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27 02, 2020

Dallas Lesbian Teacher Wins $100K in Discrimination Case

By Andy Powell|2026-06-04T19:11:11-07:00February 27th, 2020|Categories: LGBT Politics|Tags: Dallas LGBTQ News, LGBTQ civil rights, Mansfield school district, school teacher Stacy Bailey, Stacy Bailey|

DALLAS-FORT WORTH, TX — (02-27-20) — Lesbian teacher Stacy Bailey won $100K settlement in her anti-LGBT discrimination lawsuit against the Mansfield Independent School District. Stacy Bailey sued the district in federal court for sexual orientation discrimination and last October, a judge ruled that the district had violated her constitutional rights. The Texas school teacher who [...]

20 12, 2017

Gay Man Who Sued to Fight Gay Marriage Ban Runs for Texas Senate

By Andy Powell|2026-06-04T19:11:12-07:00December 20th, 2017|Categories: LGBT Politics|Tags: Angela Paxton, candidate, Dallas LGBTQ News, gay state senator, Ken Paxton, Mark Phariss, Republican Texas Attorney General, Texas, Texas LGBTQ News, Texas state senate|

By: Paul Goldberg, Staff Writer AUSTIN, TX — Mark Phariss, the gay man who sued over the right to marry his spouse confirmed Tuesday that he is now running as a Democrat and hopefully the first openly gay state senator in Texas if elected in 2018. Phariss, who is a lawyer from the Dallas suburb [...]

5 12, 2017

Supreme Court Lets Stand Texas Ban On Gay Spouse Benefits

By Andy Powell|2026-06-04T19:11:12-07:00December 5th, 2017|Categories: LGBT Politics|Tags: ban on gay couples benefits, Chuck Smith, Clarence Thomas, Dallas LGBTQ News, Equality Texas, Houston Democratic Sen. Sylvia Garcia, houston Mayor Sylvester, Justice Jeffrey Boyd, Lets stand Texas Law, LGBT advocacy group, obergefell vs hodges, Samuel Alito, Texas LGBTQ News, Texas supreme court, US Supreme Court|

By: Paul Goldberg, Staff Writer AUSTIN, TX — The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear the case of the Texas Supreme Court ruling that bans same-sex spouses from having the same workplace insurance benefits as their heterosexual counterpart couples. In a surprising unanimous ruling in June, the Texas Supreme court acknowledged that same-sex marriage was [...]

19 09, 2017

Third Texas Man Confesses to Hate Crime Assaults on Gay Men

By Andy Powell|2026-06-04T19:11:13-07:00September 19th, 2017|Categories: LGBT Politics, LGBT Politics USA|Tags: Anthony Shelton, Assistant Attorney General John Gore, Chancler Encalade, Dallas LGBTQ News, federal grand jury, gay men, gay Texas news, grindr, Grindr Ambush Attacks, Hate Crime – LGBTQ Attacks, Nigel Garrett, sexual orientation, texas crime news, Texas LGBTQ News, Threats & Global Reports | JRL CHARTS, U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston|

By: Paul Goldberg – Senior Correspondent | LGBT Politics Asia PLANO, TX – (September 19, 2017) – The third suspect in a string of gay men hate crimes, Chancler Encalade, pleaded guilty on Monday September 18 to assaulting a man because of the victim’s sexual orientation, the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, the U.S. Attorney’s [...]

30 06, 2017

Texas Supreme Court Rules Against Same-Sex Marriage Benefits

By Andy Powell|2026-06-04T19:11:13-07:00June 30th, 2017|Categories: LGBT Politics|Tags: Dallas LGBTQ News, employee benefits, Equality Texas, gay marriage, GLAAD, obergefell vs hodges, same-sex marriage, Sarah Kate Ellis, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, Texas LGBTQ News, Texas supreme court|

By: Paul Goldberg, Staff Writer AUSTIN, TX — An all republican Texas Supreme Court unanimously ruled Friday June 30, that they could not find any established right to spousal benefits in same-sex marriages. Thanks to that ruling, the Texas Supreme Court has revived a lawsuit challenging the city of Houston’s insurance plans which would cover [...]

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