September 8, 2026

    Mildred’s Umbrella Celebrates 25 Years

    Houston's Mildred's Umbrella turns 25 with an all-women season featuring Jen Silverman's Collective Rage and Lauren Gunderson's Anthropology — and, for the first time, no men on stage.
    September 8, 2026

    Country, Camp, and The Cowgays: Nashville Trio Makes Houston Debut

    Nashville's Cowgays—Adam Mac, Brooke Eden, and Chris Housman—bring '90s country camp to The Diana Foundation's 63rd annual brunch, benefiting Montrose Grace Place and Out for Education.
    September 8, 2026

    Kevin Anderson Named Montrose Center’s 2026 LGBTQ+ Innovator

    The T.R.U.T.H. Project founder Kevin Anderson receives the Montrose Center's 2026 LGBTQ+ Innovator Award, honoring 15 years of healing spaces for queer and trans communities of color.
    September 8, 2026

    Montrose Center Honors Amanda McMillian at Out for Good

    Named the Montrose Center's first LGBTQ+ Health Advocate Award recipient, United Way of Greater Houston CEO Amanda McMillian talks trust, misinformation, and why asking for help takes courage.
    September 3, 2026

    When Gloria Steinem spoke, the world listened

    Gloria Steinem, the Ms. magazine co-founder who spent six decades as the literal face of second-wave feminism—aviators and all—has died at 92. From "A Bunny's Tale" to the ERA fight to her Upper East Side talking circles, she kept the movement moving, even when it meant rethinking her own positions.
    September 2, 2026

    Tucson, Arizona, police investigate gay bar shooting as a possible hate crime

    Two men were shot and killed in the parking lot of Venture-N, a longtime Tucson gay bar, early Monday. The shooter, who also died, was carrying a note listing several LGBTQIA+ -associated businesses, police say
    August 25, 2026

    Texas’ limits on certain drag shows ruled unconstitutional again

    U.S. District Judge David Hittner ruled Tuesday that Texas Senate Bill 12 is unconstitutional, reaffirming his 2023 decision after the Fifth Circuit briefly let the law take effect earlier this year.
    August 24, 2026

    Pride Houston 365 48th Annual Pride Parade 2026 – Pt. III

    Pride Houston 365 returned to downtown Houston on August 15 for its rescheduled 48th Annual Pride Parade, bringing nearly 90 contingents together for a nighttime celebration of LGBTQ visibility, community, and Pride.
    August 6, 2026

    Ben Chavez’s Last Day, County Fair. Grows into a Full-Length Musical

    Performing Arts Houston gives singer-songwriter Ben Chavez the room to expand his 2025 New/Now piece Last Day, County Fair into a full-length concept musical premiering this September at the Wortham Center.
    August 6, 2026

    Houston Cellist Nathaniel Cook Joins Recording Academy

    Houston-based cellist Nathaniel Cook joins the Recording Academy's Class of 2026, bringing a queer voice — and a genre-spanning career — to the table shaping the Grammy Awards.

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