A Story and a Study of Queer Realities
Sighs Too Deep For Words By William Jack Sibley CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform $15, 314 pp. Lester Briggs has just finished a five-year prison sentence for stealing, of all things, a church, and travels to Rockport, Tex., to find the love of his life: Laurel Jeanette, a woman he has never met, but who corresponded…
Drag's New Dawn in SA
At first, it’s the bone structure that tips me off. Then, the thick, full lips. But ultimately, it’s the way he walks with unmistakable precision through Lulu’s crowded restaurant on Main that finally confirms that this man in a Spurs t-shirt could be none other than the singular Tencha La Jefa. When he joins our…
San Antonio's Glacial Progress on LGBT Rights
One by one, activists, family members, and allies of LGBT San Antonians stood before their councilmembers, demanding the gay community be treated as more than second-class citizens. Recounting emotional, first-person stories of victimization and intolerance, testifiers urged council to pass a measure that codifies their societal equity by granting them the same protections as their…
Review of the Revamped Luther’s Cafe
Luther’s Café has been around since 1949. I came upon it much later, thank you very much, when it was still the kind of greasy burger joint where you could sit at the counter and watch your very own patty being poked and prodded. And I watched the place itself morph in many ways —…
Can SA’s “Gay Dollar” Make Policy Impact?
Money talks, but does it make a sound if no one is listening? San Antonio LGBT consumers pack enough buying power to bankroll the entire city budget for a year and a half. Yet in many cases here, they’re still fighting for full citizenship in both the workplace and public policy. Washington D.C.-based Witeck Communications…
