This weekend in Dallas, February 19 -21, Black Cinematheque Dallas, along with Fahari Arts Institute, DFW Senators, and Mandrake Arts & Media will be hosting a Marlon Riggs Film Festival. The films and shorts begin at 7pm each night at the South Dallas Cultural Center, 3400 S. Fitzhugh in Dallas and nightly entry fee is [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Texas’
Dallas rocker, Jevette, rocking the radio for her birthday
This just in from one of this site’s Facebook fans, Stacy Crockett. This is going down Monday, January 11. Come help me celebrate Sonya Jevette’s Birthday!!!!! She will be on the air with BikerFM.com’s Shelley Brooks @ 9PM and then at Backbeat Cafe @ The Mosaic Lofts in downtown Dallas at 11PM. Every year Sonya [...]
Houston teen bullied and beaten with metal pipe because he’s gay
Another episode of violence against gay teens. This 16-year old boy now has a concussion and cuts and his face due to being beat up by bullies because he’s gay. Watch the video. Now, given the environment in Houston with the potential of the city’s first gay mayor and the verbal attacks on her by [...]
Pics from DFW Pride Movement reception – Thursday night
A great reception tonight for the DFW Pride Movement at Excuses, 3025 N. Main, in Deep Ellum. Great to see more straight allies, including State Representative Terri Hodge, supporting us. Of course, the “family” is fabulous as always! Here are a few pics. Click any picture to enlarge and advance through the photo set.
Chad Gibson speaks out about Rainbow Lounge raid
With a blood clot behind his right eye, Chad Gibson is at home and he speaks to CBS 11 News reporter, Selena Hernandez, about the role he feels Ft. Worth Police still play in this raid of Rainbow Lounge in Ft. Worth on June 28, an event he is still unable to recall. As Gibson [...]
Growing the Movement: Texas QPoC doing it for themselves
This weekend, several individuals came to the 7A Ranch in Wimberly, TX, to learn about the historical and present work happening by and for queer people of color. This was my second year attending such an event produced by the statewide organization, allgo, based in Austin. It was a great time of rest and renewal [...]
Texas Queer People of Color Conference held May 16 & 17
Statewide Queer People of Color organization, allgo, is hosting the 2nd Annual Statewide Queer People of Color conference at the 7A Resort, 333 Wayside Drive, in Wimberly, TX. Here’s more from the organization’s website: The Texas Queer People of Color Statewide Summit, is a gathering of individual and organizationally connected queer people of color and [...]
Stories surrounding abortion shared in new Dallas play
While at Hunky’s in Bishop Arts recently, I grabbed a flyer for a new play from Project X called, One in 3. The play centers around women who share their experiences around their choice to have an abortion. This is from the official website: One in 3 grew out of the silence around abortion. Out [...]
