When the Human Rights Campaign released its annual Municipal Equality Index (MEI) last week, many in San Antonio’s LGBT community were puzzled as to why the city’s score had gone from 86 last year to 72 this time around. Now in it’s third year, the MEI scores cities on their nondiscrimination laws, their recognition of…
Tired of waking up to the same old stuff day after day? The only cure for that is reVAMP, San Antonio’s one stop shop for the freshening up your décor requires. Whether your taste lean to the industrial or the fluff, the fancy or the grunge, the big or the small, anything at all, the…
Forty-five years ago, Erik Hansen and Tony Christensen started Copenhagen in Phoenix, Arizona, with the mission to bring “the best in European-style contemporary furniture to the U.S.” Six stores later, and Copenhagen is still a family business and the leader in contemporary furniture sales. Erik’s son Jen shares the Copenhagen passion for clean design and…
Business owner and political activist Chris Forbrich confirmed to Out in SA that he will seek the interim appointment for the District 1 City Council seat left vacant by the departure of Diego Bernal. Forbrich, who is openly gay, has made two unsuccessful runs for the District 1 seat, in 2009 and 2011. He said…
The Stonewall Democrats of San Antonio are planning a farewell for two local officials who are considered solid allies of the LGBT community and who are both leaving their current posts. Stonewall co-chair, Elena Guajardo, told Out in SA that the group will be honoring Judge Barbara Nellermoe and Police Chief William McManus at their…
State Sen. Donna Campbell of New Braunfels has proposed a constitutional amendment that would make it legal for Texas businesses to fire LGBT employees and turn away LGBT customers if their religious beliefs compel them to do so. The proposal, Senate Joint Resolution 10, was filed on November 10, the first day of pre-filing for…
Former City Councilwoman Elena Guajardo is joining with former City Councilwoman Patti Radle on a community project that seeks to raise $30,000 for a local food bank before Thanksgiving. “Patti has a pure heart and is a tireless advocate for her area of town,” Guajardo told Out in SA. “She and her husband Rod run…
Trinity University, Holt Center 106 Oakmont Court November 12, 2014 6:30 pm (wine reception begins at 5:30) Free Ever been to a party and some chap starts talking to you about a book that you are, in fact, the author of? Rebecca Solnit feels your ambivalence. In her seminal essay Men Explain Things To Me, she…
November 12- 23, 2014 Performances Wednesday, Thursday, Friday at 8 PM, Saturday at 2:30 PM and 8 PM, Sunday at 2:30 PM Let’s talk about your weekend plans, kids (OK, starting with Wednesday; close enough). AtticRep, the Tobin’s resident theater company, is offering a 20-percent discount to the LGBT community for this month’s performances of Edward Albee’s…
PechaKucha Charline McCombs Empire Theatre, 226 N. St. Mary’s Street. November 18th Doors open at 6:30 $5 donation at the door, or advanced tickets may be purchased here. The rules are simple: 20 slides, 20 seconds, talk about anything you want. PechaKucha nights have been popping up all over the world since 2003, when Astrid…
