Who is working for LGBTQ+ equality in Texas, and the longer arguments about language, history and what Austin still lacks. Start with where the plan for an Austin LGBTQ+ center stands.
Austin doesn’t have an LGBTQ+ community center yet, but it’s closer than it has been. A City-funded feasibility study is done. On August 17, 2026, the City’s LGBTQ Quality of Life Advisory Commission voted 14 to 0 to recommend the Guadalupe Fire Station, at 3002 Guadalupe Street, as the center’s future home. That’s a recommendation…
“Queer” was used as a slur for most of the 20th century, and it can still be one, depending on who says it and how. It’s also the word about half of LGBTQ adults in the U.S. now use for themselves. In a January 2025 Pew Research Center survey, 48% of LGBTQ adults said they…