LOVE IS IN THE AIR—ENTER THE PRIDE WEDDING CONTEST

(CORPUS CHRISTI) – For the fourth time since the inception of PRIDE Week celebrations in Corpus Christi, a contest will be held to reward an LGBTQIA+ couple with a free wedding during PRIDE Week in June 2020. The contest, held by the Mosaic Project of South Texas, which organizes the annual...

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BOARD ASKS FOR PUBLIC INPUT ON SLOGANS/MOTTOS TO GUIDE PRIDE 2020

CORPUS CHRISTI) — For PRIDE 2020, the Mosaic Project of South Texas is seeking the community’s assistance in selecting a slogan or motto that will guide and empower the celebration of PRIDE Month (June 2020) and encourage broad support and participation in local PRIDE Week activities...

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World AIDS Day raises awareness in Coastal Bend, quilt unveiled

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The public unveiling of the AIDS Memorial Quilt was held on Sunday, Dec. 1, 2019, at the Coastal Bend Wellness Foundation located at 2882 Holly Road. Immediately following the World AIDS Day there was a memorial service and candlelight vigil was held at St. Paul’s...

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THE MOSAIC PROJECT OF SOUTH TEXAS & COASTAL BEND WELLNESS FOUNDATION TO HOST AN EXHIBITION OF THE NOBEL PRIZE NOMINATED AIDS MEMORIAL QUILT SUNDAY, DECEMBER 1—FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6

Sections of the internationally celebrated AIDS Memorial Quilt – the 54-ton, handmade tapestry that stands as a memorial to more than 96,000 individuals lost to AIDS – will be on view from Sunday, December 1 to Friday, December 6, 2019, at the Coastal Bend Wellness Foundation, 2882 Holly Road,...

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PBS/AMERICAN EXPERIENCE DOCUMENTARY “STONEWALL UPRISING” TO HIGHLIGHT LGBT HISTORY MONTH

Free tickets to the screening of the PBS/AMERICAN EXPERIENCE documentary “Stonewall Uprising” on Tuesday, October 15, 2019, at 6 p.m. at Del Mar College, 101 Baldwin, in the Harvin Student Center’s Retama Room (Second Floor) are now available from the Eventbrite link on the PRIDE Corpus Christi...

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LGBT HISTORY MONTH TO FEATURE PBS/AMERICAN EXPERIENCE DOCUMENTARY “STONEWALL UPRISING”

The public is invited to commemorate LGBT History Month and attend a free screening of the PBS/AMERICAN EXPERIENCE documentary “Stonewall Uprising” on Tuesday, October 15, 2019, at 6 p.m. at Del Mar College, 101 Baldwin, in the Harvin Student Center’s Retama Room (Second Floor). The event is...

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LARGEST AND MOST SUCCESSFUL PRIDE WEEK IN CORPUS CHRISTI

This week’s PRIDE activities designed to raise the profile of the LGBTQIA+ community and emphasize their dignity, respect and economic and social value in the Coastal Bend was resoundingly successful with record numbers of participants and spectators. Despite incredible heat and high humidity,...

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MOSAIC PROJECT CONDEMNS HATE CALLS, DEATH THREATS

The Mosaic Project of South Texas, the non-profit organization that plans and hosts PRIDE Corpus Christi events, unequivocally condemns violence and all threats of violence—in any form, whatsoever. PRIDE Corpus Christi was founded in the days after the Pulse Nightclub massacre when 49 innocent...

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LARGEST EVER PRIDE EVENTS ON TAP FOR SATURDAY

The celebration of PRIDE Week 2019 in Corpus Christi will continue this weekend with the largest ever PRIDE Parade and Block Party ever held in Corpus Christi. More than 50 entries with more than 500 floats, vehicles and marchers will join the mile-long PRIDE Parade along Shoreline Boulevard...

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MOSAIC PROJECT CONDEMNS LOCAL DISCRIMINATION AGAINST LGBT COMMUNITY

Two events this morning in Corpus Christi highlight the importance of PRIDE celebrations and demonstrate why the struggle for equality, dignity, respect, and understanding of the LGBTQIA+ community must continue. First, at the Nueces County Commissioner’s Court PRIDE Week proclamation, County...

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