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Houston Activists Pursue LGBT Non-discrimination Referendum | LGBT activists in Houston are preparing to collect signatures for a referendum on LGBT nondiscrimination protections. The city has offered employment protections for gays and lesbians in the past, but the proposed law would also cover housing and public accommodations and it would also overturn the ban on domestic partner benefits. Houston has twice elected Annise Parker as mayor, who is openly lesbian.

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