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

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 ...

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

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 ...

The proposal, brought this session by state Rep. Venton Jones, D-Dallas, one of the chamber’s first Black gay members, passed in a 72-55 vote, with support from all Democrats and a handful of ...