Abilene Pride Alliance: Change in Leadership
After careful consideration and deliberation, the Abilene Pride Alliance made a swift and necessary change in its executive leadership. James Wagstaff is now serving as the acting president of APA’s …
Why do we celebrate Pride?
There is an exceptionally idiotic refrain that queer people get tired of hearing, especially in June. It goes somehing like, “Why do you have to have a public holiday around …
Can’t Cancel Pride
This year the Abilene Pride Alliance is excited to join Proctor & Gamble and I Heart Radio for the 3rd #CantCancelPride event!
2022 Trans Day of Visibility
Today, the Abilene PRIDE Alliance (APA), Abilene and the Big Country’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) civil rights organization, honors the International Transgender Day of Visibility (TDOV). Held annually on March 31, International Transgender Day of Visibility is a time to celebrate transgender and non-binary people around the globe and acknowledge the courage it takes to live openly and authentically. APA & other advocates also use the day to raise awareness around discrimination and violence that trans people still face.
Texas LGBT Heroes
The Abilene PRIDE Alliance is proud to be partnering with The Borderland Rainbow Center to present the LGBTQ+ Heroes Project El Paso, TX — The Borderland Rainbow Center is thrilled to announce …
Response to Governor Abbott’s targeting of Trans Children and their Parents
We are saddened and infuriated that the governor of the state of Texas has chosen to use at-risk children and their parents as a blatant scapegoat. This obvious and calculated …
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A Very Sordid Evening with Del Shores
Buy Tickets THE EVENT On February 18th, Big Country AIDS Resources in partnership with the Abilene PRIDE Alliance will be proud to bring you an evening with Del Shores. The …
About Del Shores
Del Shores is the writer/director/producer of the films Sordid Lives, Blues for Willadean, Southern Baptist Sissies, and A Very Sordid Wedding. He wrote and executive produced the MGM feature Daddy’s …
Reimagining PRIDE
Through a lot of deliberation, the Abilene PRIDE Alliance has decided that with the delta variant of Covid-19 on the rise in our community it would be irresponsible for us …
APA celebrates Trevor’s dress code victory at Clyde ISD.
One of the most important pieces of the Abilene Pride Alliance’s mission is to advocate for justice. When APA heard of Trevor Wilkinson’s plight as a male student not being …
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