In a push to emphasize the importance of the LGBT community’s vote in the November 4 election, organizers at CAUSA (Community Alliance for a United San Antonio) are planning a rally and walk to the polls to vote early on October 26. In their Facebook announcement, CAUSA’s event-planners write, “The 2014 mid-term elections are a…
Recalling the expulsion of Dignity from weekly Mass at St. Ann’s
An October 21 article by Abe Levy in the San Antonio Express-News recalls the expulsion four years ago of Dignity San Antonio from St. Ann’s parish where it had celebrated Sunday Mass for 15 years. The article, which seeks to gauge the response of local Catholics to the synod of clergy who convened in Rome…
LGBT committee has first meeting with Mayor Taylor
Members of the LGBT advisory group met for the first time with Mayor Ivy Taylor on October 9. The committee of three includes Marsha Warren, the LGBT liaison to the mayor’s office, and activists Ruby Krebs and Robert Salcido. Also present at the meeting was Leilah Powell, the mayor’s chief of policy. Warren told Out…
Janet Grigsby to receive HRC Chuck Jordan Award
The San Antonio chapter of the Human Rights Campaign announced on October 16 that Janet Burrage Grigsby would be the recipient of the Chuck Jordan Award for lifetime advocacy. The award will be presented at the HRC Gala on November 8. Following is the announcement made by HRC governor Julian Tovar. This year, the Chuck…
Alamo Heights realtor ready for his closeup on HGTV’s “House Hunters”
San Antonio realtor Trent Boarnet says he was pleasantly surprised last fall when a couple who was looking for a home asked him if he would be interested in having the house-hunting process filmed for an HGTV series. Boarnet agreed and last September he and the couple completed shooting for an episode of “House Hunters”…
Candidate Profile: John Bustamante
38-year-old John Bustamante is a graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the University of Texas Law School. He practices law in San Antonio and Austin. His legal specialty is patent litigation. He has also practiced in criminal and family courts. Bustamante is running for 45th District Court. It is the bench being vacated…
Equality Texas executive director to appear on ‘The Daily Show’
“The Daily Show with Jon Stewart” will travel to indicted Governor Rick Perry’s backyard later this month to broadcast a week of shows covering the midterm elections. One of the guests on the show that week will be Chuck Smith, executive director of Equality Texas. A press release distributed by Comedy Central this week touts,…
Tragic end to story of child adopted by gay couple
The tragic story of a three-year-old girl who died while under the care of her adoptive fathers came to an end on October 3 when one of her dads, Matthew Oscar Aranda, who was convicted in her death, was extradited from Mexico where he was hiding for the past five months. Aranda and his partner,…
Advocates plan LGBT fundraiser for Mike Villarreal’s mayoral run
Supporters from the LGBT community are planning a fundraiser for State Representative Mike Villarreal (D-San Antonio) ahead of his run for Mayor of San Antonio next year. The event, planned for Wednesday, October 15 at a private home on East Gramercy Place, is hosted by Jose and Maria Villarreal, Eric Alva, Paul Boskind, Frank Stenger-Castro,…
Local HRC governors respond to latest development in AT&T NDO claim
On October 5, Tonya Pacetti-Perkins, Chad Reumann and Julian Tovar, governors from the San Antonio chapter of the Human Rights Campaign, issued a statement regarding the latest development in a case that alleges AT&T violated the city’s nondiscrimination ordinance. The statement read in part: “On September 22nd, after mediation between Matthew Hileman and AT&T, the…