Activists from San Antonio are representing the city’s LGBT community at political campaign training provided this summer by the Gay & Lesbian Victory Institute and Yale University. Robert Salcido, who works as the San Antonio field organizer for Equality Texas and sits on the boards of the LGBT Chamber of Commerce, Pride Center SA and…
With budget vote, mayor’s NDO proposal passes
Mayor Ivy R. Taylor’s proposal to create a Department of Diversity and Inclusion and hire a human relations liaison to run it became reality on May 14 when the City Council approved the measure as part of the city budget. The proposal, designated Item 16 in the budget, was among other items on the consent…
City’s human relations liaison is named at council budget meeting
City Manager Sheryl Sculley has named the person who will run the mayor’s proposed Department of Diversity and Inclusion. The announcement came during a budget discussion at the City Council’s B Session on May 13. The position of human relations liaison will be filled by Claryssa Cortez who, according to Sculley, currently works in the…
Southwest H.S. allows lesbian student to wear tuxedo to prom
The parents of a lesbian student, with help from a representative from the San Antonio LGBT Chamber of Commerce, were able to convince the principal of Southwest High School to change the school’s prom dress code so the student could attend the event wearing a tuxedo. Samantha Arielle Lopez, an 18-year-old senior, was told by…
LGBT committee finally meets with Taylor
Members of the LGBT advisory committee finally had a meeting with Mayor Ivy R. Taylor on April 21 after waiting since last October to see her. The committee, comprised of Equality Texas community organizer Robert Salcido, LGBT liaison Marsha Warren and trans advocate Ruby Krebs, were appointed last fall to advise the mayor on developing…
2014 in Review: A Year in the Life of ‘Q’ S.A.
A select month-by-month recap of stories about our community reported here and elsewhere in 2014. JANUARY From NDO to MLK — Two communities fighting for equality Some people were not happy to see the Rainbow flag at the Martin Luther King, Jr. March. No questionnaire, no Stonewall endorsement for Wendy Davis The Stonewall Democrats of…
Leadership change at S.A. LGBT LULAC chapter
LULAC chapter 22198 Orgullo de San Antonio sent out an press release from its new president on Friday, November 21 announcing a leadership change. The new president of LULAC Orgullo is Robert Salcido, who serves on the boards of the Pride Center and the S.A. LGBT Chamber of Commerce. He also is on the mayor’s…
LGBT committee has first meeting with Mayor Taylor
Members of the LGBT advisory group met for the first time with Mayor Ivy Taylor on October 9. The committee of three includes Marsha Warren, the LGBT liaison to the mayor’s office, and activists Ruby Krebs and Robert Salcido. Also present at the meeting was Leilah Powell, the mayor’s chief of policy. Warren told Out…