Updated: April 15, 2015, 3:11 p.m. Interim Mayor Ivy Taylor was booed during an April 14 mayoral candidate forum sponsored by the Rivard Report when she tried to defend her comment that the nondiscrimination ordinance was a political stunt. Taylor originally made the remark during a March 31 mayoral candidate forum moderated by Rick Casey…
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CAUSA to support Saldaña’s local control resolution
Updated: April 16, 2014, 11:57 a.m. CAUSA (Community Alliance for a United San Antonio) is endorsing City Councilman Rey Saldaña’s Resolution of Support which would be sent to the Texas Legislature with the message that the San Antonio City Council has a “steadfast commitment to the people of our city by promising to uphold and…
Quizzing the candidates in the Texas District 124 runoff
A pop quiz for Delicia Herrera and Ina Minjarez but only one responds Four candidates vied in a March 31 special election for the Texas House District 124 seat left empty after Jose Menendez joined the Texas Senate, where he replaced Leticia Van de Putte. In a runoff slated for April 21, Ina Minjarez, who…
Ivy Taylor shows up at fundraiser for LGBT youth
Interim Mayor Ivy R. Taylor paid a neighborly visit to the home of Keith Wichinski and David Willet, her next door neighbors on Dignowity Hill who just coincidentally were hosting a party to raise money for a nonprofit that supports LGBT youth. The April 11 event, dubbed Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil,…
Texas Association of Business to be honored by Equality Texas
Equality Texas announced on April 9 that they will present the Texas Association of Business with the Vanguard Award which is given annually to an “exemplary business who has demonstrated a commitment to LGBT equality in the state of Texas through fair employee policy and community advocacy.” The award will be presented at the Spirit…
Commentary: Ivy Taylor no friend to LGBT community
By Justin Nichols, Guest Contributor It’s no secret there’s little love between Mayor Ivy R. Taylor and the LGBT community. On social media she’s become known as ‘Poison Ivy.’ Make no mistake – Taylor’s stint as mayor has been, and would be, poison to our city’s LGBT population. First, there’s the issue of the nondiscrimination…
Trans man settles NDO claim with AT&T
Updated: April 3, 2015, 12:30 p.m. The lawyer for a transgender man who filed a nondiscrimination claim against AT&T told Out In SA the case has been settled “to the satisfaction of all parties.” Attorney Justin Nichols said he could not reveal the terms of the settlement between Matthew Hileman and AT&T only to say…
It’s the ‘Ultima Fiesta’ for SAAF’s Webb Party
The San Antonio AIDS Foundation’s 22nd annual Webb Party on April 17 will be the last to be held during Fiesta San Antonio. After 10 years as an official Fiesta celebration, the event is moving to October next year and will transition into a Halloween party. In keeping with that milestone, this year’s party theme…
Mayor Taylor: NDO was a ‘political stunt’
In April 1 article in the Rivard Report, managing editor Iris Dimmick reports that Interim Mayor Ivy R. Taylor says she thinks the passage of the city’s nondiscrimination ordinance, which added protections for LGBT citizens and veterans, was a “political stunt.” Taylor’s remarks came during a March 31 mayoral candidate forum moderated by Rick Casey…
Robert Pitman to be invested as federal judge for SA
U.S. Attorney Robert Lee Pitman will be formally invested as the federal judge for the Western District of Texas in San Antonio on April 17. He will be the state’s first openly gay judge. Pitman was recommended for the judgeship last November by the Senate Judiciary Committee and confirmed by the U.S. Senate in December.…