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Mo' Music: Busby Berkeley SXSW

I just slept about 17 hours. I have no idea what I'm doing next. I do know it's time for some SXSW spiel. Read More | Comment »

8:07AM Mon. Mar. 19, Rob Cohen

Gay Bi Gay Gay: Map, Shuttle & More!

Austin’s faggoty Woodstock, Bumbershoot, Burning Man, Mardi Gras, Disney World, Dollywood, Folsom Street, the Vatican, and oh, SXSW rolled into one. And this year, with LIFEGUARDS! Read More | Comment »

2:16PM Fri. Mar. 16, Rob Cohen and Kate X Messer

Spring Colors of Tangerine & Cockatoo... Uhhhh, Not So Much!

Langford Market was one of the stops the stylishly dressed bloggers made on their 2nd Street Boutique-Crawl. And honey, they were rocking fierce pompadours to wild animal prints talking about vintage finds and such. Read More | Comment »

3:16PM Wed. Mar. 14, Ayeesha Green

Helllooo Sailor Party Recap

Dandy Unicorn and the Gay Place krewe have a warm, burning sensation in our hearts (and southerly parts). It's called love, and everyone was feeling it at our parties this past weekend. Read More | Comment »

2:19PM Wed. Mar. 14, Rob Cohen

Lovebomb Goes Off Tonight

Dandy and krewe are just exploding with excitement for tonight's love themed Queerbomb fundraiser. Read More | Comment »

1:24PM Fri. Feb. 10, Rob Cohen

Mail Art With Dandy: The Results Show Part 2

Mail Art with Dandy has been a blast. Dandy and hir art stars have been putting on the craftin' dress for a good cause. At every session we wind up with a heavy-ass box of cards for our pals with HIV and our incarcerated brethren. Check out another gallery of your fab contributions and join Dandy and friends one last time, this Wednesday, 7-10pm at Bernadette's. Read More | Comment »

10:13AM Mon. Dec. 5, 2011, Rob Cohen

Mail Art With Dandy: The Results Show

If you haven't heard, Dandy and his happy li'l trees have been getting down with the craftness for a good cause this holiday season. We are so happy at the turnout of people and good cheer that we want to share with you some of our creations and invite you to join us tonight and next Wednesday, 7-10pm at Bernadette's. Read More | Comment »

4:10PM Wed. Nov. 30, 2011, Rob Cohen

Tonight: Mail Art with Dandy & Friends

Wind, rain or shine, the mail, it never fails. It makes me want to wag my tail. When it comes I want to wail, "Maaaaaaail!" Tonight we at Gay Place invite you to use the power of the post to reach out for three (okay, maybe four or five) great causes. Read More | Comment »

2:00PM Wed. Nov. 9, 2011, Rob Cohen

Lovely Laughing Ladies

Women are funny, despite what Christopher Hitchens and John Belushi seemed to think. Aren't all people funny? Read More | Comment »

12:02PM Thu. May. 5, 2011, Julie Gillis

Julie's Top Five x Two (= 10)

Happy New Year! I've got a list of my Top Five Great and my Top Five Not-so-great events of 2010. If my math is correct, that's 10. Isn't it? Read More | 1 Comment »

4:55PM Thu. Jan. 6, 2011, Julie Gillis

Why Fred Phelps Is Good for Gay Rights

Fred Phelps and the Westboro Baptist Church are good at grabbing media attention. Their (self-titled) hate speech nabs headlines and creates a dialogue, but in doing so, they attack both conservative and liberal America. Read More | Comment »

4:46PM Fri. Dec. 10, 2010, Frank J. Rivera

'Strange Powers' Ticket Giveaway!

Strange Powers, the documentary about the Magnetic Fields and frontman Stephin Merritt is back in Austin at the Alamo Drafthouse Ritz and ends its run tomorrow night, Thu., Dec. 9. Read More | Comment »

3:11PM Wed. Dec. 8, 2010, Kate X Messer

Gays Takin’ Over the Airwaves

A gay couple from Texas creatively bypass marriage inequality using the interwebs. Read More | Comment »

1:09PM Fri. Nov. 19, 2010, Katie Tomasino

Magnetic Fields Party & Ticket Giveaway

Strange Powers, the new documentary about the Magnetic Fields and frontman Stephen Merrit will screen in Austin for a three-day stint at the Alamo Drafthouse Ritz, Nov. 7, 8, and 10. Read More | Comment »

11:26AM Fri. Nov. 5, 2010, Rob Cohen and Kate X Messer

Long Live QueerBomb!

My favorite sign at last Friday's "QueerBomb," the alternative pride march, was: "STONEWALL WAS A RIOT, NOT A TRADE SHOW." Read More | Comment »

11:06PM Wed. Jun. 9, 2010, Steven Cheslik-deMeyer

Sissies, Comedy, Gay Bi Gay Gay, and a Bishop

Your legs ache, your throat feels like it's been replaced with low-grade sandpaper, and every bit of your emotional and mental being wants to sleep for a bit. Just for a few days. Just to take the edge off. Well you can't! You've got work to do, queer work - the Lord's work! Let's get into it... Read More | Comment »

11:59AM Fri. Mar. 19, 2010, Andy Campbell

Butches, Trash Humpers, Queer Jews, Soul Singers

There's more to do - here are some GP suggestions for the next few days of SXSOOOOOOOOOOGAY. Read More | Comment »

1:16PM Tue. Mar. 16, 2010, Andy Campbell

Christeene, Liza, Heather, and Bears

It is time for that clusterfuck we love to call SXSW. From my perch in some corporate kiosk I can see everyone dressed to impressed and energetic. I think I just got cruised... Awww. The cuteness doesn't stop for the next week. Here's my schedule for the next couple days - come out and join me, say hey, and we'll queer the shit out of SXSW. Read More | Comment »

7:18PM Fri. Mar. 12, 2010, Andy Campbell

Let Me See That Sissy Bounce

In New Orleans - a city defined by Mardi Gras, where gender-bending is the norm - Big Freedia and friends came up in the bounce scene, performing mainly at straight clubs and parties where the frenetic call-and-response sound has been booming since the early 1990s. Read More | 1 Comment »

11:39AM Fri. Mar. 12, 2010, Thomas Fawcett

AIDS Services of Austin's Micah King talks red buildings and AIDS Walk Austin (video)
 

City of Crimson

This week is Red Week Austin, the city's biggest AIDS and HIV event. Micah King, communications director for AIDS Services of Austin, dropped by the Chronicle offices to talk on-camera about the need for continuing AIDS awareness and why he'd like you to break out your running shoes this Sunday. Read More | Comment »

4:20PM Thu. Oct. 15, 2009, Richard Whittaker

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