More than 200 signed up to speak as the Texas State Board of Education began taking public testimony Monday on its first rewrite of sexual education policies since 1997. By Aliyya Swaby, The Texas Tribune At a marathon virtual hearing Monday, dozens of Texans implored the State Board of Education to dramatically update the minimum…
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Matthew Teter: On the Life-Saving Importance of Trans Visibility
Originally published in Profiles in Pride. Like many queer people, Matthew Teter has had several different coming outs. Teter was assigned female at birth, but growing up in a Dallas, Texas, home with no gender roles, he felt free to be a tomboy. Many transgender people who are raised with traditional gender roles tell stories…
‘Hi Mom, I’m Gay’: A Coming Out Story, and Why LGBTQ Pride is So Important
I was 13 when I came out to my mother over the phone. It took what felt like an hour for the words to shape between my teeth and lips but somehow the words fell on the receiver: “I think I’m gay.” I mean, I knew I was gay, but I thought saying “I think”…
LGBT Picks Included in Current’s ‘Best Of San Antonio’ List
Every year, our sister publication, the San Antonio Current, publishes its Best of San Antonio List, a lineup of over 100 categories where readers vote on what they feel are the best restaurants, bars, people and attractions in our fair city. This year’s list was revealed today and, as always, includes LGBT businesses and people…
Dear Straight People: A Pride Manifesto
Originally published in the San Antonio Current. June 12, 2016. It’s Sunday and I’m driving around getting ready for the second Queers & Beers – a live music showcase I started a year prior featuring San Antonio musicians that identify with the LGBTQ community. All day I had been listening to news of the Pulse…
Recording Artist Jennifer Knapp Comes to SA to Discuss: Can You Be Gay and Christian?
Former Christian music recording artist Jennifer Knapp is coming to Madison Square Presbyterian Church on April 13 for Inside Out Faith, an event — part concert, part story telling — intended to break the cone of silence experienced by many LGBT people of faith. Knapp is a classically trained musician from Kansas who went on…
Saying ‘Adiós’ to On Main Off Main
Originally published in the San Antonio Current Donning matching black T-shirts that read, “On Main Off Main, Adiós Amigos, 1983-2016,” Bill Davis and Oscar Camacho are laughing while reminiscing about some of the more colorful customer exchanges they have had over the past 33 years of owning the quirky and eclectic On Main Off Main…
‘Out in the Dog Park’ Brings Pet Lovers Together
For many of us, our pets are an extension of our families. They provide us with companionship, are loyal to a fault, and ask for very little in return. A new social group is hoping to bring local LGBT pet lovers and their pups together for monthly outings and play dates. After the success of…
Hot ‘Hood: Lone Star
“I was looking for a place that was ‘cool’ and quiet and that still had some dust on it,” says chef Michael Sohocki of the location of Il Forno, his new pizza place between Nogalitos and South Flores. He had exploited “every square inch of space” at the Downtown location that houses his Restaurant Gwendolyn…
Stone’s Island: A Visit to the Stately Roosevelt Library
Traveling down South St. Mary’s Street through the railroad underpass, one might notice what appears to be a vintage office building sitting on a large triangle of land across from Roosevelt Park. On the corner of the lot sits a sign proclaiming “Stone Standard.” If one takes a detour around to the other side, the…