Former Dallas resident Daniel Willams (right), who n0w lives in Houston, is the author of a very informative blog devoted to coverage of the Texas Legislature from an LGBT perspective, Legislative Queery. Williams has agreed to allow Instant Tea to cross-post his material from time to time, and we hope to do so regularly in [...]
By Dave Guy-Gainer After the signing ceremony on Wednesday, 15 of us made the trek from C Street to the Mayflower Hotel on foot to have brunch. For the most part, the group was silent and being self-reflective. Major Mike Almy and I walked together and discussed what had happened to him and the E-Ticket [...]
CCGLA members Kathy Scalise, from left, Jeanne Rubin, Jane Schmidt and Morris Garcia volunteer at HSNT. By Jeanne S. Rubin PLANO — Each year at the Collin County Gay & Lesbian Alliance Annual Holiday Party, CCGLA members collect for various charities. This year the board decided to focus on one longtime partner, Health Services of [...]
Meghan Stabler By Meghan Stabler | HRC Board of Directors, Houston “I’m a politician which means I’m a cheat and a liar, and when I’m not kissing babies I’m stealing their lollipops. But it also means I keep my options open.” Sure, it’s a movie line, and it’s a comment that I use in some [...]
Jesse Garcia | President, LULAC 4871 LULAC 4871 – The Dallas Rainbow Council will hold its third annual Holiday Party this Friday, Dec. 17, featuring traditional Mexican holiday dishes, Christmas music and awards to recognize outstanding achievement in the LGBT Latino community. LULAC 4871 will award its “Man of the Year” to gay rights activist [...]
Jon Nelson By Jon Nelson | Fairness Fort Worth I read with interest the Rev. Stephen Sprinkle’s commentary contrasting the Atlanta outcome with Fort Worth’s after raids at gay bars in each city. He concludes that “Factors contributing to the non-resolution of the Fort Worth police raid may include a less-than-robust defense of bar patrons [...]
Stephen V. Sprinkle | Unfinished Lives The Atlanta City Council has voted 14-0 to award the Atlanta Eagle Bar $1 million in response to a federal lawsuit filed by a private attorney on behalf of 19 clients unjustly arrested in a botched police raid last September, according to a report by WTVM News 9 and [...]
Hardy Haberman | Dungeon Diary So even as the Republicans are spouting blather about deficits, they are behind the extension of the immensely expensive subsidy for millionaires that has come to be called the Bush Tax Cuts. The Democrats have relented in opposing these because the GOP held unemployment benefits hostage until the subsidies were [...]
Steven Pace By Steven Pace, executive director, AIDS Interfaith Network Today is World AIDS Day. Today is the 23rd year that this event will draw attention to the continuing pandemic of HIV/AIDS. Today HIV/AIDS has been with us for 30 years; and yet today every 9½ minutes someone in the United States will become infected [...]
Members of GLBT Aggies were targeted with anti-gay epithets during Midnight Yell earlier this month, and they say it wasn’t an isolated incident. By Camden Breeding, Vice President, GLBT Aggies A recognized student organization since 1985, GLBT Aggies are part of the Fightin’ Texas Aggie family, too. This was the statement we made by attending [...]
