The origin of Friday’s Trans Crowdfund Live virtual show begins when local activist and artist KB Brookins, after receiving gender-affirming surgery last April, was struck by an alarmingly common reality for many in the trans community. “I realized a lot of these costs around gender-affirming care are pretty astronomical.”
Beam us up and away to a gayass galaxy far, far away, because it’s (almost) time for OUTsider Festival, Austin’s seventh annual queer transmedia fest, whose dates have changed, and will now run Fri.-Sun., March 5-7.
Before the Boiz of Austin’s digital drag show “Are the Straights Okay?” even kicked off on Tuesday (Jan. 12), I already felt at home during the drag king troupe’s preshow.
Big news at Austin's oldest film festival: Bears Rebecca Fonté will be Jim Brunzell's successor as artistic director for aGLIFF, the All Genders, Lifestyles, and Identities Film Festival.
2020 saw one last chance to give Austin's creative community a kick in the ribs. The All Genders, Lifestyles, and Identities Film Festival (aGLIFF) announced today that Jim Brunzell will be leaving as artistic director.
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.