Month: December 2009

By David TaffetThe LGBT started 2009 with high hopes that the new president would advance LGBT issues. But the honeymoon ended quickly. President Barack Obama’s first year in office: On Jan. 20, Barack Obama was sworn in...

By David Taffet2009 was a year of highs and lows for supporters of same-sex marriage. Marriage ups and downs: Despite some recent setbacks, marriage equality made some incredible advances in 2009. Five states passed marriage...

By John WrightDallas Judge Tena Callahan rules that a gay male couple who had filed for divorce would get their divorce — AND that the Texas marriage ban is unconstitutional. HISTORIC CASE | Judge Tena Callahan ruled in...

By David TaffetAnnise Parker defeats Gene Locke in a December runoff to become mayor of Houston, the first openly LGBT person elected to that office in a top 10 U.S. city. HELPING A FRIEND | J.D. Angle, center, and his partner,...

By John WrightTwo men who brutally attacked Jimmy Dean near Cedar Springs Road in 2008 are convicted and sent to jail. Jimmy Dean’s attackers are convicted: Jimmy Lee Dean’s attack near the Cedar Springs strip in the...