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Event Horizon

The Making of a 'Big Shot'

Although rarely discussed today, the CIA began a program in the Seventies to record thousands of everyday conversations – ostensibly in an effort to understand the countercultural insurgency then sweeping the nation. One of those recordings apparently featured beloved local musical slattern Christeene. Read More | Comment »

1:02PM Thu. Jan. 24, Brandon Watson

Actually Making It Better

With every prime-time TV high school populated by LGBTQ characters, conventional thinking has it that the civil rights struggle has finally reached one of its bedrock goals. Young queer characters could hardly be more visible. Read More | Comment »

12:30PM Fri. Jan. 18, Brandon Watson

About AIDS: November 29

If you are younger than thirty, you would be forgiven for thinking that AIDS is no longer a threat. After more than a decade of horror, the images associated with the disease gradually shifted. Read More | Comment »

2:00PM Thu. Nov. 29, 2012, Brandon Watson

A Son Comes Out, and a Family Comes Together

I am my subconscious's bitch. Those were the open-wound words 13-year-old Joseph Schwartz shared with his dad, New York Times science reporter John Schwartz, two weeks before his failed suicide attempt. Read More | Comment »

11:40AM Thu. Oct. 25, 2012, Kimberley Jones

That's What Friends Are For

Sometimes we queers get wrapped up in the struggle. With so many people throwing shade our way, it’s easy to get caught up in the oppression Olympics. We forget about the people who stand by our side. Read More | Comment »

5:21PM Wed. Sep. 19, 2012, Brandon Watson

Meet Your Grand Marshals

Kelly Kline, Roger Temme, and Tana & Joe Christie are your four Grand Marshals for this year's Austin PRIDE, so get to know 'em! Read More | Comment »

1:23PM Tue. Sep. 18, 2012, Liz Williams

You, Too, Can Be a Fashion Staah

Everyone knows that Austin is crawling with design talent. Per square mile, we triumph over Dallas and Houston in unknown clothing designers, and now, opportunity knocks. NBC's Fashion Star is holding an open call in Dallas on July 15th. Read More | Comment »

2:06PM Tue. Jun. 26, 2012, Anne Harris

Eastbound & Down: Mardi Party Links, Pt. 2

Here's Part 2, the wrap of our pre-Mardi Gras ramp up. Austin's Carnival culture seems a lot less active than in recent previous years, but there are plenty of day-trippable destinations if you still want to get in on the fun. Here are some links to NOLA walking (and less-mainstream) groups, as well as a few other Galveston and Lake Charles go-sees. Read More | Comment »

8:46PM Thu. Feb. 16, 2012, Kate X Messer

I Am a Tosser

It's Mardi Gras season – next Tuesday, Feb. 21 is Fat Tuesday – so I'm gathering some old posts and updating them for all you last-minute revelers or Mardiday-dreamers. This post, from 2008, is about beads. Read More | Comment »

10:23AM Tue. Feb. 14, 2012, Kate X Messer

Eastbound & Down: Austin Invades NOLA

Here's a heaping helpin' from some Carnival vets (in their own words) to get you in the mood, whether you are celebrating here or somewhere east. Minor Mishap Marching Band, beary/cubby DJ Collin Bass, and party goddess and blogger extraordinaire Angeliska Polacheck are among the many Austinites headed that way. Read More | Comment »

1:42PM Mon. Feb. 13, 2012, Kate X Messer

We P.2

Journeys usually start with a setting of the scene, specifically, the homeplace. But how do you talk about a journey to a place that feels like a second home – a special geography of the heart that is no hero's journey, but rather more like Mr. Toad's Wild Ride via Exposé? Read More | Comment »

12:32PM Tue. Jan. 10, 2012, Kate X Messer and Andy Campbell

Happy Birthday, Julie Goldman

Ready to laugh your pants off? Want to see sexy women up on the stage making you giggle 'til you can't breathe? Well, come on down to Lipstick24 this Saturday, June 11 to see TV comedian Julie Goldman. Read More | Comment »

3:09AM Wed. Jun. 8, 2011, Julie Gillis

List Me This Christmas

Hey guys, it's been a minute. It's that holiday time of year again, when I work myself into a tizzy over prezzies and crafts for a month solid and wonder how many hot glue sticks I've managed to burn through in one sitting. Let me preface this by saying I'm known by my in-laws for being the most meticulous in the family when it comes to Christmas lists, so here goes: Read More | Comment »

1:26AM Fri. Dec. 17, 2010, Jimmie D

We Have a Winner!

We had a contest. And Sonny Chaidez won it! Read More | Comment »

1:00PM Fri. Oct. 22, 2010, Kate X Messer

Femmes Dangereuses

This Tuesday, 8pm at the ND @ 501 is the time and place to wig out at this sexy-fab, do-not-miss fashion frolic, wig-in, and costume showcase: 12 Dangerous Women. Let's have a li'l chat with Mz. Coco Coquette herself, shall we? Read More | Comment »

4:22PM Mon. Oct. 18, 2010, Kate X Messer

Queer Arty Party

Art exists not as a luxury but a necessity and tool for revolutionary re-envisioning. At least that's what Audre Lorde said, "[Poetry] forms the quality of the light within which we predicate our hopes and dreams toward survival and change, first made into language, then into idea, then into more tangible action." IOW, queermos, poetry is the way we exist. Read More | Comment »

3:28PM Wed. Oct. 13, 2010, Andy Campbell

'Footloose' and Fancy-Free

Haven’t made any Friday night plans yet? What’s wrong, you holding out for a hero? Why not cut loose at Cheer Up Charlie’s tonight? Because – and we don’t want to oversell the thing – this sounds like almost paradise. Read More | Comment »

11:33AM Fri. Sep. 10, 2010, Kimberley Jones

Prop 8 Rally Today: Wed., Aug. 4, 5:30pm

Tell everyone you know. Today's the day. The Prop 8 decision happens today. Equality Across America-Texas calls all y'all to rally or protest. Which it will be will depend on a California judge. Read More | Comment »

2:42AM Wed. Aug. 4, 2010, Kate X Messer

Isaac on Line 2: It Could Be You

Bravo's strident answer to its lost "Project Runway" may not be the best showcase for co-host Isaac Mizrahi's otherwise Unzipped eye-rolling, but "The Fashion Show" still offers plenty to sink your teeth into on a school night. Read More | Comment »

1:37AM Tue. May. 4, 2010, Anne Harris

Who Dat Rollin' on Dat Float?

There's nothing like the sound of a parade line-up. Those moments before roll out, when musical mayhem from floats testing PAs bleeds over the bleats of marching bands strutting their stuff on the side streets – with quick over the shoulder glances to see if rival high schools are paying heed to their mighty, mighty jams. It's Mardi Gras 2010, y'all! Read More | Comment »

6:53PM Fri. Feb. 12, 2010, Kate X Messer

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