What I once thought was a lifeless, underwhelming city has now become the center point of my freedom.

Everyone has their version of Galveston. I have to be upfront and honest from the onset: I’m an IBC. For the uncultured swine who are not familiar with Galveston’s island lingo, that means “Islander By Choice.” But I’ve lived here for a decade now and have been visiting on weekends since I was 17 with my 10-foot blue longboard in the back of my red pickup. Shortly after high school graduation, I told my family I was homosexual. We lived in Pasadena, Texas, just outside Housto

Community means a lot of different things to a lot of different people. To me, as a new business owner on the island, it means cooperation

In an auspicious coincidence, last year’s return of the Galveston Pride Parade marked the one-year anniversary ...

We organized in meeting rooms at Rosenberg, we made connections among our community and allies, we successfully fundraiser...

As long as there has been a Galveston, there has been a queer community.