Hometown Glory

Big and beautiful: One Houston suburb ranked one of the best places in U.S. forplus-sized daters

OurTime.com users who self-identify as "big and beautiful" receive beaucoups ofmessages and flirtations in Spring.
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Spring ranks No. 6 on the list — behind the Dallas suburb of Carrollton, whichtakes No. 3.
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Are you overweight and over the hill, single and in despair? Never fear: There's love waiting for you in Spring.

The Houston suburb ranks No. 6 in a new survey by OurTime.com — an online dating platform for men and women over the age of 50 — that looks at how many messages and flirtations were received by users who identify their body type as "big and beautiful."

The Lone Star State's impressive showing "should come as no surprise given that 'everything's bigger in Texas.'"

Though two California cities, Torrance and Concord, took No. 1 and No. 2 respectively, the Dallas suburb of Carrollton ranked third on the list for high-demand plus-sized singles.

According to the Houston Chronicle, the dating site claims that the Lone Star State's impressive showing "should come as no surprise given that 'everything's bigger in Texas.'"

That sort of statistic is one worth traveling outside the Loop for — especially if you throw in some live music and a plate of good barbecue.

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Thanks, Queen Bey

Pop icon Beyoncé donates $100,000 to University of Houston Law School

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Pop megastar Beyoncé Knowles-Carter has donated $100,000 to the University of Houston Law Center Criminal Justice Clinic through her BeyGOOD Foundation. The gift will allow the clinic to hire fill-time faculty to head it, benefiting the students who study there.

“I am delighted that the BeyGOOD Foundation has made this very generous gift to the UH Law Center,” said Leonard Baynes, dean of the UH Law Center. “Not only will this funding help establish a full-time criminal justice clinic that provides pro bono legal services in our community, but it will also supercharge our already excellent criminal law and justice programming.”

The clinic is one of nine at UHLC. It helps students learn to navigate the criminal justice system, especially on behalf of clients that are underserved by skilled attorneys. People of color are affected disproportionately by a lack of good, ethical representation.

Beyoncé, the most decorated artist in Grammy history and easily the biggest musical star native to Houston, has a long history of advocating for criminal justice reform. She was a staunch supporter of the police reform following the deaths of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile, asking law enforcement to “stop killing us” in a web post. In 2020, she penned an open letter to the Kentucky attorney general asking for justice in the death of Breonna Taylor.

Through her BeyGOOD Foundation, established in 2013, Beyoncé has focused mostly on expanding the prospects of Black-owned business and offering education opportunities to students. Forwarding the cause of legal representation in Texas while also helping out marginalized communities compliments her other philanthropic work.

“At UH Law, we envision a legal profession where ‘everyone has the opportunity to prosper,’ as BeyGOOD envisions, and we will achieve this vision by providing access to strong and effective legal representation in criminal proceedings,” Baynes said. “And together, through this gift, the BeyGOOD Foundation and UHLC will shepherd the next generation of criminal justice attorneys in the city of Houston, the state of Texas and the nation.”