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Poll: For the first time, more Texans support marriage equality than oppose it
LUBBOCK, Texas — For the first time in any poll, more Texans support legalizing same-sex marriage than oppose it.
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Police hope discovery of murder victim’s vehicle will provide new clues in case
HOUSTON — A vehicle that had been sought in connection with the murder of a lesbian couple in South Texas last month has been recovered, according to the Galveston County Sheriff’s Office.
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School district reinstates suspended transgender substitute teacher
LUMBERTON, Texas — A transgender substitute teacher who was told not return to her classes at a Texas elementary school after parents complained that she was a “distraction” to their 10 and 11-year old children, has been reinstated.
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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.
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Texas school suspends transgender substitute teacher after parents complain
LUMBERTON, Texas — A transgender substitute teacher said she has been told not return to her classes at a Texas elementary school after parents complained about her.
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Jimmy Carter speaking at Civil Rights Summit in Texas
AUSTIN, Texas — Former President Jimmy Carter will be the keynote speaker on the first day of the Civil Rights Summit at the LBJ Presidential Library in Austin, Texas.
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Lesbian couple’s 3-year-old son rejected by Texas school for having two moms
BEDFORD, Texas — A lesbian couple in Bedford, Texas claim their son was turned away from a local Montessori school because he had two moms.
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Relatives speak out about lesbian couple found murdered in Texas
GALVESTON, Texas — Relatives of one of two Houston women found dead near a garbage bin are offering different takes on the relationship between the woman and her father.
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Father suspected in double homicide jotted anti-gay notes on his Koran
HOUSTON — A family spokesperson says James Larry Cosby, the father of one of two women whose bodies were found dumped outside a South Texas convenience store last week and now in custody in connection with their murders, is a practicing Muslim who made notes about his anti-gay views on his Koran.
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Father of victim in Texas double homicide arrested in connection with murders
PORT BOLIVAR, Texas — The father of one of two women whose bodies were found dumped outside a South Texas convenience store last week has been arrested in connection with their murders.