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  • Houston pastor wants Mayor Parker to shut up about marriage equality

    HOUSTON — A high profile Houston pastor wants openly lesbian mayor Annise Parker to resign, or stop “promoting” the legalization of same-sex marriage. Parker is a co-chairperson of a bipartisan coalition of more than 80 U.S. mayors who have publicly stated their support for marriage equality.

    • 2011

  • Big night for openly LGBT candidates in state, local races across the nation

    It was a big night for many openly gay and lesbian candidates across the nation, with several races resulting in first-time victories for openly LGBT candidates in several state and local governments.

  • Houston mayor Annise Parker re-elected to second term

    Mayor Annise D. Parker was been re-elected to a second term on Tuesday, barely avoiding a runoff despite a poll conducted last month which showed her with the lowest approval rating of any Houston mayor in nearly fifty years, and with only 37 percent of the poll’s respondents saying that they would vote for her.

  • Houston newspaper pulls endorsement over candidate’s anti-gay flyer

    HOUSTON — In a strongly worded editorial, the Houston Chronicle on Sunday retracted its endorsement of a school board candidate after his campaign released an anti-gay flyer directed at his opponent, calling it “obvious gay bashing.”

  • In memory of September’s children — Asher Brown, one year later

    On September 23, 2010, Asher Brown returned home from school while his parents were at work. He shot himself in the head after enduring what his mother and stepfather say was constant harassment from four other students at Hamilton Middle School in Houston.

  • Gay couple plans to appeal restrictive custody ruling by ‘homophobic’ judge

    A Houston gay couple said they will appeal a ruling in a child custody case because the judge ordered that the divorced father of three is prohibited from ever leaving his children alone with his husband, or any other man who is not related to the children “by blood or adoption.”

  • Houston judge orders married gay man to keep kids away from husband

    In a stunning case of bigotry from Houston Judge Charley E. Prine, Jr., a married gay man has been forbidden from ever leaving his children alone with his husband, reported the Houston Chronicle.

    • 2010

  • Family, friends gather in Houston park to bid farewell to Asher Brown

    Asher Brown’s uncle told a gathering of mourners and family supporters on Saturday that school bullies “ripped him up and tore him down everyday.” A crowd of hundreds blanketed a Houston park beside Moore Elementary School to express grief over the death by bullying of 13-year-old gay teen.

  • Another suicide: Houston teen, victim of anti-gay bullying, shoots himself

    Another teenage victim of anti-gay bullying has committed suicide. Asher Brown came home from school last Thursday while his parents were at work. He shot himself in the head after enduring what his mother and stepfather say was constant harassment from four other students at Hamilton Middle School in Houston. He used his stepfather’s 9mm […]

  • Houston becomes largest U.S. city with gay mayor as Parker takes oath

    The City of Houston officially has a new mayor as of Saturday. Annise Parker was sworn in as Mayor of Houston in a private ceremony at City Hall, making Houston the largest U.S. city to ever have an openly gay individual serve as mayor. With her hand on her grandparents’ bible, held by her partner, […]