For years, the obituaries of the thousands of LGBT Texans gathered dust in the yellowing pages of the community’s publications. Short write-ups, the eulogies offered a snapshot of the person’s life ...

A Texas man who died one month after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer left behind a self-written obituary filled with the big lessons he learned during his “75 eventful years on Planet Earth.” ...

Richard “Kinky” Friedman — the provocative and flamboyant Texas satirist who mounted a spirited campaign for governor in 2006 — has died. He was 79. Friedman died at his longtime home at Echo Hill ...