CENTRAL TEXAS BOYS OF LEATHER MEETING
Shiny, shiny … shiny boots of leather. Every first Saturday and, on the patio for cookouts, every second Sunday of the month (5-8pm).
Chain Drive, 504 Willow, 480-9017.
$5 to benefit CTBOL charities.
www.ctbol.org
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PRIDE SAN ANTONIO BLOCK PARTY & PARADE
Alamo City blows it out for this grand finale of all Texas Prides with a festival, shows, food, bevvies, and a parade! Hooray for the red, white, and rainbow!
3-11pm.
North Main Street, San Antonio.
www.qsanantonio.com
'AUSTIN CHRONICLE' GAY URLS!
You can directly access the Chronicle's gay listings online without clicking until your fingers turn blue. Plus the URLs are super easy to remember. The Austin Chronicle gAyTX Fun Guide is our regularly updated list of fine local queer establishments and concerns. And Gay Place is, of course, what you are reading here, our weekly best of the best of queer Austin.
454-5766.
gayplace@austinchronicle.com
austinchronicle.com,
austinchronicle.com
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ACTOM
Because men are like coffee – the best ones are rich, hot, and can keep you up all night. Join Austin Coffee, Tea, or Me? – an online group to help you find Mr. Right … or at least Mr. Right There, oh yes, right there.
groups.yahoo.com
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ADVENTURING OUTDOORS
Austin's gay and lesbian group for making the nature scene. Minimal dues, maximum fun!
236-7176.
www.main.org
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ARE YOU A PROUD TEXAN?
Do you care what happened in this Lege session? About fights for equality and equal protection under the law? Get on Equality Texas' list. This week they seek eager volunteer types to assist in Pride preparation. They have daytime, afterwork, and club-hopping opportunities. Call Bren for further info.
Equality Texas, PO Box 2340, Austin, 78768-2340, 474-5475.
info@equalitytexas.org
www.equalitytexas.org
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ATTENTION LESBIAN WRITERS
Do you like, want, or need money? Then apply to the Lesbian Writers Fund of the Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice, offering a $10,000 prize and two $1,500 runners-up prizes; at least one grant will go to a lesbian writer who is based west of the Mississippi River. So get to typin'.
Deadline: July 15.
212/529-8021 x44.
grants@astraeafoundation.org
www.astraeafoundation.org
AUSTIN LESBIAN COFFEE HOUSE MONTHLY MEETING
It's the monthly meeting of Austin Lesbian Coffee House at Jo's Soco. Now on Saturday night! Alright!
Saturday, July 11, 7pm.
Jo's Coffee, 1300 S. Congress, 444-3800.
www.meetup.com
BLOGGITY BLOG BLOG BLOG
Why wait 'til Thursday? Come visit us online at the Gay Place Blog and on our design blog, Chronique. Join the fun; leave a comment. Maybe win yourself a nice unicorn or T-shirt or something. Or go naked for all we care. (You can do that while you read a blog.)
454-5766.
gayplace@austinchronicle.com
austinchronicle.com
CAPITAL CITY FRONT RUNNERS
Gay runners meet Tuesday and Thursday (6pm) and Saturday (10am). Oooh, girl, when they told you you were "fast" at the club, they had no idea! And such stamina!
Meet at North Shore of Lady Bird Lake under the MoPac bridge, 453-8878.
www.capitalcityfrontrunners.com
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CHARLIE'S GRILL
Austin's gay club right next to the Capitol dome is open for lunch and dinner every Monday through Friday (see new, extended hours). On Tuesdays, the hours extend even further ( until 8:30pm) for one of the best steak nights around. Come have dinner with family!
Mon.-Fri., noon-7pm.
Charlie's Austin, 1301 Lavaca, 474-6481.
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COMING THIS FALL! AGLIFF 22
Two decades and two years of Austin-bound LGBT cinematic sweetness. This fall marks year 22, but now is the time for you to get hooked up while the hooking is cheap. Membership has its privileges.
Tue.-Sun., Sept. 8-13.
Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar, 302-9889.
$40-1,200.
info@agliff.org
www.agliff.org
DIVAS @ DIVAS CRUISE
Join dancer, model, blogger, advice columnist, Club Papi-host Cisco along with the glittering array of divas Erica Andrews, Sofonda St. John, Derrick Barry, Jade (from RuPaul's Drag Race), and Lana Blake for a seven-day Carnival Conquest cruise to Jamaica, Grand Cayman, and Cozumel.
Sun., Oct. 25 - Nov. 1.
Galveston Cruise Ship Terminal, 2502 Harborside DrGalveston, 409/766-6129 or 765-9321.
$579-889/person, includes $100 on-board voucher.
www.divascruise.com,
www.pridecruise.net,
www.yocisco.com
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DJ KIM HICKS
has taken over Steve Gonzales' Saturday night shift, swiftly taking the weekend into his able hands and thoroughly shaking it up. Fridays & Saturdays, 9pm.
'Bout Time Bar, 9601 N. I-35, 832-5339.
FOODIES
Yup. Women Who Love Women Who Love Food. In lieu of Austin's having an actual lesbian gathering space, this e-mail-based social network holds weekly meet-ups, private house parties, and special events for the lay-deez. Women of all stripes are welcome and encouraged to attend. E-mail Kitty to get on the list.
beatsagogo@aol.com
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GONNA BE A BABY'S MAMA?
Expecting or expecting to be soon? Sign up for Carrie Contey's gay-friendly class. Learn how to be all the Mommy you can be every Tuesday in July. Contact by e-mail to RSVP.
7-9pm.
694-7794.
$200/couple.
carrie@earlyparenting.com
www.earlyparenting.com
GOT BV?
No darlin', not bacterial vaginosis. It's the Butch Voices fundraiser featuring butchie types stripping, auctioning dates, and many genderrific performances to benefit the first-ever Butch Voices Conference 2009 in Oakland.
Sat., July 11, 9pm.
Rusty Spurs, 405 E. Seventh, 482-9002.
HANG OUT UT
When UT is in session, this queer-supportive college social group welcomes gay, straight, bi-, trans-, whomever to join the ranks and have fun! The goal is community; freshmen/new-UTers are encouraged to look them up. Every Wednesday, there's a Coffee Meet-Up at Little City (Congress, 10pm-12mid) and HangOut Picnic at the Turtle Pond under the UT Tower every Friday, 11am-3pm.
830/822-7632.
strange.boot@gmail.com
www.comehangout.net
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HIV RESOURCE GUIDE
is a great resource for folks in need of services as well as those who just want to volunteer or help.
Austin Area HIV Planning Council, 505 Barton Springs Rd., Fifth Floor, 974-2615.
Free.
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HIV+ COUNSELING
HIV-positive? This group explores issues from recent diagnosis to life with HIV. Free to individuals who qualify; sliding scale for everyone else.
Waterloo Counseling Center, 3000 S. I-35 #315, 444-9922 x100.
www.waterloocounseling.org
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HOMOS READ POMO
Do you read? Eat? Drink? Like the ladies? Do democratically chosen books such as Orlando: A Biography by Virginia Wolfe turn you on? They do pomo; they don't even read pomo.
pseudopants@gmail.com
HOT BEARS SAY RRRRROOOOW!
The cuddliest, hairiest, most barrel-chested bigboys of the Heart of Texas Bears are a social service group dedicated to all things "grrrrr." Get on their list for info about monthly coffees, movie nights, beer busts, etc.
info@heartoftexasbears.org
www.heartoftexasbears.org
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INVITE TO A WILDE PARTY
For those who are wild about the theatre, Zach brings you the Wilde Party offered at each main-stage show. Food, drinks, and a fabulous show especially for the family and those that love us.
Preshow mixer, 6:45pm; show at 8pm.
Zach Theatre, 1510 Toomey, 476-0541.
www.zachtheatre.org
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LAMBDA OF TEXAS STATE
Get back to class with class, and hang out with fellow LGBT Bobcats and allies. Check the website for weekly meetings and the awesome, twice-a-year Bobcat Ball.
Texas State University campus, San Marcos.
www.studentorgs.txstate.edu
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MIDTOWNE SPA FREE PASS
Yo, Hunky Brewster: Get on the Midtowne site, and click on the Free Pass link to get free admission to some steamy relief. 18 and up, no alcohol.
Midtowne Spa, 5815 Airport, 302-9696.
www.midtowne.com
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MYSPACE IS FOR QUEERS
Yuh-huh. We up and did it. All 2006-ish, we finally got caught up to 2004 and leapt into the Rupert Murdoch-void balls-out, baby. (Cough.) Uh, yeah. So, send us your info the ol'-fashioned way at our regular, dependable Chronicle e-mail addy, or come be our friend online and send us stuff there! Humor us with an add, at the very least? Like a perky poodle on the leg of luv, we're notorious collectors … shameless.
gayplace@austinchronicle.com
www.myspace.com
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OL' SKOOL FOODIES HOUSE PAR-TAY & BARBECUE
Bring a dish. Now, you can interpret that anyway you like: A plate of meat (or fake meat) for the grillin'? A lovely crudité? A hot mama? All in a private, centrally located back yard, loaded to the gills with local gals on the prowl. Let us break bread together on our knees. Yes, please.
Sat., July 11, 7pm.
E-mail for details, directions, and to get on the Foodies list.
Free.
beatsagogo@aol.com
POSITIVE INFLUENCE
Therapy/support group for HIV-positive gay men. Eight-week sessions. Call for schedule. Wednesdays, 6-7:30pm.
784-8220.
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PRIDE SAN ANTONIO BAR PARTY AND PARADE
The official end of Gay Pride season in San Antonio. Go send it out with a bang.
July 4.
Main Street, San Antonio.
RAINBOW OF RECOVERY
Narcotics Anonymous. Saturdays, 8pm. St. David's Hospital, cafeteria private dining room, 919 E. 32nd.
RED HOT SUMMER
These boys are red-hot. Your boys ain't diddly-squat. Details coming soon!
Fri., July 17, 10pm.
Oilcan Harry's, 211 W. Fourth, 320-8823.
www.oilcanharrys.com
SAPPHFIRE
Do you prefer game nights, movie nights, lazy Sunday brunches, and Sapphic book clubs to all-night stomps through the Warehouse District? Well, meet your peeps. Check the Web site for the where and when.
833-5040.
info@sapphfire.org
www.sapphfire.org
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ST. EDWARD'S GAY/STRAIGHT ALLIANCE
Austin's own St. Ed's has its own GLBT/straight alliance.
St. Edward's University campus, 416-5876.
kathyb@stedwards.edu
www.stedwards.edu
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SUPER BUFFET/MANWATCH DANCERS
Watch the Men of Manwatch wiggle as you scarf down that free buffet, 6-9pm. DJ Bryan Konrad spins, 9pm-close. Wipe your chin, skippy.
Fridays.
Oilcan Harry's, 211 W. Fourth, 320-8823.
TAINTED LOVE 2: RETURN OF THE TAINT
A night of drag-fabulousness featuring renditions of Cyndi Lauper, Boy George, Pet Shop Boys, and many more, plus auctions and raffles all to benefit Texas Conference of Clubs Landsite and the Wright House Wellness Center.
Sat., July 11, 9pm.
Chain Drive, 504 Willow, 480-9017.
www.geocities.com,
www.ctbol.org
TEXAS HILL COUNTRY FAERIES, ELVES, & SATYRS
That's THCFES to you, delicate nymph of the forest glen. (All's we wanna know is: Where are the fekkin' unicorns?!) THCFES is a group for alternative/progressive gay men who understand the goodness of all things fae. Yae!
www.groups.yahoo.com,
tribes.tribe.net
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TGT
It's time for school, and UT's Transgender Texas is fabulous and here to stay. So if you are a trans-identified Longhorn, get in touch.
jesse.free@riseup.net
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THE LESBIAN COFFEE HOUSE
No bar, no coffeehouse, so where are lesbians supposed to meet chicks? Austin Lesbian Coffee House is a group of LBTs that meet monthly to mix and mingle.
Sign up to get the secret deets.
www.meetup.com
TOUCH DANCE/PARTNER DANCE GROUP
Do you lead or do you follow, darlin'? This group of gay-friendly women loves to dance and has formed this social group to which all gay-friendly women, 21 and older, are invited. Sometimes, they will meet at dance events; sometimes, they will hit the floor at a local club to practice. What better way to improve (or acquire) those skills? And those skills.
Free.
austin_dancers@yahoo.com
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TRANSFORMATIONS PSYCHOTHERAPY SERVICES
Katy Koonce, LCSW, offers two transsexual support groups with a holistic approach.
329-6699.
Donations accepted.
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UT GENDER & SEXUALITY CENTER
Your Longhorn queer hub, as it were. Regular business hours ( Mon.-Fri., 9am-5pm) so you can learn about cool campus doin's like Queer Students Alliance, GLBTGrad, OutLaw, Queer People of Color and Allies, Transgender Texas, She Says, and more.
232-1831.
gsc@uts.cc.utexas.edu
www.utexas.edu
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UT GLBT CATHOLIC SUPPORT GROUP
Join Father Ed in exploring what it means to be Christian and gay. Nonjudgmental, safe, and accepting; no "reparative therapy" nonsense here. Just 100% openhearted fellowship.
Call for time and location.
www.utcatholic.org
UT GSC LISTSERV
UT's Gender & Sexuality Center maintains, among other fabulous things, a helluva listserv. To submit something for the GSC’s list or to subscribe to the e-mail list, please send an e-mail.
gsc@uts.cc.utexas.edu
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VIOLET CROWN COUNSELING
Specialized individual and relationship psychotherapy for the LGBTQIJKLMNOP and open-minded. More than 86 years experience between 'em.
796-3457.
www.violetcrowncounseling.com
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WANDA SYKES
Fresh from the president's nipples, she's hot, she's out, and she's comin' to getcha.
Saturday, July 11, 7pm.
Austin Music Hall, 208 Nueces, 263-4146.
www.austinmusichall.com
WATERLOO COUNSELING
Austin's hub for GLBT support has openings in the following therapy groups: Gay and Bisexual Men’s Group; Lesbian and Bisexual Women’s Group; HIV Support Group; Transgender Support Groups (M2F and F2M); and Coming Out Groups (Women's and Men's).
Waterloo Counseling Center, 3000 S. I-35 #315, 444-9922.
www.waterloocounseling.org
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WATERLOO'S HART PROGRAM
Low- to no-cost mental health counseling and support for folks struggling with HIV or AIDS. Bilingual? ¡Sí!
Waterloo Counseling Center, 3000 S. I-35 #315, 444-9922 x329.
www.waterloocounseling.org
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WHAT'S GAYER THAN A CABARET?
Not much. Check out Austin Cabaret Theatre's sassy-ass blog. Tell Stuart the Gay Place sentcha.
www.austincabaret.blogspot.com
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WOMEN DATING WOMEN WORKSHOP
Local therapist Pam Greenstone offers this summer series for women seeking love. Register now.
Wednesdays, June 17, July 22, & Aug. 19, 7-8pm.
Call for location, 689-7279.
$25 per session.
pamgreenstone@hotmail.com
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