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Greater Houston LGBTQ+ Chamber Presents Its 10-year Anniversary Reception
2+ hour, 33+ min ago (122+ words) Greater Houston LGBTQ+ Chamber Presents Its 10-year Anniversary Reception'OutSmart Magazine The Greater Houston LGBTQ+ Chamber of Commerce marked a decade of impact with its 10th Anniversary Reception at POST Houston The evening celebrated the entrepreneurs, professionals, and allies who have expanded…...
LGBTQ Federal Workers Push Back Against Trump’s Gender Orders
1+ week, 5+ day ago (781+ words) This story was originally reported by Kate Sosin of The 19th. Meet Kate and read more of their reporting on gender, politics and policy. Sarah O'Neill loved her job as a data scientist at the National Security Agency (NSA)." "The government…...
New Texas Law Sparks Alarm Among Intersex Texans
2+ week, 6+ day ago (1753+ words) By Aidan Johnstone, The Texas Tribune Aside from a hole in his heart that surgery fixed early in his life, Mo Cortez didn't have any notable medical complications growing up in San Angelo. By all accounts, he was a normal,…...
Medicaid Ban Limits Access to Gender-Affirming Care
2+ week, 6+ day ago (951+ words) This story was originally reported by Orion Rummler of The 19th. Meet Orion and read more of their reporting on gender, politics and policy. Star Gates, a nonbinary transfeminine person in Ohio, realized something important a few months ago: She didn't…...
From Viral Content to Real Life Community, LesbianLand Takes Off
3+ week, 5+ day ago (428+ words) At the center of LesbianLand, a name garnering tens of thousands of followers online, is one goal: "to make queer folks feel seen, entertained, and held." Sydney Mack and Racquel Simone are the Houston-based couple who started it all. "We…...
Ms Mykie Brings Queerdos! to MATCH’s Mix-MATCH Festival
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (591+ words) Drag performer Ms Mykie is dismantling the heteronormative ideas of beauty and sex and showcasing queer bodies at an upcoming art installation and show." Queerdos! is part of the 3rd Annual Mix-MATCH: A Mixed Arts Festival, a free, one-day celebration of…...
Revival Run Crew Builds Queer Community Through Movement
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (659+ words) After moving to Houston from Chicago, Weyand, 30, was in search of a supportive queer community. As Weyand began working as a barback at Pearl Bar, she quickly found just that. "I was super lonely in Chicago, and when COVID hit,…...
Federal Employees File Complaint Against Administration’s Ban on Gender-Affirming Care
2+ mon, 1+ day ago (320+ words) The complaint, filed Thursday on the employees" behalf by the Human Rights Campaign, is in response to an August announcement from the Office of Personnel Management that it would no longer cover "chemical and surgical modification of an individual"s…...
2026 Greater Houston LGBTQ+ Community Summit Returns to the Montrose Center
2+ mon, 4+ day ago (315+ words) Programming at the Summit spans health, wellness, arts, culture, and LGBTQ history. Open forums encourage diverse voices to share experiences and ideas as the group crafts real-world solutions. The ultimate goal is to create a clear, action-oriented plan for the…...
A New Chinese Pronoun Opens Space for Nonbinary Identity
2+ mon, 4+ day ago (1320+ words) Hong Kong (CNN) " Whenever high-profile non-binary activist Siufung Law did media interviews, journalists always asked: what pronoun would they like to use? For a long time, the Hong Kong native, who uses they/them pronouns in English, had no easy…...