Interim Mayor Ivy R. Taylor paid a neighborly visit to the home of Keith Wichinski and David Willet, her next door neighbors on Dignowity Hill who just coincidentally were hosting a party to raise money for a nonprofit that supports LGBT youth. The April 11 event, dubbed Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil,…
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Texas Association of Business to be honored by Equality Texas
Equality Texas announced on April 9 that they will present the Texas Association of Business with the Vanguard Award which is given annually to an “exemplary business who has demonstrated a commitment to LGBT equality in the state of Texas through fair employee policy and community advocacy.” The award will be presented at the Spirit…
Commentary: Ivy Taylor no friend to LGBT community
By Justin Nichols, Guest Contributor It’s no secret there’s little love between Mayor Ivy R. Taylor and the LGBT community. On social media she’s become known as ‘Poison Ivy.’ Make no mistake – Taylor’s stint as mayor has been, and would be, poison to our city’s LGBT population. First, there’s the issue of the nondiscrimination…
Trans man settles NDO claim with AT&T
Updated: April 3, 2015, 12:30 p.m. The lawyer for a transgender man who filed a nondiscrimination claim against AT&T told Out In SA the case has been settled “to the satisfaction of all parties.” Attorney Justin Nichols said he could not reveal the terms of the settlement between Matthew Hileman and AT&T only to say…
It’s the ‘Ultima Fiesta’ for SAAF’s Webb Party
The San Antonio AIDS Foundation’s 22nd annual Webb Party on April 17 will be the last to be held during Fiesta San Antonio. After 10 years as an official Fiesta celebration, the event is moving to October next year and will transition into a Halloween party. In keeping with that milestone, this year’s party theme…
Mayor Taylor: NDO was a ‘political stunt’
In April 1 article in the Rivard Report, managing editor Iris Dimmick reports that Interim Mayor Ivy R. Taylor says she thinks the passage of the city’s nondiscrimination ordinance, which added protections for LGBT citizens and veterans, was a “political stunt.” Taylor’s remarks came during a March 31 mayoral candidate forum moderated by Rick Casey…
Robert Pitman to be invested as federal judge for SA
U.S. Attorney Robert Lee Pitman will be formally invested as the federal judge for the Western District of Texas in San Antonio on April 17. He will be the state’s first openly gay judge. Pitman was recommended for the judgeship last November by the Senate Judiciary Committee and confirmed by the U.S. Senate in December.…
‘Drag Race’ performer jailed in SA
A performer from the fourth season of RuPaul’s Drag Race posted a YouTube video on March 15 in which he discusses his incarceration at the Bexar County Jail and the conditions inside the prison. Jaremi Carey, who performs under the name Phi Phi O’Hara, was arrested in Austin in February after arriving from Canada where…
District 1 Councilman Roberto Treviño: I want to be inclusive
District 1 City Councilman Roberto C. Treviño was appointed by the City Council last December to fill the unexpired term of Diego Bernal, who left the office to run for the State Legislature. Treviño is now in the process of running for reelection in the May 9 municipal election. Treviño faces three opponents in the…
La Cage Aux Folles: Still timely (and fun) more than 30 years later
A drag queen and a gay club owner raise their son then face a crisis when the boy grows into a young man who wants to marry into a conservative politician’s family. It could be a story out of today’s headlines. However, it’s the basic plot line of the 32-year-old musical, La Cage Aux Folles,…