Print edition updates:
LGBT protections lacking in Texas
Activism:
Advocacy, biz groups speak out
People of faith converge on Lege
Needle exchanges, AIDS and HIV:
Long overdue: needle exchange passes in House
Needle exchange pilot program bill passes House
Blog updates of HIV criminalization bills
Religious liberty:
Accord reached on Pastor Protection Act
Child welfare amendment to be re-introduced
Child welfare amendment author won’t back down, re-introduces amendment
Following bills death, Sanford attaches child welfare amendment to bill
Marriage equality:
Democrat introduces anti-marriage equality bill
Hancock introduces empty resolution on marriage
Following death of HB 4105, majority of House GOP sign letter supporting marriage ban
Majority of House GOP co-author HB 4105
Fiscal note on anti-marriage equality bill tops $1 million
Rep. Tony Tinderholt files complaint against judge over marriage ruling
Following lesbian wedding, senator files anti-marriage equality bill
Speaker’s race:
Game on: committee appointments revealed
Blogs and commentary:
Bill would limit access to state public records
Bill would bar reparative therapy for Texas youth; garners national praise
Two anti-trans bills in Texas House slammed by LGBT groups
Rep. Eric Johnson files bill to end LGBT job discrimination
Legislators file joint birth certificate bills for LGBT parents
Guns, God and gays: first day of prefiling for upcoming Lege session
Other bills:
Powerful GOP Rep. Byron Cook supports supplemental birth certificate bill
Blogs and op-eds:
Cathie cried: Abbott will not convene special session on marriage
Cecil Bell’s ‘witch’ is dead — but it and other anti-LGBT bills could be resurrected
Rep. James White’s legal logic on gay sex
Let them eat cake I identified the people in the photo
Let them eat cake: rep offers free cake in honor of same-sex marriage ban
Konni Burton and other legislators attend energy briefing with quacks
An open letter to Sen.-elect Konni Burton, who blocked me on Twitter
“Bought and sold” series lifting veil on campaign finance disclosures:
Bought and sold: Lt. Gov-elect Patrick packs advisory boards with donors
Bought and sold: mastering the electoral run-off
Bought and sold: Legislators believe in liberty and freedom, but not for you
Rep. Molly White: Obama should ‘be arrested and tried for treason against the U.S.’
James Michael Russell, Jr. 