THOU SHALT NOT PUBLICLY TRASH YOUR PARTNER. Ok, there may be about 97 more, but honestly? Those are negotiations, not rules. Who gets the 3AM baby-feeding? Cat-vomit duty? Decides if the toilet paper roll hangs under or over? That’s all part of the relational dance that we have to navigate. But those aren’t the real…
Love & Lust
Wedding Beaus: Wisdom from newlyweds
In celebration of the historic June 26 ruling from the Supreme Court finding a Constitutional right to marriage for same-sex couples, we’re posting stories and photos from our Spring wedding issue. Clay Rodgers spent one of his most memorable dates in a car. He and then boyfriend Ryan decided to drive to Las Vegas. The couple…
Toasts from Anel y Erika’s wedding
In celebration of the historic June 26 ruling from the Supreme Court finding a Constitutional right to marriage for same-sex couples, we’re posting stories and photos from our Spring wedding issue, starting with this series of toasts that were given last year at the Isla Mujeres ceremony of Erika Casasola and Anel Flores: As scientists try…
Now that you can get married … a few words of advice
Finally! It’s been too long. It’s way overdue, and we’re excited to see the barriers to marriage equality fall down. There’s even a clerk down at the courthouse waiting to give you a license. But wait just five more minutes, and read this first! Now that our community has the right to marry, we also…
#swingerprobs
Dear Intimacy Doctor: So, have you figured out a way to tell someone they’re rubbish in bed … meanwhile the other halves of the couples are banging like a house on fire? #swingerprobs (This is the point where the Intimacy Doctor strokes her imaginary Freudian beard and says “tell me more.”) His problem seems to…
Answering your kid’s sex questions
When By “Daisy Chain” They Don’t Mean the Beading Pattern I brought my bio daughter and bonus daughter to the gynecologist a couple of years ago. Both got annual exams and both were discussing birth control options with the doc. So the doc got to hear my speech with both of them about pregnancy prevention…
3rd Annual Harvest Feast at Hot Wells Conservancy
June 3, 6-9pm $50-$2,500 Hot Wells Conservancy, 5503 S. Presa hwc.wildapricot.org Hot Wells Conservancy hosts the 3rd annual Harvest Feast, bringing together some of the most talented chefs in San Antonio. Some of the chefs cooking it up at the feast are Chef Stefan Bowers (Feast), Chef Brooke Smith (Esquire Tavern), Chef Zach Garza (Primero…
Brews and Blooms at San Antonio Botantical Garden
May 23, 6:30-10pm $22-$25 San Antonio Botanical Garden, 555 Funston Pl. (210) 207-3250, sabot.org Spring is officially in full swing (rain, please stop) and warm weather is just around the corner. What better way to cool down then to sip a cold brew? San Antonio Botanical Garden’s hosts, in conjunction with San Antonio Cerveceros, their 3rd annual…
Perving in the Age of the Digital Footprint
My friend Harley* recently moved from the West Coast to the deep, deep South. And he called me because he was having a serious problem. You see, Harley is: Clearly not White. Clearly not Christian. On the upper end of the freak scale, sexually A federal employee. This move (concomitant with a nice federal promotion)…
Was Jesus gay?
Was Jesus gay? Believe it or not, some very interesting moments exist in the Bible that imply certain intriguing possibilities. “Preposterous!” devout fundamentalists proclaim. Really? More preposterous than claiming Jesus would be against food stamps, universal health care, immigration and queers? There are dozens of examples of Jesus feeding the poor and entreating his followers…