San Antonio’s favorite “queer bass” musician Pink Leche is set to drop his first musical release: House of Relaxation, a split EP with local electronic artist Xy!o, aka Sam Shebin. This Friday, the two musicians come together for a release party at Bottom Bracket Social Club. On the EP’s title track and sole collaboration, the two artists create a musical mashup of house,…
Updated November 18, 2015, 9:51 p.m. This week, the Human Rights Campaign released their 2016 Corporate Equality Index. The good news is that of 48 companies ranked in Texas, 10 got perfect scores. The bad news is that none of those companies are in San Antonio. Of the corporations ranked in San Antonio, USAA got…
With the holiday season steadily approaching and families coming together, it’s hard not to feel the stress of managing a household. Head on over to Gays With Kids: the world’s first and largest online resource for gay dads and those considering raising children. Since launching in 2014, Gays With Kids has been helping its visitors navigate…
The Esperanza Peace and Justice Center will once again kick off the holiday shopping season in San Antonio with the 26th annual Peace Market (Mercado de Paz) on November 27 and 28. Organizers of the Peace Market say it is one of the oldest holiday markets in the US, adding that it offers a community-centered…
On Tuesday, November 17, Central Library welcomes award-winning author Carla Trujillo for a reading presented in collaboration with Pride Center San Antonio and Trinity University. Trujillo is expected to read from her recent novel Faith and Fat Chances, published in September by Northwestern University Press. The reading is free and open to the public. A native of New Mexico,…
Texas artist McKay Otto will be a guest speaker at the HRC Gala and Silent Auction on November 21 at the JW Marriott San Antonio Hill Country Resort & Spa. Otto is a native of Wharton, Texas who now lives in Wimberly. His work has been exhibited extensively in gallery and museum exhibitions in Houston,…
In the year since Arte y Pasión premiered Angel of Gravity, an experimental project that paired modern dance, flamenco, and classical Spanish dance, the collective has continued to embrace multidisciplinary collaborations and performances. Out In SA spoke with dancer and artistic director Tamara Adira as she reflected on their upcoming production, Algoritmos. “Everybody gets criticism…
The San Antonio LGBT Chamber of Commerce was the recipient of a DiversityFirst award from the local chapter of the Texas Diversity Council at their awards luncheon on November 10 at the University of the Incarnate Word’s Rosenberg Sky Room. The Diversity Council’s award program “recognizes individuals, community groups, nonprofit organizations and business establishments across…
The Metropolitan Community Church will once again host the annual Transgender Day of Remembrance observance in San Antonio on November 19. The day honors the memory of those murdered because of anti-transgender prejudice. The Transgender Day of Remembrance was originally started to commemorate the murder of Rita Hester in 1998. Hester was stabbed to death…
A one-woman show commemorates Veteran’s Day by encouraging a discussion about Post-traumatic Stress Disorder. PTSD and Me: A Journey Told Though Poetry will be presented at The Overtime Theater on Sunday, November 8, at 6 p.m. Author, activist, poet, and performer Erika Land is a 21st-century war poet known for her creative writing and her involvement in the lesbian…
