Texas jury rules gay couple had a “common law marriage”

In early January of 2022, one Texas school district superintendent truly dedicated himself to the anti-LGBTQ movement sweeping across American state legislatures, directing librarians in the district to permanently remove roughly 130 books from their shelves — over 75 percent of which contained LGBTQ characters or themes.Granbury Independent School District Superintendent Jeremy Glenn gave the order during a confidential meeting with district librarians held on January 10.A recording of the meeting obtained by NBC News, ProPublica, and The Texas Tribune revealed the contents of the meeting and the reasoning behind his directive. Glenn, following in line with the arguments many Texas officials have made when banning books, told the librarians he didn’t want kids “reading about how to hook up sexually in our libraries,” whether the book was “about homosexuality or heterosexuality.”His comments in the meeting went much further — and were much more explicitly hateful — than that argument.

Camila Alves McConaughey has been raising her family in the Lone Star state — and she wouldn’t have it any other way.The founder of Women of Today and her husband Matthew McConaughey call Austin, Texas home with their three children: Levi, 13, Vida, 12, and Livingston, 9. The actor, 52, was born in Uvalde, Texas.The children’s book author told Fox News Digital that she and her family don’t mind living outside of Hollywood — they prefer it."It’s been great," the 40-year-old shared. "It really embodies our belief system, especially the ones I grew up with, like going to church every Sunday, saying ‘yes ma’am’ or ‘no, sir.’ I grew up saying those things coming from a family of farmers.

Eric Church is offering unhappy fans a rain check after canceling an upcoming Texas tour stop to attend the NCAA Tournament.Church announced Friday that he would be returning to the Lone Star State for a “one of a kind free show” in New Braunfels on Sept. 2.

Christina Haack and her new fiancé Joshua Hall are coming under fire from some folks in the know after the recent reveal that they’d been dating for a LOT longer than anybody realized!

Kanye «Ye» West has an impressive go-to present: wildly expensive handbags. This time, the artist pulled out all the stops when he gifted Chaney Jones — the woman he's been seeing and packing on PDA with in recent weeks — a very special Birkin bag.A source tells ET that West «purchased an extremely rare version of the Birkin bag for Chaney Jones for $275,000 from Privé Porter.»The bag is silver metallic Chèvre leather with palladium hardware and was delivered to Jones in Houston, Texas on Tuesday night, according to the source, who adds, «Kanye watched as Chaney received the bag via FaceTime.»Michelle Berk, CEO of Privé Porter tells ET, «This is a very limited production bag that was only made in 2004. Other notable owners of this bag are Jeffree Star, who purchased from me, and Bella Hadid.

Gemma Chan is making things happen for an Anna May Wong biopic.

Ketanji Brown Jackson, US President Joe Biden’s nominee for the Supreme Court pushed back on questions about same-sex marriage and gender identity during her confirmation hearing on Tuesday.Questioning Jackson on the Supreme Court’s role in making policy, Cornyn asked, “When the Supreme Court decides that something that is not even in the Constitution is a fundamental right and no state can pass any law that conflicts with the Supreme Court’s edict, particularly in an area where people have sincerely held religious beliefs, doesn’t that necessarily create a conflict between what people may believe as a matter of their religious doctrine or faith and what the federal government says is the law of the land?” Republican Senators questioned Jackson on gender identity issues with an overtly transphobic line of questioning. Tennessee Senator Marsha Blackburn asked Jackson about her definition of “woman.” “Can you define the word ‘woman’?”Jackson responded in a bewildered tone: “No, I can’t… Not in this context. I’m not a biologist.”Texas Senator Ted Cruz asked, “Under the modern leftist sensibilities, If I decide, right now, that I’m a woman, then apparently I’m a woman.

Seven years after a former county clerk from Kentucky refused to issue marriage license to gay couples, a court in the US has cleared the decks her to be sued for damages.US District Judge David Bunning said that former Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis had violated the rights of the same sex couples in 2015, when she refused to issue marriage licenses to them citing her Christian religious beliefs. The court also rejected a request from Davis seeking immunity from being sued. Davis had stopped issuing marriage licenses to all couples after the landmark US Supreme Court  Obergefell v.

On Saturday night, Greg Berlanti used his PGA acceptance speech as a platform to widely criticize the “Don’t Say Gay” legislation in Florida.

Rachel Sennott and Lee Pace are celebrating the premiere of their new movie!

Hulu is proceeding with a pilot order to Bammas, a comedy written, executive produced by and starring Opeyemi “Opey” Olagbaju & Biniam Bizuneh.

Rolling Stone.““I’m proud to rep Houston but I’m not proud to rep Texan politics right now. There are very regressive laws being passed,” Lizzo told the audience.

Jamie Lee Curtis is celebrating daughter Ruby on her birthday.

“It’s really trying to bring the show together, to keep the show moving, so that people are entertained.”

Rose Byrne and Bobby Cannavale are stepping out to promote their new movie Seriously Red!

It’s a little surprising that “X” marks director Ti West’s first film for A24 since his approach to horror — emphasizing character and mood over jump scares, building slowly and steadily to a big bloody blowout — is so synced up with their house style. “X” is also his first feature since 2016, and his first horror film since 2013’s “The Sacrament”; he’s kept busy in the years since with plenty of television work, but this is what he does best, and it’s about time he got back to it.

AUSTIN, Texas – Lizzo had strong opinions on Texas' legislation and policy regarding abortion and transgender children during Sunday's keynote session at the SXSW Film Festival. Lizzo, who was raised in Houston, said she wasn't "proud to rep" the state's political laws and policies. "I’m proud to rep Houston, but I’m not proud to rep Texan politics right now," the "Truth Hurts" singer told the audience listening at the Austin Convention Center.