Miles from Zilker Park, eight independent artists drew tourists and locals alike from the stomping grounds of Austin City Limit Music Festival, for a festival of their own.
On Oct. 20, a new collective for LGBTQIA+ individuals kicked off with a launch party just north of the University of Texas at Austin’s campus. ORANGE Magazine got in touch with the founders of this new club, PURDEE, to shine some light on this unique outlet for Austin’s queer voices.
The LGBTQ+ community has always been a profitable market for the entertainment industry. It’s important to understand the ways in which major corporations take advantage of an easily targeted demographic.
Hundreds gathered at the state capitol and marched to Fourth Street at Colorado Street for a vigil led by the LGBT+ community to honor the lives lost in the mass shooting that took place early Sunday morning at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Fla.
As the minutes ticked closer to 8 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 20, hundreds of motorcycles, pick-up trucks, Fiats and one MetroRapid bus lined up on San Jacinto Boulevard. In one block, a police Hummer sat idle only feet away from a life-sized Fleshlight dancing atop a parade float. Lady Gaga’s “Born This Way” blared from a pair of speakers as a group of young women sprayed hair products into each other’s pink and purple wigs.
