WELCOME, QUEERS! Welcome to South by Southwest! Welcome to Austin! Squinting from the glare? Lost in the gloss? Awash in bright lights, big city, you great big beautiful queer? Let your new best friends here at Gay Place hold your hand and be your respite in the storm. We will be fingering the rainbow/unicorn pulse throughout SXSW and reporting our findings back to you. Be sure to keep up with our latest, as we will be blogging crazy-like, with pics and vlogs featuring the likes of hottie-bo-hottentots Margaret Cho, Girl in a Coma, the Dicks, Shunda K, the Moaners, Hesta Prynn, Amanda Palmer, and so many more. If you are badge-clad, be sure to check out this week’s films Sissyboy and Lesbian Vampire Killers. If you ain’t got no steenkeen badge, check our blog and our column in the SXSW daily issues (starting next week) for hints on where our people at.

We’re not ashamed to tell you that we have some URLs prepared to help you on your quest:

For events listings, see austinchronicle.com/gayplace.

For our gAyTX Fun Guide, see austinchronicle.com/gaytx.

For the Gay Place Blog, see austinchronicle.com/gayplaceblog.

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This article appears in March 13 • 2009.

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