By Celine Vasquez KTSW Multimedia Photographer September in San Marcos is Pride Month. To kick it off, SMTX Pride hosted its ninth annual pride festival with headlining performances from local drag queens Eileen Dover and Brianna St. James. on Sept. 9. The festival included a march and expo with many vendors for San Martians alike. Showcased in this gallery, Celine Vasquez photographed the event for KTSW Multimedia.
By Madelyn Weirich News Reporter https://soundcloud.com/ktswnews/concert-ambience?si=54d46e31e0334ee889abd4ab47c24897&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing Tequila Rose is no stranger to the spotlight. With her iconic '60s-inspired hair, vibrant dresses, heels and stage presence, the Texas State alum has been stealing the show since the birth of her alter ego in 2016. This Saturday evening, Tequila Rose acted alongside five other performers to perform a Drag Showdown at the Marc. The event was part of an all-day “Loud and […]
By Victoria Garcia Blog Content Contributor SAN MARCOS, Texas– June is pride month! There are multiple pride events happening all month long, but it doesn’t only exist in June. Pride should be celebrated all year long! That’s the goal of SMTX Pride. SMTX Pride started off with “Rainbow Nights” which were nights when Sylvia Sandoval, the founder of SMTX Pride, would participate in bar takeovers with her queer friends. This […]
By Kadence MaKenna Assistant Copy Editor The drag community is joining in on the Pride Month celebrations in San Marcos, Texas. The month of June is filled with events to honor the LGBTQIA+ community and their ongoing achievements. People around the world join together to celebrate Pride Month each year since the Stonewall Riots. The riots began in Manhattan, New York after police raided the Stonewall Inn on […]
By Faith VaraMusic Director July not only marks the first official month of summer, but it also marks the official end of Pride Month, a celebration honoring the 1969 Stonewall riots in Manhattan. While many see this as only a month-long celebration, members of the LGBTQ+ community continue to celebrate and express their gender identities and sexual orientations in the fight for equality and inclusion. In honor of the many […]
By Autumn McGowanWeb Content Contributor Happy Pride Month! Things are slowly opening back up after Covid, which means that this month can be the glorious celebration of queerness it was meant to be. While we are celebrating, let us not forget that this month was chosen to commemorate the Stonewall Uprising of 1969, when fed up drag queens and trans women of color decided to fight for their right to […]
By Jernice KelleyWeb Content Contributor An addiction described as a heightened dependency on a substance, thing or activity. It is something that does not only affect one set group or person. Anyone can be dealing with these issues no matter what walk of life they are from. However, addiction does disproportionately affect the LGBTQ+ population at an alarming rate. The chances of those in the sexual minority to suffer from […]
By Andrea MauWeb Content Contributor With June coming to an end, major events such as the second wave of COVID-19 and racial tensions are hot topics on our minds. However, we mustn’t forget that June is also the month of Pride and celebrating the LGBTQ+ community will further contribute to the civil rights movements prevalent today, which work against discrimination and brutality based on race or sexual preference. With that […]
By Jenise Jackson Blog Content Contributor From 2009 through 2016, Barack Obama declared June to be LGBT Pride Month. Unfortunately, the LGBT community has been snubbed of that official declaration, but that has not stopped members of the community and their allies from kicking off the month of June with the traditional celebration. To honor LGBT Pride Month in my own little way, I thought I would list some things […]
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