Good As You: Texas Roundup
08/25/2011
Audio: City famed for space travel braces for even less grounded flight of fancy
Sometimes, a gay person grows up to be a mayor of a vibrant American city. That's the aspirational reality that LGBT kids of Houston currently know to be true, having lived for two years now with out lesbian Annise Parker...
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04/20/2011
Video: And this year's Holy Week leper analogy comes from Houston's Sagemont Church
When the following clip starts and Sagemont Church pastor Stuart Rothberg likens gays to lepers, one might think he's making an apt point about the way some modern day Christians treat LGBT people. But once the viewer realizes that Rotherberg's...
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04/11/2011
Video: Sunday school, every M-F
Even more from that "Awakening 2011" panel on LGBT issues. The person speaking is Cynthia Dunbar, a former member of the Texas State Board of Education, who comes right out and admit that she and her right-leaning colleagues used their...
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02/10/2011
Video: Mayor Parker represents Houston, us
I’m From Houston, TX - Video Story. [I'm From Driftwood]
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11/05/2010
'Yes there are, actually'
Edcouch, TX: EDCOUCH - A message of hate on an Edcouch-Elsa High School marquee was a reminder to parents and school officials that they have work to do. Two words, "no gays," posted in front of Edcouch-Elsa High School was...
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10/29/2010
Video: Uhm, except I've never used my pillow to clobber a minority's civil rights!
This guy, Robert Rees, apparently hosts a radio talk show in Austin, TX: Oh so wait: He just reversed the nouns? Ooh, how clever. Really. Quite Inspired. But here's the thing: No gay marriage activist -- NO. GAY. ACTIVIST. --...
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09/01/2010
The Lone Gay state: Rick Perry grants gay separation a gold TX star
Local reports quote him as putting forth this non sequitur: "We're creating more jobs than any other state in the nation. ... Would you rather live in a state like this, or in a state where a man can marry...
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05/11/2010
For one TX NBC affiliate, 'Entertainment Tonight' just became more responsible news show
Saying Kagan has both an "agenda" and a "lifestyle"? Dedicating eight minutes of morning news time to something 100% based in rumor? Recommending the rabidly anti-gay, proudly to the far, far right WorldNetDaily as a "a great website" and serious...
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12/13/2009
Video: Openly accomplished human (who happens to be a lesbian) wins Houston mayoral race
The bitter: The sweet: Annise Parker victory speech after winning Houston mayoral election (KTRK) [YT] Congrats, Mayor Parker!!
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11/19/2009
Houston, chronically: City's 2nd anti-gay story in as many days
Need a reason other than decency to stand against the homo-hostile attacks against Houston mayoral candidate Annise Parker? Well here. Maybe this reminder of the pervasive, violent atmosphere that's fostered by anti-gay rhetoric will heighten your awareness/sensitivity: Student attacked with...
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Video: In which Dave Wilson becomes Gene Locke's biggest liability
We had been told to expect homo-hostile hits against Houston mayoral candidate Annise Parker. And so it goes: Bad news for those Houstonians who are sick of dirty politics. Although good news for overcrowding at the local Johnson Space Center,...
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11/18/2009
Does 'everything's bigger in Texas' rule apply to marriage ban's flaws?
Without even reading it, we know that the constitutional amendment that bans same-sex marriages, civil unions, and domestic partnerships in the state of Texas is a poorly designed piece of caca. That's because we understand that state and federal constitutions...
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11/16/2009
Houston, we have a lesbian: Anti-gay space cadets hope to oust out Parker
Annise Parker is many things. A Houston, TX resident. A current City Controller and candidate for mayor. A victor in the initial round of voting. A lesbian. A forty-three-year-old. A Democrat. A blonde. But leave it to the socially conservative...
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09/30/2009
Video: The United Southern Baptists of Gohmertville
You have to wonder: Rep. Louie Gohmert (Very Far R-TX) does know that he's a Congressman of the United States and not of the Baptist Church, right?" Watch this: AIM: DC Conversations - Rep. Louie Gohmert and Sen. James Inhofe...
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07/30/2009
Convenient claims for a CON-niving movement
1. Gays are molested by older people. A claim that's too offensive to even dignify. Of all the far-right's claims about us, it is perhaps the most unhinged. And while it is meant to demonize LGBT people, it is a...
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07/10/2009
But in their defense, company's apostrophe does imply only one boy at a time
Possibly nauseating: (elpasomediagroup) Definitely quease-making: EL PASO -- Two gay men kissed at a Chico's Tacos restaurant, prompting guards to eject them and a police officer to endorse their ouster. ... In all, five men were ordered to leave the...
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06/11/2009
San Antonio summer: Stroll on River Walk, dine of fajitas, defend existence against Adam McManus
In 2006, San Antonio radio host Adam McManus made a bug fuss when a local grocery store chain decided to support the area's gay pride parade. In 2007, he gunned for that year's grand marshall of the parade, Police Chief...
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02/03/2009
Houston, we have a lesbian
Openly gay Annise Parker has announced her candidacy to become the next mayor of Houston. Get to know her: Parker announces candidacy for mayor of Houston [Dallas Voice] We love her. Election, schmelection -- just give her the seat! If...
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08/05/2008
TX Baptists to change 'Gay'
A four-block street in San Antonio, TX, is likely going to be renamed "Second Baptist Way," in honor of a formerly all-Black house of worship that's been located in the area for over one hundred years. City officials are expected...
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03/05/2008
Lone Star voters tip hats to gay foursome
Gay politicians had a big night in Texas last night. And no, we're not implying anything about Hillary. We're talking about Lupe Valdez, Rosemary Lehmberg, Steve Kirkland, and Andres Pereira, four out lesbian and gay Texans who made political advancements...
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03/03/2008
Oh no, no, no, no, no!
Remember this morning when we highlighted a comment that was left on our website over the weekend? And remember how when we Googled the email address that was given to us by the commenter, it linked back to an official...
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Dr. James Davis: Recruiting teachers or recruiting bias?
Note to everyone: If you work for a public school system, it is probably not the best idea to go to an LGBT site and post an anti-gay condemnation using your work email address. You know, condemnations like this one...
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02/25/2008
We're shocked we can even write this headline without needing to go f**k something
Earlier this month, we told you about a new book from anti-gay Texas governor Rick Perry, and we showed you some queer-antagonistic excerpts from the pages within. Well over the weekend, The NY Times Magazine ran a brief interview with...
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02/11/2008
And they wonder why people don't read
Texas' Rick Perry, debatably our nation's most queer-hostile governor, has written a new book. The Austin American-Statesman has printed some excerpts. Here now, some of the juicier gay-centric passages: “The point is that Scouting is not the place for sex...
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01/17/2008
I am activist, hear my stomach roar
University of Texas lecturer Uri Horesh has not eaten anything other than vitamins and water since Sunday. Why? Well, because depriving himself of sustenance is his way of saying to the school, "Yo, administrative dudes and dudettes -- respect your...
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