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Gay rights fight comes to Texas, despite ban on same-sex marriage
AUSTIN, Texas — One couple wants to get married, while the other just wants theirs recognized. A third couple wants a divorce, while the fourth wants theirs finalized. If all win their lawsuits, they could overturn the Texas ban on same-sex marriage.
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Two same-sex couples challenging Texas’ ban on gay marriage
AUSTIN, Texas — Two same-sex couples have challenged Texas’ constitutional ban on gay marriage in a San Antonio federal court, and a federal judge could hear arguments as soon as January, an attorney for the couples said Wednesday.
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Texas National Guard to allow same-sex couples to register for benefits
SAN ANTONIO — The Texas National Guard will immediately begin letting same-sex couples register for benefits.
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Houston to offer benefits to same-sex spouses of city employees
HOUSTON — Houston will provide health care and life insurance benefits to legally married same-sex spouses of city employees, officials announced Wednesday.
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Man gets year in prison for posing as transgender girl to extort professor
HOUSTON — A Louisiana man was sentenced to a year in prison Monday for running an extortion scheme that authorities believe led a Texas A&M University professor to commit suicide by jumping to his death from a campus parking garage.
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Texas county adopts sweeping policy to protect LGBT inmates
HOUSTON — The sheriff of Houston’s Harris County has adopted a sweeping policy designed to protect and guarantee equal treatment of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender inmates, including allowing transgender individuals to be housed based on the gender they identify with instead of their biological sex.
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Texas school denies transgender teen’s right to wear tuxedo in yearbook photo
LA FERIA, Texas — As a senior at La Feria High School, Jeydon Loredo looked forward to his senior portrait appearing in his school’s yearbook.
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Texas Supreme Court hears arguments in same-sex divorce case
AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday about whether the state can grant divorces to gay couples married elsewhere despite its own constitutional ban on gay marriage, in one of the first serious challenges to that 2005 amendment.
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Annise Parker wins re-election in Houston mayoral race
HOUSTON — Houston Mayor Annise Parker was elected on Tuesday to a third and final term as the leader of the nation’s fourth largest city.
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Texas Supreme Court tackles whether state can grant same-sex divorces
AUSTIN, Texas — The issues of same-sex marriage and divorce are set to go before the Texas Supreme Court.