The Dallas City Council amended the definition of “spouse” at its Feb. 18 meeting for the purpose of bringing the Employee Retirement Fund into compliance with IRS regulations that went into effect on Jan. 1.

DALLAS - Gay employees in Dallas County could take unpaid leave to care for a same-sex partner under a proposal that would sidestep the Texas ban on same-sex marriage.

A local talk show host for a Dallas news station walked off the set Tuesday morning after getting into a heated debate with her co-hosts over ESPN’s coverage of Michael Sam kissing his boyfriend, Gawker reports.

DAYTON (AP) — Dayton is gearing up for events celebrating the 10th anniversary of the LGBT Film Festival in October.

SAN ANTONIO — Wendy Davis said Thursday that she supports gay marriage and called on Attorney General Greg Abbott to stop defending the Texas Constitution’s definition of marriage as between one man and one woman.

Evidence shows that Ron Shumway, the Dallas gay man missing since April 24, was not the person who signed documents in June to sell his house in North Oak Cliff. Police became concerned with his disappearance after human remains were found in the yard of the house he owned on North Winnetka Boulevard.

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Republican front-runner Donald Trump said Friday that he wished a Kentucky county clerk, Kim Davis, was not jailed for refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, but he added that the Supreme Court has ruled and it is "the law of the land."

A same-sex couple got a very unorthodox thank you for their tip when a waitress from an East Texas restaurant told them, "We don’t serve fags here," after they finished eating their breakfast Tuesday morning, East Texas ABC-affiliate station KLTV reports.

HOUSTON (AP) - Officials say opponents of Houston's new anti-bias protections for gay and transgender residents have failed to collect enough valid signatures to force a repeal vote in November.

The former professional boxer who claimed he was tricked and drugged into filming a gay porn scene released a statement this week, coming out as bisexual and confessing to lying about how he made the threesome scene.

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Texas is holding the nation's first primary election Tuesday with a political free-for-all in Republican races that could push the state further right, though Democrats are calling it the next big battleground on the electoral map.

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Hundreds of faith leaders are expected at the Texas Capitol to rally support for marriage equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Texans.

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton says the state's voter ID law "remains in effect" despite a federal appeals court ruling that it violates the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - A federal judge has struck down Texas' ban on gay marriage, but is leaving it in place pending a ruling by an appeals court later this year.

In 2015, at least 23 trans women were murdered in the U.S. and now the first known homicide of a trans woman in 2016 has been reported, according to Jezebel.

After Texas passed a law that severely restricts abortions, the Fort Lauderdale City Commission passed a resolution asking for cities to join in the fight to oppose it.

FORT WORTH (KDAF) -- If you have a bad perception of a typical cop, the Fort Worth Police Department is working to change that.

A university in Texas is creating a "rainbow lounge" to support LGBT students, and Dayton celebrated its 17th annual LGBT film festival in Ohio.

A Texas proposed bill will ban almost all gender-affirming care, and the shooter of a gay club in Colorado is set to stand trial.

This week read about Texas Gov. Greg Abbott calling gender-affirming care for trans children "child abuse," and the trial of a man who used Grindr as a "hunting ground" delayed in Louisiana.

This week read about a gay man donating one of his kidneys for his husband in Colorado, and State Rep. James White claiming that same-sex marriage is still illegal in Texas.

This week read about transgender people receiving free gender-affirming clothes from the Transgender Assistance Program of Virginia, and Jalen McKee-Rodriguez becoming the first gay Black man elected to any office in Texas.

Body bags were left outside of Arizona's capital to protest anti-LGBT laws, and some Texans are ready to fight the anticipated laws that will harm LGBT people.

This week read about Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney regretting opposing gay marriage in the past, andTexas Attorney General Ken Paxton suing the Biden administration over pro-transgender guidance.

This week read about Martina Caldera, who was killed in Texas last year, and students filing a lawsuit against a school for banning LGBT books in Missouri.

This week read about Rubi Dominguez, who was killed last year in Texas, and a court allowing a university in Utah to discriminate against LGBT students.

This week read about the missing activist Elise Malary found dead in Illinois, and a superintendent pulling over 100 LGBT books from libraries in Texas.

A city in Texas is throwing an LGBT holiday parade, and Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene goes after California Sen. Scott Wiener on Twitter, calling him a "communist groomer."

CPS workers are resigning because of the anti-trans law in Texas, and police have arrested a suspect for the arson attack on a gay bar in New York.

This week read about the first gay couple to adopt a child in Taiwan, and Germany appointing a new commissioner for queer affairs.