|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Up Front Henry Ford Academy Fosters Gay-Straight AllianceBy James Courtney Gay-Straight Alliance (GSA) groups have been helping to empower LGBTQIA individuals (especially youth) since at least as early as the late 1970s or early 1980s. The Gay-Straight Alliance Network (GSAN), a national network that seeks to unite and support GSA clubs around the country, officially became statewide in California in 2001, though it began coalescing around founder Carolyn Laub in 1998. By 2005, the GSAN began operating programs nationally. Especially prevalent and essential in colleges, GSAs can also increasingly be found to operate in both public and private high schools, and even some middle schools. MORE Arts & Culture Fashion Designer Agosto Cuellar Wants to Keep San Antonio LaméBy Sarah Fisch Agosto Cuellar is a veteran visionary in this town. Couturier, entrepreneur and social activist, he’s got deep roots and wide wings, having owned and operated legendary Southtown resale shop Jive Refried, created collections of irreverent, often-recycled garments that have landed him in serious Project Runway consideration, and DJed at big events and unexpected venues citywide. He currently works as the merchandising maven at Goodwill, where he combines his unparalleled eye for revolutionary fashion with his dedication to green design, recombination and fashion at every price point, and has been the fashion designer/creative director at AC19 Projects since 1999. MORE Books El Mundo Zurdo Conference Celebrates Queer Tejana Icon Gloria E. AnzaldúaBy Susana N. Ramírez “Write in the kitchen, lock yourself up in the bathroom. Write on the bus or the welfare line, on the job during meals, between sleeping and waking,” Tejana author, theorist and philosopher Gloria E. Anzaldúa (1942-2004) once wrote. Born in the South Texas city of Raymondville, Anzaldúa wrote for queer brown women — but also wrote for the world. Norma E. Cantú, founder of the Society for the Study of Gloria E. Anzaldúa (SSGA), notes that Anzaldúa’s writing is taught globally: in Italy, Austria, Poland and Mexico, among other countries. MORE Food & Nightlife Chef Heather Nañez Heads Up New Bohanan’s Venture Peggy’s on the GreenBy Ron Bechtol Let’s stop short of using the term promiscuous (I’ll get flack anyway), but it is undeniable that chefs can be peripatetic, nomadic, quixotic at the very least — moving from place to place and kitchen to kitchen in order to scratch an itch, gain experience, garner a better paycheck … or to escape an intolerable boss. All perfectly valid reasons. But not Heather Nañez. Despite a confessed condition of serious ADD (“I can’t even watch a whole movie,” she says), she has remained at her current job for more than 13 years. MORE People Attorney María Salazar Is a Voice for the Vulnerable and a Builder of BridgesBy Rudy Arispe María R. Salazar was 5 years old when she held her first important job. MORE Columns On the Chartreuse Couch: Gene Elder Interviews Tony VillejoBy Gene Elder Gene: Hi Tony! Welcome to the Chartreuse Couch. Tony: Hi Gene, thanks for the interview. MORE STYLE Getting Buzzed at Vee’s Chop ShopBy Elizabeth G. Rodríguez Vee Hernandez’s studio space in the Salons by JC is decorated with San Antonio Spurs and New England Patriots collectibles. A mini fridge in the corner is stocked with cold water and soda. In many ways, Vee’s Chop Shop is a typical stylist’s station, but to watch the petite, curly-haired Vee cut hair is to watch an artist deeply immersed in her work, gently gripping a client’s head for added precision, bringing radiance to a human canvas. MORE ASK OUT Metamorphoses: Medical Transition and Where Gatekeeping Is HeadedBy Polly Anna Rocha Like a large portion of transgender women, I have experienced immense difficulty accessing the proper care that I’ve required to medically transition. When I first came out publicly as a trans woman, one of my goals was to start hormone replacement therapy (HRT) as soon as possible, but I quickly learned that it isn’t as easy as showing up to a doctor and getting a prescription. MORE LOVE & LUST Eating Clean to Get DirtyBy Faith Harper Clinical nutrition work has been a bigger and bigger part of my private practice recently. People who aren’t digging talk therapy (or already have an amazing therapist) are coming in for nutritional coaching sessions because they want to boost their physical, mental and emotional health with nutrition and natural supplements. Less reliance on pharmaceutical demigods and more focus on giving our bodies what they need to be healthy? This is the kind of thing that gives me hope for the future of humanity. MORE |
SLIDESHOWS
|
|
|
