Mario Leal Jr is a San Antonio-based journalist. He has worked across newsrooms and creative media in Texas.
Three televised debates in the Texas U.S. Senate race now have dates, venues, and broadcast partners. Democrat James Talarico has accepted all three. Republican Ken Paxton has not confirmed any of them. * Sept. 22, 8 p.m. CT — Rio Grande Valley (NBC/Telemundo/Hearst) * Oct. 6, 8 p.m.
As of July 31, Texas bans hemp products built on Delta 8, Delta 10, THC-P and THC-A flower — now Schedule 1 controlled substances. Possession is a state jail felony: 180 days to two years, plus fines up to $10,000. Shops that keep selling can lose their hemp
A decade ago, getting on PrEP in Austin meant a consultation, a round of labs, and a follow-up. Kind Clinic's new Same Day program is trying to collapse all of that into a Friday afternoon walk-in.
EXCLUSIVE San Antonio’s Turner Hall was constructed more than a century ago as a gathering space to improve its community. Now home to a gay bar called the Bonham Exchange, the storied building survived the Civil War, both World Wars, the 1921 flood, and the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Today,
While ghosts and goblins haunted courtrooms — casting their wicked spells on queer Texans — a small haven in the woods of Stockdale leisurely gathered around a campfire on Halloween weekend, naked and unafraid. Camp Nackte, one of four currently functioning LGBTQ+ campgrounds in Texas, sits nestled between farmland and in a