Thursday, June 10
FLAVNT Streetwear, an Austin-based queer clothing brand, is taking over the Little Gay Shop for Austintatious, an event that celebrates the trans community. Head over to Airport Boulevard for music by DJ Boyfriend, merch from local queer vendors and a raffle to raise money for Equality Texas. (thelittlegayshop.com)
Friday, June 11
Bring the heat to Cheer Up Charlies (7 p.m.): Frida Friday ATX and Fuego ATX are teaming up for a dance party and market centered around queer and trans people of color. Artists and performers include Chorizo Funk, La Morena and Tatiana Cholula. (fridafridayatx.org)
The category is ballroom (9 p.m.): Stasha Sanchez Garçon and DJ Akasha Luxe of HBO s Legendary will be special guests at the Coming to Austin Ball. Categories will include realness, runway, sex siren and butch queen in pumps. Presented by Capital City Ball and Austin Black Pride at Highland Lounge. Admission is $10 for ages 21 and older and $15 for gues
Jimmy Fallon Throws Jabs at Trumpâs New Tour With Bill OâReilly
âBackstage passes automatically come with a hush money payment of $130,000. Isnât that nice?â Jimmy Fallon joked.
âWhen he heard, Sean Hannity was like, âWell, I met someone new and totally awesome, too, so,ââ Jimmy Fallon said.Credit.NBC
June 9, 2021, 1:21 a.m. ET
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Donald Trump and Bill OâReilly announced a new speaking tour on Tuesday, with dates lined up in Texas and Florida for December.
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LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: If you want to dish out advice, it s best to know yourself first.
JOHN PAUL BRAMMER: Who was I other than a promiscuous, Twitter-addled, gay Mexican with chronic anxiety and comorbid mental illnesses who could barely answer his own emails in a timely manner without having a breakdown?
GARCIA-NAVARRO: That s John Paul Brammer, the man behind the advice column Hola Papi. The column began its life as a feature on Grindr, the gay dating app, becoming a hit. And it shares its name with Brammer s new memoir, which comes out Tuesday. And John Paul Brammer joins us now. Hola, papi.
lgbtq youth find more acceptance online as at home. they turn to the internet to seek advice. our next guest john paul grammar describes the work as quote the mexican dear abby for people all over the world. he is also the author of the new book hola papi. i think you win the award for most evocative book title. congratulations. tell me why write this now? thank you. yes. i think that s what i was going for, a title that jumped out at you and growing up in rural oklahoma i didn t have a lot of community. i write that not only was my family the only mexicans but some of the other people around period and i wanted to write a letter to say there are other people having experiences like you are. nothing is wrong with you and