The legislation authored by the Democratic from Dallas would require schools to notify parents if certain faculty, staff ...

HB 1738, state Rep. Venton Jones’ bill to remove language criminalizing consensual sexual contact between adults of the same ...

A yearslong effort to strike Texas’ ban on gay sex took a leap forward on Thursday after House lawmakers passed a repeal just ...

House Bill 1738 would strike down a 1973 Texas law prohibiting “homosexual conduct.” That law has been unenforceable since ...

Venton Jones, passed 72-55 ... and government has no business in their bedrooms,” a Cruz spokesperson told The Dallas Morning News.

When Emma Jones thinks of community, she thinks of the Larry Johnson Recreation Center in South Dallas. “Just like they say, ...

Rep. Venton Jones, a Democrat, authored the bill as one of the first Black gay members of the Texas House. He highlighted the significance of the chamber's approval, writing on social media ...

An unlikely group of Republican allies joined Democrats to approve repealing the ban, which has been unenforced since 2003. It is the first time the bill has made it to the House floor since it was ...