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Obituary: Alice Miller McCarthy, 1938–2026

Alice Miller McCarthy, a Houston contractor, feminist, HISD desegregation advocate, and tireless voter registrar, died September 3 at 88. A Celebration of Life is set for Saturday, September 19, at First Unitarian Universalist Church.

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Trump Team Scrubs Gender-based Bullying Data From Schools Survey

The Education Department quietly released 2023–24 civil rights data with every column on nonbinary students and gender-identity bullying blanked out, citing Trump's executive order defining sex as male or female only.

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Violence Against Women and Trans People Worse Than Thought

Nearly two-thirds of women and 84 percent of trans and gender-nonconforming people report intimate partner violence, according to new research from Tulane and UC San Diego that says the problem is far more pervasive than…

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Grace Place & the Montrose Center ribbon cutting at Asia’s House

Grace Place and the Montrose Center marked the opening of Asia’s House, Houston’s new LGBTQ-affirming emergency shelter for youth ages 15 to 17, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. The six-bed residence provides emergency housing, case management,…

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Political ads with made-up trans people are being used to bash Democrats

Elon Musk's America PAC has released at least 38 digital ads in under a week, most of them attacking trans people to hit Democrats in competitive Senate races, including Texas nominee James Talarico. Two ads…

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Bo French Stands By Racist Post

Texas Railroad Commission candidate Bo French is refusing to delete a post mocking South Asian students at the UT–Ohio State game, brushing off condemnation from Republicans including John Cornyn and House Speaker Dustin Burrows. His…

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Bob and Bob have been married for 12 years. They’re ready for their state constitution to change.

Twenty years after Virginians voted to write a same-sex marriage ban into their constitution, voters will decide in November whether to strip it out and replace it with an affirmative right to marry. The 19th…

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Queer Things to Do in Houston, Sept 10-14

Orfeh goes off the record at the Hobby Center, Fort Bend County Pride blasts off in Rosenberg, Houston Ballet opens with Pecos Bill, and the Equality Brunch fills POST Houston. Your LGBTQ guide to September…

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Talarico Reverses Stance on Trans Athletes in Girls’ Sports

In a Fox News interview, U.S. Senate nominee James Talarico said he opposes transgender student-athletes in girls' sports "if it risks safety or fairness," walking back positions he took as a state representative. Equality Texas…

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Country, Camp, and The Cowgays: Nashville Trio Makes Houston Debut

Nashville's Cowgays—Adam Mac, Brooke Eden, and Chris Housman—bring '90s country camp to The Diana Foundation's 63rd annual brunch, benefiting Montrose Grace Place and Out for Education.

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