By Shannon Najmabadi, The Texas Tribune April 6, 2018 Catherine Clark claims that a coworker barraged her with lewd and harassing comments while Clark was working as a gym teacher at the Alamo Heights Independent School District about a decade ago. She complained to her supervisors, then to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and was…
The sale of a special Fiesta medal is spearheading a renewed effort to raise funds for the installation of rainbow crosswalks on the Main Avenue Strip. The medals sell for $15 and depict an intersection with rainbow crosswalks, along with the words, “My Pride Crosswalk – Fiesta 2018 – San Antonio.” The medal is attached…
Humorist, comedian and author David Sedaris will be in San Antonio on April 29 for an appearance at the Tobin Center for the Performing Arts which will include readings, an audience Q&A and book signing. Sedaris is a master of satire, a skill evident in his numerous books, essays and short stories. He is the…
This article is adapted from a feature originally published in the San Antonio Current. Additional reporting by James Courtney. The San Antonio Book Festival, put on by the San Antonio Public Library Foundation and a host of sponsors, is now in its sixth year. The one-day literary onslaught, scheduled this year on April 7, boasts…
Former Christian music recording artist Jennifer Knapp is coming to Madison Square Presbyterian Church on April 13 for Inside Out Faith, an event — part concert, part story telling — intended to break the cone of silence experienced by many LGBT people of faith. Knapp is a classically trained musician from Kansas who went on…
Administrators at the Mansfield Independent School District are now saying that an elementary school art teacher, who was suspended after she sought LGBT protections for students and employees, was actually suspended because a parent had complained the teacher mentioned her wife to students. Stacy Bailey has been an art teacher at Charlotte Anderson Elementary School…
Three San Antonio medical facilities have been been named Healthcare Leaders in the Human Rights Campaign’s 2018 Healthcare Equality Index. The three facilities, Metropolitan Methodist Hospital, Reproductive Medicine Associates of Texas and VA South Texas Health Care System, all received perfect scores on HRC’s index. A total of 626 medical facilities across the nation participated…
Nationally recognized artist Mitch D’Arte works in a variety of styles — from lotería graphics to typographic collages, to acrylic paintings which evoke the colorful traditions and art of Mexico. For her latest exhibit, Christ Like: Restoring Faith and Inspiring Reverence, which opens on April 6 at Galería E.V.A. in San Antonio, D’Arte has chosen to…
Police are asking the public’s assistance in identifying two male suspects who beat up a man during what was supposed to be a sexual encounter and took his ATM card, withdrew money and made purchases. The incident occurred on Sunday, February 18 in the 100 block of Southwest Military Drive near South Flores Street. Police…
By Shannon Najmabadi, The Texas Tribune March 23, 2018 When Ryan Clements, a 25-year-old alumnus of Abilene Christian University, found out his alma mater was planning to ban some students’ same-sex dating relationships, he said it “hit home in a big way.” Clements, an openly gay Christian, said he felt pained “that a school that…
