Combg materials om the Carolyn Weathers Collectn the ONE Natnal Gay and Lbian Archiv and a 2015 terview wh Weathers herself, Amanda Mixon sketch queer experience early 1960s San Anton, Texas. Mixon reviss gay bars, muny formatn, racial dynamics, policg practic, cultural reprentatns, and ary suasn to highlight the ongog need for further exploratn and study of historic gay spac across Texas.
Contents:
- THE “GAYBORHOODS” OF TEXAS
- MOVG TO LGBT SAN ANTON, TEXAS? HOW TO FD YOUR PERFECT GAY NEIGHBORHOOD!
- GAY NORD: HANDS-ON LEARSHIP
- GAY BARS SAN ANTON
- "OUT LONG ENOUGH TO BE HISTORIC": RACIALIZED GAY SPACE PRE-STONEWALL SAN ANTON
THE “GAYBORHOODS” OF TEXAS
All the latt rmatn + rourc you will need when movg to LGBTQ San Anton, cludg the bt gay neighborhoods, muny groups, gay realtors, and more. * san antonio gay magazine *
This 1974 issue of Together Gay, a publitn of the San Anton Gay Communy Center, provis an tertg example of how some queer San Antonians creatively rpond to the challeng they faced. Gene Elr, owner of the San Anton Country (an inic gay bar known as the largt gay dis the US durg the 1970s) crafted a play spoofg ary cursns to queer space and sendg out a ll for tolerance and solidary.
Published om 1985 through 2000, provotive photos and illtratns of sntily clad (often nu) mal domated the pag of the publitn and ntent clearly tered to the terts of gay men.
MOVG TO LGBT SAN ANTON, TEXAS? HOW TO FD YOUR PERFECT GAY NEIGHBORHOOD!
Jalen McKee-Rodriguez, San Anton’s first openly gay uncil member, wants a lol civil rights office to vtigate the kd of discrimatn he faced as a cy staffer. * san antonio gay magazine *
” The Marquise tackled issu important to the cy’s LGBTQ muny: gay marriage, lbians and gays the ary, hate crim, queer parentg, AIDS, and anti-gay legislatn. While the Marquise did rry advertisements for lol gay and lbian bars, activism and ser news stori supplanted tal of drag divas and bar featur so popular lol publitns durg the 1980s.
Texas’ “gayborhoods” aren’t jt neighborhoods wh rabow-pated crosswalks at their tersectns; they’re historic muni where Texas pri and gay pri tersect ever-fascatg unison. More than 1, 000 people showed up, which began the gay liberatn movement Montrose and led Hill to help tablish The Montrose Center, an anizatn still operatg today that foc not only on advocy but also on offerg rourc to the muny.
GAY NORD: HANDS-ON LEARSHIP
The Official San Anton Gui to Gay Bars * san antonio gay magazine *
In 2016, Luther’s hosted a spontaneo meetg wh San Anton Police Chief William McMan to discs the rponse of lol law enforcement after the tragic mass shootg at a gay nightclub Orlando, Florida. A proment drag performer, pageant wner, and owner of the Miss Gay San Anton pageant, she picks at a plate of hh puppi wh wildflower honey and entertas my qutns.
GAY BARS SAN ANTON
Y, jt like Phoenix, Orlando, New York Cy, and other fabuloly gay US ci, there is also an active LGBT scene here (if you know where to look), and this is somethg a gay realtor San Anton n help you navigate as you fd your new perfect home here. The Bt Gay Neighborhoods In San AntonDowntown San AntonSouthtownAlamo HeightsBoerneAnnual LGBT Events In San AntonLGBTQ+ Communy Organizatns In San AntonLGBT Owned Bs In San AntonFal Thoughts On Movg To LGBTQ San AntonFdg Gay Realtors In San Anton Texas.
Start wh the top gay and LGBT-iendly San Anton muni to fd your fabuloly perfect new home, each wh s own dividual personaly, welg muny, and ameni you’ll adore. Add to this the heart-poundg sound systems, immersive light shows, fantastic drk specials, and 10+ bar statns – and you n see why Bonham Exchange is famo throughout Gay Texas.
"OUT LONG ENOUGH TO BE HISTORIC": RACIALIZED GAY SPACE PRE-STONEWALL SAN ANTON
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The surt way to disver LGBT San Anton is always gog to be livg a gay-iendly neighborhood by equentg lol LGBT bs and events and jog queer muny groups and sports teams.
Everyone serv a pleasant, strs-ee home buyg or sellg experience while beg aquately reprented, and this is why we feel you should hire a gay realtor to assist you fdg your future home. Rather than jt beg ncerned wh how btlg, fashnable, or up-and-g a neighborhood is (or what may appear like), gay realtors nduct extensive rearch to the neighborhoods which they sell hom to ensure that clients are safe.