Your Queer Guide to Austin

A crash course on the city's LGBTQ parties, prides, and resources

"...Austin is a city known for many things: bats, music,..."

Sept. 5, 2018 Qmmunity Post by Sarah Marloff

PRIDE Weekend 2010: I Am QueerBomb. I Am Austin Pride.

How queer is your Pride? How Austin is your bomb?

"...year of great growing pains for Pride celebrations in Austin. It's the year the Austin Gay and Lesbian Chamber..."

June 4, 2010 Features Feature by Kate X Messer

Putting the Austin Into Wizard World Austin

Local talent appearing at the geek culture gathering

"...all things geek, wondrous, collectible and nerdy, arrives in Austin today. But aside from all the Hollywood names, wrestling..."

Oct. 2, 2014 Books Post by Richard Whittaker

Paxton Amps Up Anti-LGBT Legal Fight

Texas AG leads 13-state coalition to block the Obama administration's transgender-inclusive directive to schools

"...General Ken Paxton recently ramped up his crusade against LGBT Texans with a request for a nationwide preliminary injunction..."

July 15, 2016 News Feature by Mary Tuma

How Austin's Queer Community Supports Its Own

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

"...acts are born from extraordinary circumstances, but every day, Austin's queer community shows up for one another in ways..."

Aug. 10, 2018 Arts Feature by Sarah Marloff

Amplify Austin 2015: Under the Rainbow

We hat-tip the Amplify nonprofits that serve and support LGBTQIA

"...With just a day or two left until Amplify Austin cranks the giving up to 11, your friendly neighborhood..."

March 3, 2015 Qmmunity Post by Blake McCoy

City to Review LGBT Rights Performance

CM Riley wants Austin to be equality leader

"...Austin may lead Texas in supporting LGBT rights, but City..."

May 30, 2014 News Feature by Brandon Watson

Two Austin Churches Move Toward Inclusion

First United Methodist and St. David's Episcopal move towards LGBT inclusion

"...knows the church has a PR problem with the LGBT community. "For many people, the only image they have..."

March 8, 2013 News Feature by Brandon Watson

The History of the LGBTQ Movement in Austin

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

"...lot of money in 1990. When the city of Austin required liability insurance to host a gay event in..."

Aug. 9, 2019 News Feature by Beth Sullivan

I Pee With LGBT

Richard Linklater debuts ad denouncing the Texas bathroom bill

"...their sleeves, pulling down their pants, and peeing with LGBT” after Austin native and renowned director Richard Linklater collaborated..."

Feb. 22, 2017 Qmmunity Post by Courtney Naquin

Point Austin: Hate Crimes Require Sparks Before They Ignite

Who’s holding the guns?

"...From 2005-2020, now-retired Austin Chronicle News Editor Michael King wrote about city and..."

Sept. 8, 2023 News Post by Michael King

Austin Earns Top Grade in LGBTQ Scorecard

HRC report: Austin, Dallas, Ft. Worth, most LGBTQ-friendly in state

"...Austin continues to lead the nation in offering inclusive policies..."

Oct. 18, 2016 News Post by Mary Tuma

Austin Pride 2009

Event listings

"...DESERT Movie. Costume contest. Dance party. All for the Austin Gay & Lesbian International Film Festival. We are so..."

June 5, 2009 Features Feature

Gay Place Goes to Comic Con Austin

What? Gays who like comics, card games, and roleplay? Shut yo' mouth!

"...was moving it's annual Comic Con from Dallas to Austin, my Spidey-Sense started tingling...."

Nov. 18, 2010 Qmmunity Post by Nakia

Austin Pride 2008

The party goes on all month long ...

"...at Lady Bird Lake, 474-5475, 474-4422. $15 ($10, advance). info@austinprideparade.org, marianne@equalitytexas.org, www.pridetexas.org, www.austinprideparade.org...."

June 13, 2008 Features Feature

Guide to Austin Improv

The venues, events, troupes, and individuals who have transformed Austin into a "Yes, and" boomtown

"...spontaneity, practitioners of the unpredictable. They are improvisers, and Austin is overrun with them...."

Aug. 26, 2016 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Austin Gay Men’s Chorus Sings for Gen Z and Queer Community

Concert looks to keep Austin young and queer’d

"...21% of adults in Generation Z identified on the LGBT spectrum...."

May 12, 2022 Qmmunity Post by James Scott

Indoor Queers Club: LGBT-Boo!

Queer horror picks from your trusty Chronicle crypt keepers

"...Horror holds a special place in the queer community and everyone has their favorites they reach for. (Shout-out..."

Oct. 28, 2022 Qmmunity Post by James Scott

Qmmunity: Austin’s Queer Community Feels Effects of SXSW Cancellation

Now's the time show local support however you can

"...The shutdown is a devastating financial loss for countless community members, spanning small-business owners to creatives, go-go dancers to..."

March 13, 2020 Column by Beth Sullivan

Austin Film Society Announces 2015 Grants

Newcomers and established names get AFS boost

"...money for indie filmmaking is even tougher. As the Austin Film Society announces the winners of the 2015 AFS..."

Sept. 1, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

A Queer Renaissance in Austin?

AGLIFF's new mission and upstart QueerBomb

"...One of my first visits to Austin was in October of 2005 when my film Life..."

June 3, 2010 Qmmunity Post by Steven Cheslik-deMeyer

Queer-Owned Austin Coffee Shops Share Their Stories

Getting coffee from the LGBT and making the perfect espresso

"...different when procured from a local, queer-owned establishment, and Austin's got plenty to choose from. Here are three queer-owned..."

Oct. 14, 2022 Food Feature by James Scott

Austin Film Society Announces 2017 Film Grants

$143,000 in cash and support awarded to 34 filmmakers

"...The Austin Film Society supports Texas filmmaking in myriad ways –..."

Aug. 28, 2017 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Health Inequities Dog Austin

Racial disparities are glaring

"...Today, a partnership between the City of Austin, Travis County, and Central Health unveiled Healthy ATC, a..."

Aug. 19, 2015 News Post by Amy Kamp

Point Austin: Will This One Make a Difference?

Orlando could be a turning point ... or else it won't be

"...place of solidarity" and civil rights activism for the LGBT community. "So this is a sobering reminder that attacks..."

June 17, 2016 News Column by Michael King

Dog Toys and Puppy Sports Lead Our Recommended Community Events

Bucking broncos, drag vampires, and more highlights

"...Thursday 8, Austin Creative Reuse..."

Feb. 9, 2024 Arts Feature by Kat McNevins

A Map of Austin's Queer Bars From the Fifties to Today

Got a photo or memory from a bar from years past? Share it!

"...Did Sarah and Beth's history of Austin's LGBTQ movement feature story get you walkin’ down memory..."

Aug. 16, 2019 Qmmunity Post by Katelyn Landry

Austin Chamber Musical Festival Sixth Annual Pride Concert

Was G.F. Handel on your Gaydar?

"...and lesbian composers whose music is celebrated in the Austin Chamber Music Festival's annual Pride Concert, figures from the..."

July 11, 2014 Arts Feature by Natalie Zeldin

Oscar-Winning Screenwriter Revisits Milk With Austin Screening

Dustin Lance Black on the pendulum of progress

"...to his native state (and recently established homebase of Austin) for a special screening of Gus Van Sant-directed Milk..."

May 3, 2019 Screens Post by Beth Sullivan

LGBTQ Bars Reclaim Their Place as Community Hubs

After Orlando, queer space is more important than ever

"...tragedy at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, the queer community is still coming to terms with the truth we've..."

Aug. 26, 2016 Food Feature by Sarah Marloff

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