The Complicated Legacy of America's First Celebrity Fashion Designer in Halston

Gold, glimmer, greed

"...legacy is a double-casualty of the Eighties: "First, the AIDS crisis, which has taken a generation of creative people..."

April 12, 2019 Screens Feature by Beth Sullivan

Hulu's The Bisexual Creates Believable Queer Narratives

A dreamy, dramatic take on 30-something sexuality and self-discovery

"...Too young to have witnessed the zenith of the AIDS crisis firsthand, but older than the generation that discovered..."

Nov. 5, 2018 Qmmunity Post by Ray Emerson

Reminiscing With k.d. lang

Ingénue Redux tour revisits crooner’s spotlight moment

"...career trajectory. But I felt [it necessary] because the AIDS crisis was in full fervor at that time and..."

Sept. 13, 2018 Music Post by Beth Sullivan

How Austin's Queer Community Supports Its Own

Spotlighting the LGBTQ people and orgs looking after our health, youth, elders, and art

"..."We're the generation that went through the AIDS crisis," recaps Charles Curry, a founding member of the..."

Aug. 10, 2018 Arts Feature by Sarah Marloff

Paul Soileau’s Double Duty

With a new show for Rebecca Havemeyer and a new album by Christeene, is the busy performer having an identity crisis?

"...(a theatre collective to which I belong); "a million" AIDS walks; a semi-regular Bingo night where the proceeds were..."

June 1, 2018 Arts Feature by Kirk Lynn

Does Austin Need an LGBTQ Center?

A look at the city's lack of a queer community hub

"...centers arose within these neighborhoods, particularly during the Eighties AIDS crisis. Austin’s exponential growth, however, didn’t begin until the..."

April 11, 2018 Qmmunity Post by Mikaila Rushing

AFS Grant Emphasizes Diversity

Society offering $130,000 for emerging filmmakers

"...These two dedicated pots will be part of $130,000..."

April 3, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Review: A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder

Tony-winning musical serves pure stage magic & killer hilarity

"...musicals that don't involve 1990s bohemian artists during the AIDS crisis, hip-hopping founding fathers, or singing and dancing mystical..."

March 22, 2018 Arts Post by Shanon Weaver

Austin Film News

Locals at SXSW, plus RSVP for a Maybe Shower

"...Tan dives deep into the early days of the AIDS crisis with 1985, while fellow Dallasite Augustine Frizzell is back..."

March 9, 2018 Screens Column by Richard Whittaker

Your Queer Guide to SXSW

Keeping things kweer in 2018

"...this beautifully shot and written film tackling the Eighties AIDS crisis from a new angle. It’s subtle, hopeful, and..."

March 2, 2018 Qmmunity Post by Sarah Marloff

OUTsider Festival’s Best Bets and Bites

What to see and where to eat, drink, and hang out to refuel or refresh

"...documentary from the Eighties, during the height of the HIV/AIDS crisis. The film follows the struggles of indigenous and..."

Feb. 14, 2018 Qmmunity Post by Beth Sullivan

What’cha Watchin’?

Office Manager Carrie Young dives back into Animaniacs' earworms

"...An inspiring documentary about the early days of the AIDS crisis, and the men and women who fought to..."

Nov. 10, 2017 Screens Column

Mx. Justin Vivian Bond Comes to Austin

The queer cabaret legend is the friend we all need right now

"...community a cathartic release at the height of the AIDS crisis. “I felt that, as a young person, I..."

Sept. 7, 2017 Qmmunity Post by Beth Sullivan

Double Nickelodeons on the Dime

Plenty of opportunities to catch some classic films

"...31), the story of how ACT UP fought the AIDS crisis, and Hooligan Sparrow (June 19 & 21), a..."

May 26, 2017 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Queer Curator

Getting to know the Blanton's talented curator, Evan Garza

"...the existing checklist to include artworks produced during the AIDS crisis by such important artists as Felix Gonzalez-Torres, San..."

April 11, 2016 Qmmunity Post by Dan Gray

From the Archive: Welcome to Chaos

Originally published on Nov. 12, 1993: ATCEMS saves lives every day, but the stresses of the job have high costs

"...to mention increasing urban violence and the spread of AIDS – what plans are being made to meet future..."

May 8, 2015 News Feature by Raoul Hernandez

This Time It’s Personal

Michael Barker endows Ed Lowry Student Film Program at AFS

"...in October 1985 as an early victim of the AIDS crisis...."

Aug. 26, 2014 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

How'd He Do?

AFS Doc Nights: 'Koch'

"...infamous blackout of 1977. And the beginning of the AIDS crisis...."

Feb. 8, 2013 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Outing the Archive

The Austin History Center stands ready to gay up its archives

"...like to see how the community responded to the AIDS crisis in the 1980s...."

June 4, 2010 Features Feature by Andy Campbell

TV Eye

After watching the HBO production of Angels in America -- for all its faults and annoyances, its unrelenting attention to the crass and sensational -- I'm reminded all over again why TV can matter.

"...administration, particularly of its cold shoulder toward the blooming AIDS crisis in the mid-Eighties. But as I was watching..."

Dec. 5, 2003 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

In Person

"Cvetkovich opened by blasting Le Tigre's punk jam 'Keep on Livin'' from the overhead speakers, then led the audience in yogic chanting," writes Abe Louise Young of the UT professor and literary / social critic's April 25 Book Woman appearance. "'Partly this is about survival, and breath is critical to survival,' she said, bringing the audience to a deep, vibratory tonal convergence that reminded me of Annie Sprinkle's 'group energy orgasm' with a literary tilt."

"...butch-femme romantic dynamics; transnational migration narratives; activism during the AIDS crisis; and many other "counterpublic" sites where people transform..."

May 2, 2003 Books Feature by Abe Louise Young

Maverick Outsider

Avant-garde artist Willie Varela discusses politics, the nature of personal work, a career on the fringes, and what it's like to be a Chicano filmmaker.

"...to Bay Area activism and the breakout of the AIDS crisis, when some of my own friends and fellow..."

Oct. 29, 1999 Screens Feature by Athina Rachel Tsangari

Public Notice

Volunteer Some More

"...AIDS Services of Austin (ASA) A clearinghouse consortium of local..."

March 26, 1999 Column by Kate X Messer

Public Notice

"...AIDS Services of Austin (ASA) A clearinghouse consortium of local..."

Jan. 1, 1999 Column by Kate X Messer

Public Notice

The Best Volunteers

"...AIDS Services of Austin (ASA) A clearinghouse consortium of local..."

Sept. 25, 1998 Column by Kate X Messer

The History of the LGBTQ Movement in Austin

From Stonewall to today, how Pride has progressed in our city

"...in addition to the creation of the Austin Rape Crisis Center and the Center for Battered Women – which..."

Aug. 9, 2019 News Feature by Beth Sullivan

Public Notice

"...at it. (Part 2, next week.) Volunteer Opps A-H AIDS Services of Austin (ASA) Consortium of local AIDS Services..."

Aug. 8, 1997 Column by Kate X Messer

Public Notice

Spring Into Action

"...Austin area. (Part 2, next week). Volunteer Opps A-H AIDS Services of Austin (ASA) A consortium of local AIDS..."

March 28, 1997 Column by Kate X Messer

Public Notice

Star Power!

"...Faith Home Guardian angels needed for babies with AIDS. 4101 Wildwood, 78722. 302-4101, Kathy Holguin...."

Oct. 2, 1998 Column by Kate X Messer

Gay Place: Remember

World AIDS Day is way more than a red ribbon

"...those affected directly, and queer folk in general. World AIDS Day is way more than a red ribbon. It's..."

Dec. 2, 2011 Column by Kate X Messer

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