Day: March 12, 2016

The urban bat colony flying out from beneath the Ann W. Richards Congress Avenue Bridge at dusk in Austin. (Photo: Courtesy of the Austin Convention and Visitors Bureau)

Austin’s Queer Vibe Beckons LGBT Travelers

Girls That Roam Heads South To Check Out Texas’ Quirky And Cool Capital City And The Queering Of The Famed South By Southwest Festival by Heather Cassell We had never traveled with our friends as a couple before, so a group of us heading to Austin was a new adventure, as new as heading to […]

Dej Loaf performing on the Yahoo! stage at Brazos Hall at South by Southwest 2015. (Photo: David Tait / South by Southwest)

SXSW Gets Queer For Its 30th Year

Art, intellectuals, and technology create a perfect storm for cool confabs, like the wildly popular South by Southwest Festival, which turns 30 this year, and kicked off in Austin, Texas on Friday.

The annual indie festival and conference, taking place March 11-20, attracts upward of 72,000 attendees from around the globe to check out hundreds of musicians, artists, innovative thought leaders, and new technologies.