The heart of the BRC, I believe, can be found in the programs and services we offer to our community. During the COVID-19 pandemic, although our physical doors are closed, our heart is still open and continues to serve the needs of the LGBTQ+ community. I was hired as the Program Director in late May […]Read More
A request from an El Paso 5 year old for a special guest at her own birthday party became an internet sensation. When Covid-19 shut down everything in March 2020, Drag Queen Story Hour-El Paso had to pivot hard. Story Hours moved online for the first time, and children and their families continued to enjoy […]Read More
At forty-one years of age, I am nowhere near where I thought I would be when I was younger and still trying to figure out what I wanted to be when I grew up. I spent most of high school hiding from how I felt about who I knew I was, and much of my […]Read More
I recently “came out” professionally, meaning: while working I won’t defer to the word “spouse“ and I WILL say WIFE. I won’t pull back from conversations about family, in fear of rejection or losing my job. The company I work for is amazing and all of my colleagues are incredibly supportive. We have a large […]Read More
Being an Asexual in a hypersexualized world can make a person feel like they are broken from an early age. While other teenagers are discussing their first sexual encounters, the Asexual can easily say they haven’t found “the one” yet; that person who will make them want to have sex as much as their friends. […]Read More
April Fools’ Day 2020 did not have the laughter, pranks and jokes that we’ve come to expect or anticipate. As a culture, we’ve been cut off from social gatherings to protect the larger public health and safety concerns brought on by COVID-19. But as humans, we still need laughter, the chance to share, the space […]Read More
On Friday, officials with the Border AIDS Partnership announced that four organizations from Juárez and El Paso would receive $50,000 in grants from the organization next week. The official presentation of funds from Border AIDS Partnership to the organizations will take place at 10 a.m. Friday, February 21 in the El Paso Community Foundation Room, 333 North Oregon. The […]Read More
The 3rd annual Race for the Cause 10K & 5K Walk/Run, sponsored by OneADP El Paso, returns this weekend. The event is scheduled for June 8th at ADP located at 7651 San Felipe Drive here in El Paso. Of the funds raised during the event, 50% stays here in El Paso and goes to the Borderland […]Read More
Over the last year I have been taking my students to the Borderland Rainbow Center and begun volunteering and sending consumers to get services from the BRC. I have learned to call the little house at the BRC home. As a queer Deaf woman I am welcomed with open arms. Understand I am extremely passionate […]Read More
Sundays are generally family days for me. And as I prepared myself for PFLAG’s Youth Trans Visibility Event, I had the thought I wanted to stay home to be with my family. As soon as this thought entered my mind, I quickly reminded myself what this event was about: that I get the opportunity to […]Read More
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