The Houston-based nonprofit, Texas Pride Impact Funds, announced on February 23 that it is accepting requests for proposals from organizations around the state which provide support and services to the LGBTQ community. In press release, TPIF describes itself as “the first, and only, community foundation for LGBTQIA+ Texans” that “seeks to connect organizations and community…
2016 In Review: A Year in the Life of LGBT SA
A select month-by-month recap of stories about our community reported here and elsewhere in 2016. JANUARY Rev. Mick Hinson to leave MCC SA Reverend Mick Hinson, pastor of the Metropolitan Community Church of San Antonio announced he was resigning his position. Candidates line-up to speak at Stonewall Dems endorsement forum The Stonewall Democrats of San…
AARC to Award Student Fellowships at LGBT Clinic
The Alamo Area Resource Center has taken the occasion of World AIDS Day to announce plans to award three fellowships to students pursuing degrees in nursing, medicine and social work. The three fellowships will begin in 2017 and provide $5000 per semester to three university students who will work at AARC’s LGBT Health Equity Clinic.…
AARC Opens LGBT Clinic
The Alamo Area Resource Center has opened the first non-profit clinic in South Texas to provide health services for the LGBT community. The new facility, called the Health Equity Clinic, began taking patients on July 12 and had its official grand opening on November 3. It is operating with a grant from the Elton John…