LGBTQIA

Dallas Pride's Sunset Parade will return this weekend to its historic roots on Main Street for the first time since 1972.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing the city of Denton and city officials for “allowing grown men in changing rooms with Texas children and women at event hosted at publicly owned swimming pool,” the attorney general's office announced in a June 1 press release.

Pridenton, a Denton nonprofit that coordinates a monthlong celebration and observance of LGBTQ+ visibility and equality throughout June, says the University of North Texas has withdrawn its sponsorship from the off-campus events.

Equality PAC said Johnson’s loss in this week’s Democratic runoff diminishes the community’s representation in Congress. Johnson was the first openly LGBTQ+ person from and from the South elected to federal office.

Residents of Dallas' historically LGBTQ+ Oak Lawn neighborhood are suggesting ways to fill the void left after the city removed several rainbow crosswalks.

The Texas Attorney General’s office had announced an investigation into the Houston-based hospital system in February for providing gender-affirming care to minors. Such a “detransition clinic” could be the first in the nation.

The high court ruled Friday a lawsuit by families with transgender kids challenging the state's authority to investigate them is moot as the kids are no longer minors and the Department of Family and Protective Services has closed most of its investigations of the plaintiffs.

Local panelists discussed fostering community even against a backdrop of new state and federal policies that have made life harder for many trans people.

The Supreme Court has ruled that Colorado's law banning conversion therapy "regulates speech based on viewpoint."

Robert Emery is a historian, activist, and advocate for the gay community in Dallas as well as co-founder of The Dallas Way. He spoke with KERA's Ron Corning about the symbolism behind the removal of these colorful sidewalks — and how he expects the community to move forward.

The City of Dallas began removing rainbow crosswalks in the historically gay neighborhood of Oak Lawn on Monday.

The Texas Supreme Court said the state only needs a reasonable belief that the group may have relevant information, not proof, and allowed PFLAG to redact identifying details about families before producing documents.