Originally published in the San Antonio Current. Lee Haines, the Bonham Exchange’s general manager, wants patrons to know it will be business as usual at the iconic downtown dance club despite the recent death of owner Kenneth Garrett. The community has nothing to worry about, Haines said, explaining the nightspot will remain open and is…
Kenneth Garrett, Owner of the Bonham Exchange, Has Died
Out In SA is saddened to learn of the passing of Kenneth Garrett, the owner of the Bonham Exchange. Gene Elder, archivist for the Happy Foundation who is a close friend, told Out In SA the 69-year-old Garrett died in his sleep during the early morning hours of February 8 at his home in 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…
Gene Elder Arrested in Alamo Heights, Says Police May Have Bullied Boy
Artist, activist and Out In SA columnist Gene Elder was arrested on July 14 in Alamo Heights where he was charged with interfering with an arrest and resisting arrest. Police took Elder into custody after he tried to give his business card to a boy who police were questioning and who Elder believes was being…