Honest Soul Yoga is offering a free weekly, all-levels class at Pride Center San Antonio. The classes began on January 28 and are held on Tuesdays at 6 p.m. “We are grateful to The Center for inviting us to share yoga in their space. The heart of yoga is unity, and making a connection with…
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H-E-B Coupon Offers Free Chocolate-Covered Strawberries When You Buy Flavored Lube
Originally published in the San Antonio Current. If you’re trying to have a sexy Valentine’s Day this year, H-E-B Grocery Co. is coming through. A tweet from @miranda_renee3 shows a stack of coupons expected to hit the shelves at the SA-based grocery chain on Wednesday, February 5. The coupon grabbed the attention of Twitter users…
Matthew Teter: On the Life-Saving Importance of Trans Visibility
Originally published in Profiles in Pride. Like many queer people, Matthew Teter has had several different coming outs. Teter was assigned female at birth, but growing up in a Dallas, Texas, home with no gender roles, he felt free to be a tomboy. Many transgender people who are raised with traditional gender roles tell stories…
Annual Easter Egg Hunt is a Pride Families Tradition
LGBTQ families, some with pets in tow, will descend on Crockett Park on Sunday, April 14 for an afternoon of hot dogs, burgers, games, an Easter egg hunt and a visit by the Easter Bunny. The event, the 7th Annual LGBTQ Community Easter Celebration, is organized by Pride Center SA’s Pride Families, a social group…
Lawyers Produce Catalog with List of Bexar County Judges Who Will Marry Same-Sex Couples
The San Antonio Young Lawyer’s Association and the San Antonio LGBT Bar Association have unveiled a catalog which provides local same sex couples with information about how to obtain a marriage license and a list of Bexar County judicial officials who will marry them with a commitment to equality. The project, dubbed Will You Marry…
San Antonio Activist Invites Everyone to Her 9th Annual Birthday Party Fundraiser
For almost a decade now, Ana Alicia Perez has chosen to ask guests at her birthday parties to forget the presents and instead make a donation to some of her favorite charities. This year is no exception. Perez is an activist and LGBT ally who is on the board of directors for Fiesta Youth and…
Two Men, a Dog, a Van and a Baby: A San Antonio Couple’s Trans Pregnancy Journey
Originally published in the San Antonio Current. Stephan Gaeth sings, “Two gay men and one bus travelling around the country with a baby and a doggo! Ba-bum, ba-bum, yeah!” This is how Gaeth, 27, sums up his future with fiancé Wyley Simpson, 27. He belts out their theme song so casually because, to him and…
Performers and Sponsors Sought for SA Coming Out Day Celebration
The San Antonio LGBT Chamber of Commerce is seeking performers, sponsors and vendors for their fifth annual National Coming Out Day celebration on October 13 at the Mission Marquee Plaza. National Coming Out Day started in 1988 when LGBTQ people were encouraged to come out on the theory that once people know that they have…
Commentary: Wedding Cake Debate Will Create a Backlash
This commentary was originally published in the San Antonio Express-News. It is reprinted here with the permission of the author. “To cake! or not to cake!” that is the question. The judges’ decision is final. And the winner is? Who knew that cake decorating could be so confrontational? And, as I like to say from…
Frida Kahlo Birthday Celebrations Abound in San Antonio
Originally published in the San Antonio Current. You don’t have to look far to see Frida Kahlo’s signature brows stitched across a tote bag, dangling from earrings or painted on a prayer candle like the Virgin De Guadalupe. These days, it seems that there is something pressingly important about the commercial urgency to reproduce her…