HB 1738, state Rep. Venton Jones’ bill to remove language criminalizing consensual sexual contact between adults of the same gender, passed the House on a third reading on Friday, May 16, by a vote of ...

Over 20 years after the Supreme Court found the Texas law unconstitutional, a proposed bill would repeal the ban on so-called 'homosexual conduct.' ...

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

Out Texas state Rep. Venton Jones (D) announced on Monday that the state’s House Committee of Public Health unanimously voted to pass a bill the Democratic lawmaker authored to ensure HIV ...

State Rep. Venton Jones has announced that on Monday, April 7, the House Committee on Public Health unanimously passed House Bill 50, the bill the Texas Democrat authored that would ensure HIV ...

The legislation was co-authored by gay State Rep. Venton Jones - but will it pass in the Senate? The legislation was co-authored by gay State Rep. Venton Jones - but will it pass in the Senate?

A Dallas lawmaker got engaged to his partner in the Texas State Capitol in Austin on Tuesday. State Rep. Venton Jones, a Democrat who became one of the first out Black gay men ever elected to the ...

State Rep. Venton Jones’ bill to offer HIV testing in Texas when someone is screened for other STDs passed its third reading in the Texas House of Representatives on Tuesday, April 29.

Venton Jones, D-Dallas, one of the chamber’s first ... READ MORE: Democrats push to repeal Texas' now-defunct ban on gay sex with help from Republicans The bill, which strikes a criminal penalty ...

The Texas House of Representatives on Tuesday, May 13, voted to pass House Bill 1368, authored by Dallas Democrat Rep. Venton Jones requiring schools to notify parents when their child’s campus ...