Texas

The Dallas Voice uncovers a domestic tug-of-war that is surfacing in Texas news. As a matter of fact, this custody case may set a precedent in the Lone Star State.

Tracy Scourfield has cut all ties between her biological daughter and her former partner, Kristie Vowels. Vowels has filed a lawsuit seeking joint custody and the right to adopt the 4-year-old.

At a press conference in Houston Wednesday, Jay Bakker [pictured] issued an open invitation to families from Joel Osteen's Lakewood Church - the largest church in the U.S. - to share a picnic with LGBT families in Houston’s Levy Park on Saturday, May 10, 2008.

A lesbian couple in Galveston, Texas whose eight-year relationship ended is in a legal battle over whether the woman who adopted the child born to her partner should be recognized as the girl's parent. Because there is no law in Texas on second parent adoptions, the adoption is vulnerable.