Arts & Entertainment

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.

Former New Braunfels ISD lead librarian Amanda Hunt says AI screening under SB13 stripped hundreds of LGBTQ and inclusive titles from shelves, and speaking out cost her a job she loved.

Benjamin Alire Sáenz, the gay former priest whose novel "Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe" won Stonewall and Lambda honors and drew book bans, has died in El Paso at 71.

Houston performance artist and CHamoru entrepreneur Shylah Salas talks Butoh, business, and building belonging ahead of Indigenous Peoples' Day.

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.

Houston-born musician and visual artist Angela Uhegwu, who performs as S.O.U.L.A.S.P.H.E.R.E, weaves her Nigerian upbringing and queer identity into music, videos, and a spiritual exploration of her craft.

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.

Houston Pride Orchestra founder Ruby Ortiz on stumbling into music, being bullied out of a classroom, and building a space where queer musicians can finally feel safe.

A new ensemble is giving Houston's LGBTQIA+ string, woodwind, brass, and percussion musicians a place to belong — and a stage to be celebrated, not just tolerated.

The Garden Theatre skates the cult Broadway musical into MATCH this August, with producing artistic director Logan Vaden calling it "children's theater for middle-aged gay folks."