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Fiesta Cornyation’s Court of Chaotic Wisdom promises to bring down the house at the Empire
This year’s iteration welcomes Anet Alaniz — owner of the off-kilter store Pig Liquors — as King Anchovy LVI.
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USAA, Spurs’ Kiss Me Cam: The top 10 headlines in San Antonio this week
Readers also checked out news about right-wing gasbag State Rep. Bryan Slaton’s bullshit bill that would let Texans decide whether to secede from the United States.
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Conservative lawmakers push for review of school board group’s guidance on transgender students
Texas Freedom Caucus asked Attorney General Ken Paxton to weigh in on school board association’s guidance for navigating complex issues related to transgender youth.
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Top Stories of 2022: San Antonio’s biggest news stories reflect tough choices, political divisions
Some of the year’s top stories also involved systemic problems that aren’t an easy fix.
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Assclown of the Year 2022: U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz
Texas’ junior senator started the year on a low note, and it’s only been downhill from there.
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San Antonio among the best cities for LGBTQ+ homebuyers, study says
San Antonio was one of only three Texas cities to rank in the top 20.
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Texas lead the nation in anti-LGBTQ+ protests staged at drag performances this year
‘The analysis shows increasingly violent rhetoric and incidents as the year progressed, including armed white supremacists demonstrating in Texas,’ the report states.
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‘Shit Sandwich Cop,’ Pearl Parking: The top 10 headlines in San Antonio this week
Folks also read up on an armed militia’s attempt to intimidate the city’s LGBTQ+ community by protesting outside a Christmas-themed drag show.
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Armed militia shows up to San Antonio drag show, is met with even more counter-protesters
The counter-protesters, some of whom were armed, outnumbered the right-wing militants by three to one.
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Assclown Alert: Creating a dangerous atmosphere with Texas’ anti-LGBTQ+ lawmakers
As the increasing threats against drag shows suggest, the Texas GOP’s anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric has consequences.
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Armed militia protesting San Antonio drag show on Tuesday has history of provocation
The same group was involved in a tense standoff with Black Lives Matter protesters downtown in 2020.
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Batchelor Trial, Cannabis Decriminalization: The top 10 headlines in San Antonio this week
Crime and punishment played heavily in the San Antonio Current‘s most-read headlines this week.
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Picks Bar to host official San Antonio Spurs watch party this Saturday
Fans can watch on the big screen as the Silver and Black take on the Miami Heat.
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Feds arrest Texas man charged with threats to Boston doctor who cares for transgender children
The 38-year-old Hill Country man faces up to five years in prison, if convicted.
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Same-sex marriage bill passes U.S. Senate over objections of Texas’ Ted Cruz and John Cornyn
Constitutional law experts dispute the claim by Texas’ two senators that the bill would invite lawsuits against religious groups.
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Comedian Sandra Bernhard comes to San Antonio for show benefitting area LGBTQ+ organizations
Bernhard is returning to Texas for her first San Antonio performance in a decade.
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Bad Takes: Matt Walsh’s claims about trans kids are vile. So is Joe Rogan for offering him a forum.
Matt Walsh, a columnist for The Daily Wire, erroneously claimed ‘millions’ of kids had received hormone blockers.
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Suspect in Colorado LGBTQ+ nightclub shooting once lived in San Antonio, records show
Anderson Lee Aldrich attended NEISD’s Johnson High School as a freshman in 2015 but withdrew from the school in October of that year.
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Sens. Ted Cruz and John Cornyn of Texas vote to block bill codifying same-sex marriage
The Defense of Marriage Act was advanced in the Senate on Wednesday with the support of 12 Republicans.