If we fail, do we let the LGBT community down and prove our opponents’ beliefs true? It happened again. We were sitting at a restaurant–husband, two sons, and me. “Two checks?” asked the waitress. I’m always surprised. Our stock answer: “No, one family.” Then, an askance head cock, shoulder shrug, or a mildly perplexed look…
Robert Tobin and the fight for the Medical Center
“Here was a very dignified gay man, who, by today’s standards, never discussed his sexuality in any kind of open environment.” In Richard Wagner’s Götterdämmerung, the composer’s Romanticism was both idealistic (infinite longing) and fatalistic (inevitable disappointment). The moral of the opera–“attempting to hold onto what we cannot keep causes hurt and is ultimately…
Business spotlight: Feast
From reading cookbooks in the back of HH-60 helicopters to a yearlong apprenticeship where his fingers never left the cutting board, Chef Stefan Bowers was destined for culinary greatness. In 2011, while working as executive chef at 20Nine, Bowers met entrepreneur Andrew Goodman, and the pair opened the doors to Feast, the King William spot…
GLAAD TO KNOW YOU at the Overtime Theatre
Written by Chadd Green and Lee Hurtado. Directed by Morgan Clyde. Featuring Justin Bankston, Chris Kelly, Derek Berlin, Vicky Liendo, Jeremy Talamantez, Jenny Taylor, Michele Wisniewski, and Molly Walker. There’s enough energy to power half a dozen plays in the Overtime’s production of GLAAD to Know You by Chadd Green and Lee Hurtado. The story…
Pink Leche and Seven Minutes in Heaven
Artist Jessica Garcia denies ever spending the night at the Fox Motel. But for the last four years, she has been curating the annual erotic art show “Seven Minutes in Heaven” at the infamous motel located at 302 Newell Avenue. On March 7 between 6-10 pm Garcia, along with nine participating artists, will take over…
SA Street Style #3: Leo Barrios, furniture designer
Where: FGI’s spring trend event What: Blazer, Zegna from Saks Fifth Avenue; Jeans, Hugo Boss, Saks Fifth Avenue (fun fact: I used to work with Leo at Saks); T-shirt, Hanes; scarf, borrowed from a friend; jewelry and hat, Texas Thrift (Leo reshaped the hat himself!) Why: I figured I had two chicks (pick up the…
Adam’s Top 10 Rules for a Happy Life
Greetings, Friends. Welcome to Out In SA! So good of you to click on me! As you already know from reading our mag and website, we here at Out In SA have our fingers on the pulse, such as it is, of the GLBT community in San Antonio. Amongst the many resources we plan to…
New music, new identity: Saakred challenges the local music mold
On March 6, local artist, community activist, and musician Saakred will release a new album, Make Believe. For the 25-year-old performer, who recently came out as transgender, the new album is the culmination of three years of self-exploration and creative growth. Recorded this past January at Austin’s Ramble Creek recording studio, Make Believe is perhaps…
A View of Reality from a Chartreuse Couch*: Author Toby Johnson
“The fact that there are homosexuals, lesbians, bisexual men and women, transsexuals—queer people all—who are proclaiming their presence in society forces everybody to rethink what sex and gender is about.” Gene: So, Toby, we finally get you on the Chartreuse Couch. There are many topics that I want to inquire about. As you have…
A community that’s about inclusion: Interim Police Chief Anthony Treviño
Anthony Treviño, the former chief of staff to outgoing police chief William McManus, was named interim police chief last December and began his new assignment January 1. Treviño, is a native San Antonian and an Air Force veteran who has been with the SAPD for 20 years. He started out as a patrol cop and…