Author: Shawn Weston

During confirmation hearings this morning, Secretary of Defense nominee retired General James Mattis said he will not work to reverse the current policies that allow any qualified person to serve, including LGBT people.

So far, more pro-LGBT bills have been filed in the Texas Legislature than anti-LGBT bills. Here’s a list of the bills Equality Texas is following so far with links to more information about them.

The U.S. Senate held confirmation hearings on anti-LGBT Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions to be attorney general.

Graffiti similar the that found last week at the Interfaith Peace Chapel at Cathedral of Hope was found today on an abandoned shopping center on Denton Drive Cutoff across the street from Inwood Station.

A new study by the Commonwealth Fund and Milken Institute of Public Health at George Washington University found that repeal of the Affordable Care Act would cost Texas 174,700 jobs and 2.6 million jobs nationwide in 2019.