Pride may be over, but the LGBT community and its allies can rest assured that the focus on LGBT events isn’t over just yet: the Queer Queens of Comedy (Poppy Champlin, Vickie Shaw, and Sandra Valls) are gracing San Antonio with their presence this Wednesday and Thursday at the Laugh Out Loud Comedy Club. It’s the…
DOJ and Girl Scouts show support for transgender youth
In December 2014, the American Civil Liberties Union filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Department of Education on behalf of Virginian 10th grader Gavin Grimm after his school board adopted a bathroom policy that forced him to use the women’s restroom. Grimm is transgender and suffers from gender dysphoria.…
Mar Y Machas: Ladies Only Queer Pool Party
Have some fun in the sun with fellow queer females and support the LGBTQA community! On July 5, brand-new event production company Joteria Productions is holding its premier event, Mar Y Machas!. Mar Y Machas! is a 21 & up all female queer pool party to be held at Laguna Del Rio Swim Club from 4:00…
Mass Wedding Ceremony at Pride Fest!
This year’s Pride “Bigger Than Texas” Festival will certainly be very special in light of last week’s historic ruling for marriage equality. To celebrate, Everlasting Elopements and Texas Wedding Ministers will perform a free mass wedding ceremony at 2:30 on the stage at Crockett Park during Pride celebrations. Couples don’t need to have a marriage license…
HRC for Her at the Phantom Room
9pm 2106 St. Marys Ave Thursday, July 2, 2015 San Antonio’s female LGBT community can now support their HRC chapter while enjoying lesbian and queer centered nights at the Phantom Room. The San Antonio Human Rights Campaign chapter is presenting the first in a series of HRC women’s events, HRC for Her, this Thursday. According to…
“First Person” Online Film Screening & Discussion
In celebration of Pride Month, KLRN and Pride Center San Antonio are participating in an online screening and discussion of PBS Digital Studios web series, First Person this Tuesday at 7 PM. The show, which releases new episodes every other Thursday, covers topics relating to gender identity, queer community, and sexuality. Kristin Russo, of Everyone Is Gay, hosts the…
Record Cornyation funds distributed to local AIDS charities
A record $200,000 was award to the San Antonio Aids Foundation (“SAAF”), Black Effort Against the Threat (“BEAT”) AIDS, and four Robert Rehm scholarships thanks to Fiesta Cornyation 2015’s immense success this past April. This year, Cornyation was able to give away $180,000 to local AIDS charities–with $90,000 each going to SAAF and BEAT AIDS. Interim Executive Director…
Marriage Equality Decision Day Gathering at Luther’s Cafe
With the Supreme Court’s marriage equality decision looming, LGBT communities around the country are anxiously awaiting what will be a historic day, regardless of the decision. It is the hope of so many that all people will soon have a constitutionally recognized right to marry the person they love. While one Bexar County clerk is already preparing…
Pride Center partners with local business to simplify coming out
One word to eliminate the stigma Kori Ashton, founder of T-shirt company yepThreads.com, is looking to eliminate the stigma of coming out one T-shirt (and sticker) at a time. The story behind yep Threads began when Ashton was in third grade. On the yep Threads website, she tells the story of how she was outed…
LGBT Safe Zone Training: Learn how to be an ally
Learn how to become an effective ally with Pride Center San Antonio Pride Center San Antonio, which has promoted the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, and intersex community in San Antonio since 2011, is holding an anti-bullying LGBTQQI allies Safe Zone training class this Saturday at the Westfall Branch Public Library. The training classes,…