A rainbow trail now passes through the Pride Cultural Heritage District along North Main Avenue. Its colors are now on sidewalks instead of crosswalks, after Go
A rainbow trail now passes through the Pride Cultural Heritage District along North Main Avenue. Its colors are now on sidewalks instead of crosswalks, after Governor Greg Abbott ordered political messages be removed from roadways.
“They may have removed the crosswalks but the community was here before the crosswalks,” said John Barker, co-owner of The Strip SA. Many fought to keep the LGBTQIA+ symbol. San Antonio city officials even asked to have the crosswalks exempt from the order, but their request was rejected. They were forced to make the change or face funding cuts from the state. “I think we put up a good fight, we lasted a lot longer than most cities,” said Michel Rendon, chair of the LGBTQ Advisory Board. Right before the crosswalks were removed, a nonprofit group called Pride SA sued the city, trying to get its leaders to fight harder to keep the crosswalks, but it failed. Attendees say Sunday’s ribbon-cutting event marks progress they’ve been hoping for. The sidewalk painting came at a cost. Councilmembers clashed over $170,000 in public works funding used for the project. “In terms of public dollars being used for something like this, this is where I have a big problem,” said Marc Whyte.“I think for anybody who’s not sure of their sexuality, not sure of coming out yet, they know when they come out to the strip this is where they belong,” said Michel Rendon. “All groups in San Antonio know they are welcome here and that’s what makes San Antonio so great. We have a bunch of different groups, a bunch of different beliefs,” said Marc Whyte.Rendon says they also made sure to add a black, brown, blue, pink and white triangle in the hopes minority and trans individuals feel welcome as well.SAN ANTONIO - Police say they shut down an illegal gambling operation on the city’s East Side, seizing dozens of slot machines in a bust the department called aSAN ANTONIO - A body was discovered in a brush fire early Saturday morning on the city's East Side.The scene occurred near the 1500 block of Rigsby Avenue arounPORT ARANSAS, Texas - A spring breaker, captured in a viral video twerking on top of a Jeep in Port Aransas, has died after he was later thrown from the vehicle in a crash.The crash happened about two weeks ago.MichaelSAN ANTONIO - Two people are dead following a high-speed crash early Sunday morning after a reported series of vehicle break-ins in a far West Side neighborhoodSAN ANTONIO - This morning, closing arguments will be heard in the capital murder trial of Christopher Preciado. He is the man accused in the killing of a young couple and their unborn baby.
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