Texas has rewritten its rules on birth certificates, but attorneys still encourage same-sex couples to do an adoption. The new rules issued by Texas Vital Statistics Unit give parents a choice how a ...

Despite plenty of anti-gay rhetoric from Republican elected officials, Texas state government has largely complied with the U.S. Supreme Court’s June ruling in favor of same-sex marriage. The Employee ...

Former Austin City Councilwoman Randi Shade and her wife, Kayla Shell, had a commitment ceremony in 2004 and threw a big party to celebrate. They had a child in 2006, and a second child in 2008. In ...

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AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) made an unannounced policy change Friday, modifying its requirements for Texans seeking to change the sex marker on their birth ...

In July 2016, a lawsuit settlement ended the practice of obstructing the issuance of birth certificates to undocumented immigrants' babies in Texas. In November 2016, a number of social media links ...

Texas civil rights groups, on behalf of dozens of undocumented Texans and their children, say the state wrongly denied birth certificates to U.S.-born kids of immigrants. Now, they’ve reached a ...

NORTH TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) - County and city clerks across Texas have been unable to provide copies of birth certificates, as records offices continue to navigate a new state computer system launched ...

The Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) made an unannounced policy change Friday, modifying its requirements for Texans seeking to change the sex marker on their birth certificates.