Month: February 2011

The Avondale Association will be hosting a Spring Yard and Porch sale on Saturday April 9, 2011 at the Historic Bath House located at 609 Avondale, Houston, TX 77006 from…

In a landmark decision, a state appeals court upheld a ruling yesterday that a Manhattan man can inherit his husband's estate.

Every 35 minutes in the United States, a woman tests positive for HIV/AIDS. In Houston and Harris County, one in 90 Houstonians is HIV positive. Women in Houston follow the…

A group of more than 500 participants will perform the Hokey Pokey in a record attempt that will take place this Friday, Feb. 25 – opening night of Mardi Gras!…

The Attorney General sent the following letter today to Congressional leadership to inform them of the Department’s course of action in two lawsuits, Pedersen v. OPM and Windsor v. United…

“This is a monumental decision for the thousands of same-sex couples and their families who want nothing more than the same rights and dignity afforded to other married couples,” said…

A former Marine is working to keep Republicans in New Hampshire from repealing the gay marriage law with a full page ad in the Union Leader newspaper. Craig Stowell says…

The Social Book 2011 Launch Party, February 4, 2011. Photos by Dalton DeHart.

Assemblymember Toni Atkins (D-San Diego) introduced the Gender Nondiscrimination Act (AB 887) sponsored by Equality California and the Transgender Law Center. AB 887 seeks to strengthen employment, housing, and other…

Louisiana's 200-year-old law against solicitation of oral and anal sex is archaic, discriminatory, and unconstitutional. So says a coalition of lawyers and social activists who filed a federal civil rights…