T oday was a special day for Texas state Rep. Venton Jones, D-Dallas. During the 89th legislative session, Jones was sworn in for his second term as House District 100.

The touching moment came just moments after Jones—the first Black openly queer men elected to the Texas state legislature—was sworn into office for House District 100 in Dallas.

Following a credible threat that led to the evacuation of the Texas Capitol and the recent targeted attacks on Minnesota lawmakers, Texas House Representative Venton Jones and other Democrats are ...

State Rep. Venton Jones, a Democrat who became one of the first out Black gay men ever elected to the Texas Legislature in November 2022, proposed to his partner, Gregory Scott Jr., after Jones ...

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 ...

Rep. Venton Jones speaks at the All In For Equality Coalition, advocates focused on LGBTQ+ equality, advocacy day at the Texas Capitol on Monday, March 24, 2025, in Austin.

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.

On Tuesday, a Texas House committee heard House Bill 1738, introduced by State Rep. Venton Jones (D-Dallas).The bill would repeal Chapter 21.06 of the Texas Penal Code, which says that "deviate ...

Texas House representative Venton Jones is one of many who signed the Democratic Caucus letter to Governor Greg Abbott asking to increase safety measures for state lawmakers. "Absolutely, very ...

House Bill 1738 from Representative Venton Jones, D-Dallas, himself a gay man, is the latest effort in a multi-year process to repeal the law, which was declared unconstitutional by the U.S ...

O ut 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 ...