Qmmunity: Honoring Black Trans Lives

This Pride Month and always

"...Stonewall Inn. Without the actions of Black and Latinx trans women, we don't have Pride. We can't separate Pride..."

June 5, 2020 Column by Beth Sullivan

Black Queer Lives Matter ATX Represents for the Marginalized Among the Marginalized

"...and Natalie Sanders came together to form Black Queer Lives Matter ATX in response to what they saw as..."

Nov. 27, 2020 Features Feature by Beth Sullivan

Queer Weekend of Action for Black Lives

Rally, march celebrates Austin’s Black queer and trans communities

"...to host a Queer Weekend of Action for Black Lives this Fri.-Sun., June 26-28, in support of Austin’s Black..."

June 25, 2020 Qmmunity Post by Beth Sullivan

Qmmunity: 2020's Biggest Queer and Trans Stories

Looking back on a rollercoaster of a year

"...way to go." – Beth Sullivan 2020's Biggest Queer and Trans Stories..."

Dec. 18, 2020 Column by Beth Sullivan

Trans Crowdfund Live Brings Laughs, Art, and Gender-Affirming Care Support

Virtual show fundraises to support BIPOC trans Austinites

"...The origin of Friday’s Trans Crowdfund Live virtual show begins when local activist and..."

March 3, 2021 Qmmunity Post by James Scott

The Garden Left Behind Bears Witness to Anti-Trans Violence

A new paradise lost from filmmaker Flavio Alves

"...the story of Tina (Carlie Guevara), an undocumented, Mexican trans woman living in New York with her undocumented grandmother..."

March 8, 2019 Screens Feature by Sarah Marloff

Qmmunity: Queer Rights and Queer Lives at the Texas Lege

News from Austin’s Pink Dome, plus this weekend’s top queer events

"...brought us nearly double the number of anti-queer and -trans bills than the previous session (see this week's "Lege..."

March 19, 2021 Column by Beth Sullivan

The Closer Tackles Trans Issues Uncomfortably

Beau Bridges plays a transwoman on The Closer.

"...last Monday's episode of TNT's The Closer, playing a transwoman named Georgette. He played one of the detective's former..."

Dec. 23, 2009 Qmmunity Post by Lola Houston

Qmmunity: Now Than Never

Local orgs hold Queer Weekend of Action for Black Lives

"...– if standing in solidarity with Black queer and trans folks feels so urgent to you now, then why/how..."

June 26, 2020 Column by Beth Sullivan

Anti-LGBTQ Nonsense Sucks Up AISD Oxygen

Texas Values, Concerned Parents of Texas sow fear and misinformation

"...fabric of society, Naomi Wilson was fed up. The trans activist attended the Austin ISD Board of Trustees meeting..."

Aug. 30, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Qmmunity: Let the Haters Eat Cake

Plus, beer that gives back, storytelling for Stonewall, and more LGBTQ events

"...But this Pride Month, let me be clear: No matter how you define your queerness or where your queer..."

June 21, 2019 Column by Sarah Marloff

Qmmunity: We're Here, We're Queer, We're So Gonna Vote

GOTV with Pride at the Polls

"...orgs Austin Pride, Austin Black Pride, Austin Latinx Pride, Transgender Education Network of Texas, and Black Queer and Trans..."

Oct. 16, 2020 Column by Beth Sullivan

Qmmunity: Transitioning to the Big Screen

For Qmmunity Editor James Scott’s birthday, and Transgender Awareness Week, five trans movie recommendations

"...editor demanding my immediate firing because I didn't mention Transgender Awareness Week. Being an actual trans guy didn't make..."

Nov. 17, 2023 Column by James Scott

Top 10 Social Justice Stories

The year in equal rights

"...1) Black Lives Matter 17-year-old David Joseph was naked and unarmed when..."

Dec. 30, 2016 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Qmmunity: Leading the Drag Revolution

Vanguard showrunner Hermajestie the Hung talks challenging bigots & creating a space “ruled by love and governed by freaks”

"...action, Hermajestie the Hung's showcase of Black, queer, and trans talent every Tuesday on the Swan Dive stage leads..."

April 29, 2022 Column by James Scott

Gay Place: Seal '14 With a Kiss

Seal '14 with a kiss

"...1) IT'S A TRANS, TRANS, TRANS, TRANS, WORLD No jokes, no games, only..."

Jan. 2, 2015 Column by Kate X Messer

Wish List: TENT Needs Community Engagement

Contributing to trans equality

"...to do so by supporting the statewide advocacy group Transgender Education Network of Texas...."

Dec. 20, 2016 News Post by Montinique Monroe

Changing Nations, Changing Generations: PJ Raval’s Who We Become

Austin filmmaker on his not-a-pandemic-project pandemic project

"...filmmaker exploring the death of Jennifer Laude, a Filipino trans woman, murdered by Joseph Scott Pemberton, a U.S. Marine..."

Jan. 9, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Adds 102 Movies to 2019 Film Festival Lineup

After Us, what else does the film fest have in store?

"...exploration of the city's radical experiment in building new lives after falling through the safety net in Community First,..."

Jan. 16, 2019 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

The Opportunity to Reimagine Public Safety Is Here Right Now. Will Austin Take It?

“We want everything that can be done outside of the police, to be done outside of the police.”

"...to "defund" Austin's police force after last summer's Black Lives Matter protests...."

April 30, 2021 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Faster Than Sound: Austin Music Commission Considers a Black Live Music Fund

Envisioning a Black Live Music Fund and fixing the Broken Spoke

"...at a Monday meeting. Following nationwide rallies for Black Lives Matter, Commission Vice Chair Jonathan "Chaka" Mahone of Riders..."

July 10, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Gay Place

It’s time to take care of our own

"...School Dance Party is asking for $3-5 for Black Lives Matter (see Sat.), while tonight's Guerrilla Queer Bar is..."

Dec. 9, 2016 Column by Sarah Marloff

Iconic Pink Palace Co-op for Sale After 30 Years

Future is uncertain for Black and brown artists in residence

"...In 2020, however, in the wake of reinvigorated Black Lives Matter protests, outgoing residents resolved to turn the Palace..."

Jan. 5, 2024 News Feature by Carys Anderson

“One Solution: Revolution!”

UT protesters took to the streets Wednesday for anti-Trump march

"...of the issues currently plaguing our country – racism, transphobia, blind hatred toward Muslims – but seemed angry and..."

Nov. 10, 2016 News Post by Sarah Marloff

Read The Platforms

"...v. Wade. Fundamentalists will control education, quash gay and trans rights, and install their version of “family values” at..."

Oct. 12, 2020 Postmarks

We Have an Issue: Seen and Heard

In this week's cover story, the survivors of police violence at last May's protests share their stories of continued trauma and search for justice

"...Queer Art Livestreamed Carys Anderson reviews Girls Like Us, a live music..."

Feb. 5, 2021 Column by Kimberley Jones

All the Neighborhood's a Stage in the Drive-Through Vortex Odyssey

The Vortex keeps things safe, sacred, and mythically provocative in their newest stage spectacle

"...exploring the crucial themes of our shifting age: Black Lives Matter, systemic racism, grand uprising, pandemic, and climate crisis...."

Sept. 25, 2020 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Qmmunity: The Best Little Gay Shop in Austin

Sometimes you want to shop where everything’s made by queers

"...literature made exclusively by the LGBTQIA community. The NYC transplants, who moved here two years ago, started the LGS..."

July 31, 2020 Column by Beth Sullivan

Qmmunity: On Finding Queer Joy

Plus, more Pride events to help you forget it’s hot outside

"...Chile, Sunday at 11am). From her support of Black Lives Matter to her new company, re-inc – co-founded with..."

June 14, 2019 Column by Sarah Marloff

Headlines

"...his increasingly frightening radical rump after saying a Black Lives Matter protester at a recent campaign event deserved to..."

Nov. 27, 2015 News Feature

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