In what appears to be the most attended Pride festival and parade in San Antonio’s history, Out in SA photographer Julián P. Ledezma encountered crowds wherever he went. Ledezma did what any good photographer would do, he snapped pictures of the gangs of LGBTs and allies that filled the streets and the park where the…
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Photos: The 2018 Pride SA Parade – Marching for Equality
With over 140 entries, the 2018 Pride Bigger Than Texas went into the history books as the biggest Pride parade ever held in San Antonio. North Main Avenue, with it’s newly installed rainbow crosswalk, was lined with crowds who cheered the marchers, floats and drag queens. Another first this year was that a local television…
Photos: Out and Proud at the 2018 Pride SA Festival
Crockett Park was filled to capacity on June 30 when thousands showed up for the Pride Bigger Than Texas Festival. The line to get into the park snaked for several blocks along North Main Avenue. — Photos by JPL PRO – Julián P. Ledezma Check out these other 2018 Pride slideshows: LGBT Community Cuts…
LGBT Community Cuts Ribbon on Rainbow Crosswalk
San Antonio’s LGBT community came out in force on Friday, June 29 for the ribbon cutting of the rainbow crosswalk in the heart of the city’s gay business district. City Councilman Roberto C. Trevino, who championed the project from the start, was joined by fellow council members Ana Sandoval and Rey Saldana along with Mayor…
Central Library Exhibit Showcases a Slice of SA’s LGBTQ History
To celebrate Pride month, UTSA Special Collections was invited to install an exhibit at the San Antonio Public Library Central Branch highlighting San Antonio’s LGBTQ history. Queer Collections: A Portal to San Antonio’s LGBTQ Past showcases materials from the Lollie Johnson Papers. Johnson, a local business entrepreneur, owned and operated several queer clubs from the…
From SA’s Happy Foundation Archives: Gay History in a Three-Ring Binder
Originally published in the San Antonio Current. As Happy Foundation Archives Director Gene Elder once pointed out, “an archive can be as simple as a shoebox in the closet.” And while his cavernous headquarters at the Bonham Exchange are in fact brimming with what appears to be thousands of these DIY shoebox-archives — not to…
Two Days of Events to Mark Celebration of Pride in San Antonio
Organizers and volunteers at are busy making the final preparations for two days of events marking the culmination of Pride Month in San Antonio. June 29: Pre-Pride Warmup Two events on Friday offer some pre-Pride festivities. 5 p.m. – Rainbow Crosswalk Ribbon Cutting at Luther’s Cafe City Councilman Robert C. Treviño and local LGBT groups…
‘We Are’ Exhibition Blurs Boundaries to Paint Diverse Portrait of SA’s LGBTQIA Community
Originally published in the San Antonio Current. What a difference 21 years can make. In 1997, then-mayor Howard Peak led city council to a vote that would disqualify the Esperanza Peace and Justice Center and two of its sponsored organizations, the San Antonio Lesbian and Gay Media Project and VÁN, from city funding due to…
A Kid Like Jake: A Sensitive, But Safe Story About a Gender-Expansive Child and His Parents
Originally published in the San Antonio Current. Alex and Greg Wheeler (Claire Danes and Jim Parsons) are like any other parents of a four-year-old child. They want their son Jake (Leo James Davis) to get a good education, have friends, be happy and express himself creatively in any way he sees fit. They come to…
Rey of Light: Rey Lopez Illuminates Drag in San Antonio
Originally published in the San Antonio Current. It’s an muggy Sunday evening as I step out of the car and walk toward Heat nightclub, one of several queer-oriented venues on the North Main Street Strip. Alaska Thunderfuck 5000 – who came to fame on the competitive drag-queen show RuPaul’s Drag Race, and is better known…