Texas same‑sex marriage ban unconstitutional
A judge in Travis County, Texas, on Tuesday ruled that the state’s ban on same-sex marriage was unconstitutional, but the impact of the ruling remains unclear and the County Clerk declined to take any immediate action on issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples.
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No prison time for Army veteran who attacked gay men at Austin pride
Lambert Borgardt was sentenced to 10 years probation and 200 hours of community service after he pleaded guilty to assault charges.
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Austin police department has its first openly transgender officer
AUSTIN, Texas — The city of Austin, Texas now has it’s first openly transgender police officer. KXAN-TV reports that officer Greg Abbink has been on the police force for ten years, but it wasn’t until this year that he says he began transitioning.
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NBA Hall of Famer says gay athletes face same question black athletes once faced
AUSTIN, Texas — NBA Hall of Famer Bill Russell says the fight for equality for gay athletes reminds him of the civil rights movement of African-Americans in the 1960s.