On Wednesday, June 2, KSAT 12 anchors Steve Spriester and Isis Romero will be hosting a town hall on KSAT.com to discuss the LGBTQ community in San Antonio and the meaning of Pride Month.
Pride Center offers new free group therapy for LGBTQ youth of color, Spanish speakers
Three-year study showed need for hyper-focused group counseling for queer community
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One is in such high demand that the spots are already filled.
The free program will cater to young people of color and Spanish speakers in the queer community.
“As a young person that was a queer-identified person, there wasn’t resources available to me. I was raised in northwest Texas in Amarillo,” said Robert Salcido.
Salcido stayed true to himself, eventually becoming the executive director of the Pride Center of San Antonio. The center offers case management, counseling and support to the local LGBTQ + community.
“People saw her as a matriarch, a mother-figure,” said her wife, Deborah Myers.
She said Nickie was one of the first openly gay women in San Antonio. She came out in the 1960′s during a time when it wasn’t readily accepted.
“She had this courage and this strength about her that allowed her to just be herself,” Deborah said.
Nickie’s activism started early on. In the 1970′s she co-founded Dignity San Antonio, one of the longest running LGBTQ+ organizations in the city.
Their mission is for inclusion for LGBTQ+ people in and out of the Catholic church. Deborah said it was Nickie’s life-work.