(Fort Worth, Texas) Texas’ liquor board fired two agents and a supervisor, disciplined two other supervisors and changed several policies in the wake of a raid at a gay bar that left a customer seriously injured and led to protests, officials announced Friday.

The Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission said agent Christopher …

San Angelo mayor resigns to be with gay partner

San Angelo, Texas residents were surprised this past week when Mayor J.W. Lown resigned from his office to be with his partner in Mexico. Lown, who was re-elected for a fourth term by a landslide vote, is helping his partner, a non-U.S. citizen, get a visa.

“I made the final decision …

Pepsi Urged To Drop Gay Ties

(Dallas, Texas) A PepsiCo shareholder who describes himself as “a former gay” urged the company to “stop using shareholder profits to fund anti-heterosexual groups” at the firm’s annual shareholders meeting in Dallas.

Greg Quinlan, a member of the conservative American Family Associated affiliated group Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays & Gays, …

University drops gay student housing plan

(Fort Worth, Texas) Texas Christian University has abruptly reversed itself and dropped plans for LGBT student housing following a massive outcry from evangelicals opposed to gay rights.

The Fort Worth school is the largest of 17 colleges and universities associated with the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). More than 59 religious …

North Texas LGBT community split over post-Proposition 8 tactics

Gay groups in north Texas are mixed in their response to plans to protest the Cinemark theater chain over donations made by company CEO Alan Stock in support of California’s marriage ban, Proposition 8. Morris Garcia, president of the Collin County Gay and Lesbian Alliance, which reportedly has two members who are corporate employees of Cinemark, said the group preferred to set up a dialogue with the movie chain. A gay filmmaker in Dallas organized a protest against Cinemark, but the city’s chapter of the Stonewall Democrats is not backing the event, in deference to local concerns. Dallas Voice