The San Antonio Aids Foundation’s second annual Bid & Brunch is taking place August 9 at the Red Oak Ballroom from 10:30 am until 2:30 pm. Guests can look forward to a brunch buffet offering huevos rancheros and smoked salmon, a Mimosa and Bloody Mary bar, and live swing and jazz music by Johnny P and…
San Antonio based queer and trans artist Saakred has been accepted to study at the Burren College of Art in Ireland for five months and record a new album, but unfortunately, their $18,000 scholarship award doesn’t cover housing, living expenses, or transportation. Saakred has earned some of the remaining costs through an online fundraiser, but…
Meet the men who tease the wigs and get the lipstick off the couch From the time I saw my first drag show at the Saint Showbar back when it was still on Main Street, I knew there was something very special about the San Antonio drag scene. Whether they are working to achieve the…
“I wanna make a political statement for nightlife. It’s more than just getting drunk and having fun with your friends,” says Henry Rodriguez of Latin X, an event he and Katalya Bustos are organizing specifically for queer and trans people of color at the Phantom Room this Thursday night, July 30. According to Bustos and…
“She took me to meet Nina and Phanie the very first time we went out.” Jenn Alva and Kia Geronimo locked eyes one night at the Korova, and they knew instantly romance was in bloom. “I saw her dancing and I just knew that I had to talk to her,” Alva recalled. “I gave her…
“We forget that to be an intelligent, thriving human being means to pull from all sources of information, knowledge, and understanding.” Richard Blanco received our democratic society’s version of literary knighthood in 2013 when President Barack Obama chose him as the nation’s fifth inaugural poet. He is the first Latino, the first openly gay man,…
The moral of this story, apparently, is when you’re la consentida, you can bring transgender friends home. Despite the fact that we were both born through a family with a deep history of homophobia, it still comes as a surprise to me how much more my half-sister Olga and I have in common. I’m the…
“Unimaginable,” a new film by local writer-director Cedric Thomas Smith, explores the topic of domestic violence in a gay relationship. It will have it’s premier on July 31 at the Tobin Center for the Performing Arts as part of the SAFILM Festival. The movie tells the story of Antonio, a nurse who struggles with domestic…
Gene Elder: Greetings Sarah. Thank you for joining all of us on the global gossip sofa. Just move those stuffed animals out of the way and have a seat. Don’t sit on Bugs Bunny. I am very interested in your recent study venture in California, but I know we have more important things to discuss. Let’s…
This Saturday, July 25, Giomara Bazaulda, leader of the Zombie Bazaar Panza Fusion dance troupe will be hosting Queer Base, an LGBTQI led revue at Brick at the Bluestar Arts Complex. Chris Conde, Pink Leche, Zombie Bazaar Panza Fusion, and DJ P. Cosita are among the performance artists participating. Guests can expect a blend of “conscious…
