On June 22, 2019, hundreds of thousands of attendees gathered in Downtown Houston for the city’s annual LGBTQ Pride Celebration—this year marking 50 years since Stonewall! Spectrum South passed out swag, snapped photos, and spread our mission at the celebration’s festival before heading to the always colorful nighttime parade. Check out our photo recap of the full celebration below. Happy Pride!…
Spectrum South and Veer Queer have officially joined forces to bring you more queer southern content each month! To celebrate, we hosted a live event to kick off the podcast’s brand-new season on January 24, 2019, at Sharespace Preston. Hosts Julien Gomez, Mai Ha, and Endesha Haynes sat down with special guest Jessica Zyrie for a conversation on her experience as a trans model, QTPOC activism, and southern roots.…
The Spectrum South Night performance of Emilio Rodriguez's Swimming While Drowning was held on October 17, 2018 at Stages Repertory Theatre.…
Spectrum South was proud to sponsor the 26th annual Houston Transgender Unity Banquet, held on September 15, 2018 at the Doubletree Houston Intercontinental Airport.…
The Closing Night of QFest Houston 2018, presented by Spectrum South, was held on Monday, July 30 at Rice Cinema. The evening included the festival’s official awards presentation (Freedom of Vision Award, Best Picture, Best Direction, Best Performance, Best Screenplay, and Best Short Film), a screening of Yen Tan’s gripping film 1985, and an after party of drinks, dancing, and mixing and mingling.…
On June 23, 2018, over 700,000 attendees gathered in Downtown, Houston for the city's 40th annual LGBT Pride Celebration. Spectrum South passed out swag, snapped photos, and spread our mission at the celebration’s festival before heading over to the always colorful nighttime parade. Check out our photo recap of the full celebration below. Happy Pride!…
A grand unveiling of the new #BeVisible Pride Wall was held on Thursday, April 5, 2018 at the Jenni’s Noodle House in the Houston Heights. Jim Obergefell, the named plaintiff in the historic Obergefell v. Hodges Supreme Court case that legalized nationwide marriage equality, was in attendance to speak on the importance of LGBTQ visibility.…
Spectrum South’s first-ever Vie de Femme event celebrating queer femme identity across the spectrum was held on March 29, 2018 at the Sharespace Preston Warehouse. The evening was a queer twist on Women’s History Month and featured musical, burlesque, and spoken word performances by artists of various femme expressions.…
The Spectrum South Night performance of Leap and the Net Will Appear was held on February 23 at The Catastrophic Theatre. The thought-provoking, gender-bending play was followed by a post-show discussion led by Spectrum South writers Josh Inocéncio and Crimson Jordan, who answered audience questions about queer identities presented in the evening’s performance.…
The Her Destination Unknown (HDU) AIDS Charity Auction was held on February 25, 2018 at Pearl Bar.…
