Local gay bar Sellers Underground has shuttered its doors. The Fourth Street fixture, which was just days shy of celebrating its fourth anniversary, announced its permanent closure in an Instagram post on Saturday (Dec. 5), writing “COVID-19 capacity restrictions have made it impossible for us to continue.”

It’d be an understatement to call 2020 a $hit$how of a year. If there’s one thing that’s certain despite all of the upheaval these past 11 months is that it’s about time for spreading queer cheer.

Double, double toil and trouble, Theremin quake and spooky vibes bubble. So summons the sonic spell Louisianna Purchase casts in the local drag artist’s first-ever single, “Whip Crack,” which releases today.

Austin-based nonprofit Texas Health Action opened its third Kind Clinic in Austin on Oct. 22. The new clinic, located at 2800 S. I-35 #103 in South Austin, will be the first Kind Clinic to have an on-site pharmacy, which is slated to open early 2021.

On October 12, 1985, at an Austin pool party to celebrate Día de la Raza, a revolution began. That revolution called itself the Austin Latino/Latina Lesbian and Gay Organization (ALLGO), now known today as allgo.

Amid the pandemic’s ongoing financial strain on artists and performers, Austin’s Gender Unbound is stepping up to financially support trans, nonbinary, and intersex artists with this year’s virtual festival kicking off today.

Ten is a big number – that’s double digits we’re talking about. These days, getting to 10 of something can’t be taken lightly with the world being all topsy-turvy. Which is why QueerTowne’s pandemical creation “Queerantine” making it to 10 shows is such a groovy trip! After all, why settle for quarantine when you can queerantine, baby?

Tonight the first-ever virtual Art Heals Festival kicks off with the mission to advocate and raise awareness about HIV and mental health stigma.

Today Texas Health Action announced Austin’s Waterloo Counseling Center will become a program of Texas Health Action alongside THA’s sexual health and wellness program, Kind Clinic.