Beginning this week, the Rape Crisis Center in San Antonio is initiating a series of weekly workshops for LGBT adults who are survivors of sexual trauma. Organizers say the group sessions will help survivors develop new coping skills and become empowered so they can “accept, grow and begin the healing process.” A flyer from the…
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Bob the Drag Queen to Take Over the Heat in June
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, by now you probably know that Bob the Drag Queen was crowned “America’s Next Drag Superstar” earlier this week during the season finale of RuPaul’s Drag Race. With her brazen, larger-than-life personality, Bob the Drag Queen was always the fan favorite to take the top spot since she…
The Esperanza Presents Lourdes Perez and May Nasr Together in Concert
After recording the popular Lebanese song Ounadikum (I call to you), queer Puerto Rican singer Lourdes Perez never imagined she would be forging a relationship with Lebanese singer May Nasr who eventually got wind of Perez’s version in 2006. For Nasr, the song provided relief after her country had been bombed during that same year.…
Market Square Pride Event Marks Second Year
The City of San Antonio’s Center City Development Office is sponsoring the second annual SA Family Pride Fair on Saturday, June 4 at Historic Market Square. The event, which drew hundreds from the LGBT community last year, is a kick-off to Pride Month which is observed worldwide during the month of June. The fair will…
Tickets on Sale for Spirit of Texas Brunch
Tickets for the 2016 Equality Texas Spirit of Texas Brunch are now on sale. The event, slated for May 22 at the Historic Pearl Stable, is Equality Texas’ largest annual fundraiser in San Antonio. According to the event announcement, “The Spirit of Texas Brunch brings together influential LGBT and ally Texans, speakers, and award honorees…
Adore Delano Brings Her ‘After Party’ to the Aztec
Competing on the seventh season of American Idol, Daniel Noriega made it into the top 16 but not without a few insults from Simon Cowell, who reportedly called the California native “useless” and even described one of his performances as “grotesque.” Five years later, Noriega re-entered the reality competition arena reinvented as Adore Delano on…
Ready for Fiesta? Events to Consider
Fiesta San Antonio is observing its 125th anniversary with ten days of parties and parades beginning on April 14. The celebration started in 1891 as a parade to honor the memory of the heroes of the Alamo and the Battle of San Jacinto. It has evolved into one of the premier festivals in the US.…
Rodgers & Hammerstein’s ‘Cinderella’ Lands at the Majestic This Week
In 1957 when Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella first premiered on CBS as a made-for-television musical starring Julie Andrews in the lead role, it was seen by an audience of more than 100 million people — a figure almost impossible to recapture in today’s era of online streaming. Its authors, Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein, were already among the…
The Carver presents Arte y Pasión’s “Colores”
They are known for an interdisciplinary approach juxtaposing flamenco with modern dance and visual art, but the provocative group Arte y Pasión have yet another factor which often goes unrecognized: For the past several years, artistic director Tamara Adira has been recruiting some of the best talent from around the country to join in the…
Tobin Edge Series Continues with ‘Sex Tips’
Based on the best-selling book of the same title by Dan Anderson and Maggie Berman, Sex Tips for Straight Women from a Gay Man is a revealing and titillating look at sex and relationships from a gay man’s perspective. Coming to the Tobin Center as part of its Edge Series, the three-character play takes place in a university…