San Antonio’s LGBT LULAC chapter was named National Council of the Year at the 87th National LULAC Convention in Washington, D.C. last week. The award was presented to Orgullo de San Antonio LGBT LULAC Council #22198 by Roger Rocha, Jr., president of LULAC National. LULAC (League of United Latin American Citizens) was founded in 1929.…
It was a sunny autumn afternoon in 2005 when about 30 members of the local clergy gathered on the steps of the Bexar County Courthouse to express their opposition to Proposition 2, a provision which would amend the Texas constitution to define marriage as consisting “only of the union of one man and one woman.”…
On a recent Saturday morning, I had the opportunity to speak one-on-one with legendary trans Latina activist Bamby Salcedo after she led a workshop on community organizing at the Esperanza Peace and Justice Center. Salcedo was in town for a screening of the documentary Transvisible: The Bamby Salcedo Story, a film about her life and…
Forty-three years before the mass murders at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, there was another tragedy that left 32 people dead after an LGBT bar in New Orleans was set on fire by an arsonist. A documentary chronicling that event will be screened at the San Antonio Film Festival on July 28. The documentary, “Upstairs…
When I received an invitation to interview Bruce Marks while he was visiting San Antonio in May, I jumped at the opportunity. Marks is internationally renowned as both a premier danseur of the mid-20th century and a rainmaker on the business side of the equation. He was in town to teach a ballet master class…
As scores of forgotten reality show cast-offs have proven, it takes a lot more than actual talent to make it in the world of entertainment. After making his Broadway debut in The Color Purple, Season nine American Idol finalist Todrick Hall has reinvented himself on more than one occasion emerging both as popular YouTube personality and…
Comedian Poppy Champlin is coming back to San Antonio on July 13 and 14 with her unique comedy revue, The Queer Queens of Qomedy, and she’s bringing with her two of the funniest lesbians in the business. Once crowned “America’s Funniest Woman,” Champlin has had a long and stellar career that’s included appearances on LOGO,…
Proceeds from a block party held during this year’s Pride festivities, along with donations from local businesses and community members, raised over $22,000 for the Pulse Victim’s Fund for those who died in the Orlando shootings. The announcement of the funds raised by the July 2 party, dubbed Pride on the Strip, was made on…
Originally published in the San Antonio Current A recent study conducted by researchers at The Williams Institute at the UCLA School of Law shows that approximately 1.4 million adults consider themselves to be transgender. According to the study, the number is twice that of the transgender population estimated to have existed in the United States…
On Main Off Main, Monte Vista’s popular gift store, is hosting a Frida Kahlo Birthday Party and Bazaar at its store on July 9. Frida Kahlo de Rivera, born Magdalena Carmen Frieda Kahlo y Calderón, was a Mexican painter known for her self-portraits. Her image has become iconic in popular culture. On Main’s event will…
