“Bringing all of your beautiful, complicated, queer self to the art is what will make your voice unique and refreshing.” In March 2007, I was introduced to the character Yoli Villamontes at a stage reading where queer Xicana powerhouse Adelina Anthony read an excerpt from Bruising for Besos. A few years later, I would have…
Tencha la Jefa’s Alternative Approach to Drag
As I drove to meet Tencha la Jefa at her home on San Antonio’s West Side, Siri took me on an unanticipated ride through the neighborhood where I grew up. I drove past El Mercado H-E-B where my mom first trusted me to to run in by myself to grab an ingredient she was missing…
S.T. Shimi takes her provocative performance art to a new stage
Being openly sensual with my body and my art can be challenging to some on both sides of the line, but always joyful and powerful to me. If you follow S.T. Shimi on social media, you know she is an extraordinary creature who has a mind for politics, a body for fitness competition, and a…
The Real Drag Husbands of SA
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…