>> IN THE HEART OF DOWNTOWN >> IN THE HEART OF DOWNTOWN
SAN ANTONIO. THERE’S A NIGHT >> IN THE HEART OF DOWNTOWN
SAN ANTONIO. THERE’S A NIGHT
CLUB THAT’S BEEN A SAFE SPACE SAN ANTONIO. THERE’S A NIGHT
CLUB THAT’S BEEN A SAFE SPACE
FOR THE LGBTQ PLUS COMMUNITY CLUB THAT’S BEEN A SAFE SPACE
FOR THE LGBTQ PLUS COMMUNITY
FOR THE PAST 40 YEARS, IT’S ON FOR THE LGBTQ PLUS COMMUNITY
FOR THE PAST 40 YEARS, IT’S ON
THE BACKSIDE OF THE HOUR. FOR THE PAST 40 YEARS, IT’S ON
THE BACKSIDE OF THE HOUR.
THE TEXAS CRADLE OF LIBERTY THE BACKSIDE OF THE HOUR.
THE TEXAS CRADLE OF LIBERTY
GENERATIONS OF SAN ANTONIANS THE TEXAS CRADLE OF LIBERTY
GENERATIONS OF SAN ANTONIANS
HAVE BECOME FAMILIAR WITH THE GENERATIONS OF SAN ANTONIANS
HAVE BECOME FAMILIAR WITH THE
BOTTOM OF EXCHANGE SEEN THE HAVE BECOME FAMILIAR WITH THE
BOTTOM OF EXCHANGE SEEN THE
LIGHT AND THE MULTIPLE ROOM BOTTOM OF EXCHANGE SEEN THE
LIGHT AND THE MULTIPLE ROOM
THAT THE MUSIC BLARING IN. LIGHT AND THE MULTIPLE ROOM
THAT THE MUSIC BLARING IN.
YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY JUST THAT THE MUSIC BLARING IN.
YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY JUST
LAUGHING AND HAVING A GOOD TIME YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY JUST
LAUGHING AND HAVING A GOOD TIME
AND IT WAS JUST LIKE I WAS AT LAUGHING AND HAVING A GOOD TIME
AND IT WAS JUST LIKE I WAS AT
HOME, I THINK THAT THIS IS AND IT WAS JUST LIKE I WAS AT
HOME, I THINK THAT THIS IS
JUST. HOME, I THINK THAT THIS IS
JUST.
>> IT’S A PLACE THAT YOU CAN JUST.
>> IT’S A PLACE THAT YOU CAN
JUST LET GO AT LEAST IT’S >> IT’S A PLACE THAT YOU CAN
JUST LET GO AT LEAST IT’S
A LIGHT FROM THE DRAG SHOWS TO JUST LET GO AT LEAST IT’S
A LIGHT FROM THE DRAG SHOWS TO
THE DANCE FLOOR. THE BOTTOM IS A LIGHT FROM THE DRAG SHOWS TO
THE DANCE FLOOR. THE BOTTOM IS
A SAN ANTONIO STAPLE WHERE ALL THE DANCE FLOOR. THE BOTTOM IS
A SAN ANTONIO STAPLE WHERE ALL
ARE WELCOME EVERYBODY GOES A SAN ANTONIO STAPLE WHERE ALL
ARE WELCOME EVERYBODY GOES
THERE KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT AND ARE WELCOME EVERYBODY GOES
THERE KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT AND
THEY EMBRACED WITH OPEN ARMS. THERE KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT AND
THEY EMBRACED WITH OPEN ARMS.
>> IT’S HERE. THEY EMBRACED WITH OPEN ARMS.
>> IT’S HERE.
>> WHERE I LOVE EVERYBODY WEAR. >> IT’S HERE.
>> WHERE I LOVE EVERYBODY WEAR.
LIVE AND LET LIVE KIND OF PLACE >> WHERE I LOVE EVERYBODY WEAR.
LIVE AND LET LIVE KIND OF PLACE
WHERE A GAME 5 THAT WELCOMES LIVE AND LET LIVE KIND OF PLACE
WHERE A GAME 5 THAT WELCOMES
EVERYBODY BUT THE BOTTOM OF WHERE A GAME 5 THAT WELCOMES
EVERYBODY BUT THE BOTTOM OF
THIS MORE THAN JUST A PLACE FOR EVERYBODY BUT THE BOTTOM OF
THIS MORE THAN JUST A PLACE FOR
A FUN NIGHT OUT THIS MORE THAN JUST A PLACE FOR
A FUN NIGHT OUT
BAKED INTO THE BUILDING’S WALLS A FUN NIGHT OUT
BAKED INTO THE BUILDING’S WALLS
IS A WEALTH OF HISTORY. BAKED INTO THE BUILDING’S WALLS
IS A WEALTH OF HISTORY.
IN THIS EPISODE OF KSAT IS A WEALTH OF HISTORY.
IN THIS EPISODE OF KSAT
EXPLAINS WE’RE TAKING A LOOK AT IN THIS EPISODE OF KSAT
EXPLAINS WE’RE TAKING A LOOK AT
THE HISTORY AND THE LEGACY OF EXPLAINS WE’RE TAKING A LOOK AT
THE HISTORY AND THE LEGACY OF
THE BOTTOM EXCHANGE. THE HISTORY AND THE LEGACY OF
THE BOTTOM EXCHANGE.
>> AND THE MAN WHO STARTED IT THE BOTTOM EXCHANGE.
>> AND THE MAN WHO STARTED IT
ALL. >> AND EMMA AND THE BATTLE. >> AND EMMA AND THE BATTLE.
♪ >> AND EMMA AND THE BATTLE.
♪
♪ WE DON’T GET OUR CITY. AN WE DON’T GET OUR CITY. AN
EXAMINATION OF WHAT IT MEANS TO WE DON’T GET OUR CITY. AN
EXAMINATION OF WHAT IT MEANS TO
BE BLACK. ♪ AND THIS WEEK SHOW IS ALL ABOUT AND THIS WEEK SHOW IS ALL ABOUT
AND I. ♪ >> THANKS FOR JOINING US FOR >> THANKS FOR JOINING US FOR
THIS EPISODE OF KSAT EXPLAINS >> THANKS FOR JOINING US FOR
THIS EPISODE OF KSAT EXPLAINS
I’M THIS EPISODE OF KSAT EXPLAINS
I’M
MYRA ARTHUR JULY 2021 WILL MARK I’M
MYRA ARTHUR JULY 2021 WILL MARK
40 YEARS SINCE THE BONHAM MYRA ARTHUR JULY 2021 WILL MARK
40 YEARS SINCE THE BONHAM
EXCHANGE OPENED IN DOWNTOWN SAN 40 YEARS SINCE THE BONHAM
EXCHANGE OPENED IN DOWNTOWN SAN
ANTONIO. YOU CAN SEE IT’S EXCHANGE OPENED IN DOWNTOWN SAN
ANTONIO. YOU CAN SEE IT’S
UNDERGOING SOME CHANGES RIGHT ANTONIO. YOU CAN SEE IT’S
UNDERGOING SOME CHANGES RIGHT
NOW, BUT OVER THE PAST 4 UNDERGOING SOME CHANGES RIGHT
NOW, BUT OVER THE PAST 4
DECADES. THIS PLACE HAS SEEN NOW, BUT OVER THE PAST 4
DECADES. THIS PLACE HAS SEEN
A LOT. COUNTLESS DRINKS POURED DECADES. THIS PLACE HAS SEEN
A LOT. COUNTLESS DRINKS POURED
DANCES SHARED, BUT OF COURSE A LOT. COUNTLESS DRINKS POURED
DANCES SHARED, BUT OF COURSE
THAT HAPPENS A LOT OF DANCES SHARED, BUT OF COURSE
THAT HAPPENS A LOT OF
NIGHTCLUBS. THIS SITE, HOWEVER THAT HAPPENS A LOT OF
NIGHTCLUBS. THIS SITE, HOWEVER
HAS TREMENDOUS HISTORY NIGHTCLUBS. THIS SITE, HOWEVER
HAS TREMENDOUS HISTORY
AND THE BIRTH OF THE BOTTOM CAN HAS TREMENDOUS HISTORY
AND THE BIRTH OF THE BOTTOM CAN
BE ATTRIBUTED TO ONE MAN, AND THE BIRTH OF THE BOTTOM CAN
BE ATTRIBUTED TO ONE MAN,
A MAN KNOWN AS A VISIONARY AND BE ATTRIBUTED TO ONE MAN,
A MAN KNOWN AS A VISIONARY AND
A PIONEER FOR THE LOCAL LGBTQ A MAN KNOWN AS A VISIONARY AND
A PIONEER FOR THE LOCAL LGBTQ
PLUS COMMUNITY BUT FOR THE A PIONEER FOR THE LOCAL LGBTQ
PLUS COMMUNITY BUT FOR THE
ENTIRE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AS PLUS COMMUNITY BUT FOR THE
ENTIRE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AS
WELL. HE LEFT HIS MARK ON SOME ENTIRE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AS
WELL. HE LEFT HIS MARK ON SOME
SIGNATURE SITES THAT WE ALL WELL. HE LEFT HIS MARK ON SOME
SIGNATURE SITES THAT WE ALL
KNOW AROUND TOWN TODAY BUT HIS SIGNATURE SITES THAT WE ALL
KNOW AROUND TOWN TODAY BUT HIS
VISION FOR KNOW AROUND TOWN TODAY BUT HIS
VISION FOR
THIS SPACE WAS TO CREATE A SAFE VISION FOR
THIS SPACE WAS TO CREATE A SAFE
PLACE FOR THE LGBTQ PLUS THIS SPACE WAS TO CREATE A SAFE
PLACE FOR THE LGBTQ PLUS
COMMUNITY TO COME AND BE PLACE FOR THE LGBTQ PLUS
COMMUNITY TO COME AND BE
THEMSELVES AND TO HAVE FUN COMMUNITY TO COME AND BE
THEMSELVES AND TO HAVE FUN
DOING IT. RJ MARQUEZ EXPLAINS THEMSELVES AND TO HAVE FUN
DOING IT. RJ MARQUEZ EXPLAINS
THE HISTORY OF THE BOTTOM DOING IT. RJ MARQUEZ EXPLAINS
THE HISTORY OF THE BOTTOM
EXCHANGE AND SOME OF THE THE HISTORY OF THE BOTTOM
EXCHANGE AND SOME OF THE
NIGHTCLUBS AND THE CONTROVERSY. EXCHANGE AND SOME OF THE
NIGHTCLUBS AND THE CONTROVERSY.
THAT NIGHTCLUBS AND THE CONTROVERSY.
THAT
PRECEDED IT. THAT
PRECEDED IT.
>> WHILE TODAY ACCEPTANCE OF PRECEDED IT.
>> WHILE TODAY ACCEPTANCE OF
THE LGBTQ PLUS COMMUNITY IS >> WHILE TODAY ACCEPTANCE OF
THE LGBTQ PLUS COMMUNITY IS
MORE WIDESPREAD THAT WASN’T THE LGBTQ PLUS COMMUNITY IS
MORE WIDESPREAD THAT WASN’T
ALWAYS THE CASE. MORE WIDESPREAD THAT WASN’T
ALWAYS THE CASE.
THE WORLD WAR 2 ERA IN SAN ALWAYS THE CASE.
THE WORLD WAR 2 ERA IN SAN
ANTONIO PLAYED AN IMPORTANT THE WORLD WAR 2 ERA IN SAN
ANTONIO PLAYED AN IMPORTANT
ROLE IN SETTING THE STAGE FOR ANTONIO PLAYED AN IMPORTANT
ROLE IN SETTING THE STAGE FOR
THAT PROGRESS FOR ROLE IN SETTING THE STAGE FOR
THAT PROGRESS FOR
THE COMMUNITY. THAT PROGRESS FOR
THE COMMUNITY.
>> WHEN THOUSANDS OF MILITARY THE COMMUNITY.
>> WHEN THOUSANDS OF MILITARY
SERVICE PERSONNEL CAME INTO THE >> WHEN THOUSANDS OF MILITARY
SERVICE PERSONNEL CAME INTO THE
AREA FROM OTHER PARTS OF THE SERVICE PERSONNEL CAME INTO THE
AREA FROM OTHER PARTS OF THE
COUNTRY THAN MEN AND WOMEN WHO AREA FROM OTHER PARTS OF THE
COUNTRY THAN MEN AND WOMEN WHO
HAD COUNTRY THAN MEN AND WOMEN WHO
HAD
THIS OPPORTUNITY TO COME OUT OF HAD
THIS OPPORTUNITY TO COME OUT OF
THEIR WORLD. COUNTS. THIS OPPORTUNITY TO COME OUT OF
THEIR WORLD. COUNTS.
>> AND IT’S. THEIR WORLD. COUNTS.
>> AND IT’S.
>> GO TO DICK CITIES AND FOR >> AND IT’S.
>> GO TO DICK CITIES AND FOR
MANY FOR THE FIRST TIME CONNECT >> GO TO DICK CITIES AND FOR
MANY FOR THE FIRST TIME CONNECT
WITH. MANY FOR THE FIRST TIME CONNECT
WITH.
♪ WITH.
♪
>> OTHER WOMEN ♪
>> OTHER WOMEN
IN THAT. SO IT’S A REALLY >> OTHER WOMEN
IN THAT. SO IT’S A REALLY
IMPORTANT WATERSHED ERA. IN THAT. SO IT’S A REALLY
IMPORTANT WATERSHED ERA.
>> FOR EVOLVING. IMPORTANT WATERSHED ERA.
>> FOR EVOLVING.
>> AND IDENTITY OF LGBTQ >> FOR EVOLVING.
>> AND IDENTITY OF LGBTQ
IDENTITY >> AND IDENTITY OF LGBTQ
IDENTITY
OR IDENTITY. IDENTITY
OR IDENTITY.
>> MELISSA GOKEY IS AN OR IDENTITY.
>> MELISSA GOKEY IS AN
ASSISTANT ARCHIVIST AT UTSA ANY >> MELISSA GOKEY IS AN
ASSISTANT ARCHIVIST AT UTSA ANY
LOCAL LGBTQ HISTORIAN. ASSISTANT ARCHIVIST AT UTSA ANY
LOCAL LGBTQ HISTORIAN.
>> HER RESEARCH SHOWS THAT LOCAL LGBTQ HISTORIAN.
>> HER RESEARCH SHOWS THAT
WHILE THERE WERE SOME SMALL >> HER RESEARCH SHOWS THAT
WHILE THERE WERE SOME SMALL
RUNDOWN CLUBS AND BARS IN TOWN WHILE THERE WERE SOME SMALL
RUNDOWN CLUBS AND BARS IN TOWN
THAT WOULD ALLOW AND CUSTOMERS. RUNDOWN CLUBS AND BARS IN TOWN
THAT WOULD ALLOW AND CUSTOMERS.
>> MOST OF THE COMMUNITY HAD TO THAT WOULD ALLOW AND CUSTOMERS.
>> MOST OF THE COMMUNITY HAD TO
GO TO THE NEWS IN THE OUTSKIRTS >> MOST OF THE COMMUNITY HAD TO
GO TO THE NEWS IN THE OUTSKIRTS
OF TOWN TO FEEL A SENSE GO TO THE NEWS IN THE OUTSKIRTS
OF TOWN TO FEEL A SENSE
OF SAFETY. OF TOWN TO FEEL A SENSE
OF SAFETY.
>> IT’S ONE OF MY HELOTES CLOSE OF SAFETY.
>> IT’S ONE OF MY HELOTES CLOSE
TO THE LOW IS CALLED >> IT’S ONE OF MY HELOTES CLOSE
TO THE LOW IS CALLED
♪ TO THE LOW IS CALLED
♪
>> PULSE CROWDS. ♪
>> PULSE CROWDS.
ALSO KNOWN AS THE COUNTRY IS >> PULSE CROWDS.
ALSO KNOWN AS THE COUNTRY IS
VERY POPULAR ALSO KNOWN AS THE COUNTRY IS
VERY POPULAR
WELL AS BEING MEN COULD GO VERY POPULAR
WELL AS BEING MEN COULD GO
THERE WITHOUT FEAR OF DISCOVERY WELL AS BEING MEN COULD GO
THERE WITHOUT FEAR OF DISCOVERY
PAULS GROVE OPENED IN THE THERE WITHOUT FEAR OF DISCOVERY
PAULS GROVE OPENED IN THE
1920’S AS A PAULS GROVE OPENED IN THE
1920’S AS A
SPORTS VENUE. 1920’S AS A
SPORTS VENUE.
>> THOUGH HE SAID THAT BY THE SPORTS VENUE.
>> THOUGH HE SAID THAT BY THE
1960’S AND 70’S IT WAS A >> THOUGH HE SAID THAT BY THE
1960’S AND 70’S IT WAS A
MICROCOSM OF CLEAR LIFE THE 1960’S AND 70’S IT WAS A
MICROCOSM OF CLEAR LIFE THE
SAN ANTONIO AND WHILE HE WAS MICROCOSM OF CLEAR LIFE THE
SAN ANTONIO AND WHILE HE WAS
RATED PERIODICALLY BY LOCAL AND SAN ANTONIO AND WHILE HE WAS
RATED PERIODICALLY BY LOCAL AND
MILITARY POLICE IT WAS THOUGHT RATED PERIODICALLY BY LOCAL AND
MILITARY POLICE IT WAS THOUGHT
TO BE A SAFE PLACE FOR MEN AND MILITARY POLICE IT WAS THOUGHT
TO BE A SAFE PLACE FOR MEN AND
WOMEN DID NOT HAVE TO HIDE SO TO BE A SAFE PLACE FOR MEN AND
WOMEN DID NOT HAVE TO HIDE SO
NOT ONLY WOULD LESBIANS AND MEN WOMEN DID NOT HAVE TO HIDE SO
NOT ONLY WOULD LESBIANS AND MEN
GO THEIR COUPLES FREQUENTLY, NOT ONLY WOULD LESBIANS AND MEN
GO THEIR COUPLES FREQUENTLY,
BUT THEIR CHILDREN OUT THERE. GO THEIR COUPLES FREQUENTLY,
BUT THEIR CHILDREN OUT THERE.
>> TO SPEND THE WEEKEND BUT THEIR CHILDREN OUT THERE.
>> TO SPEND THE WEEKEND
♪ >> TO SPEND THE WEEKEND
♪
>> AND JUST BE ABLE TO BE WHO ♪
>> AND JUST BE ABLE TO BE WHO
THEY WERE. >> AND JUST BE ABLE TO BE WHO
THEY WERE.
AND BEING THAT THAT SPACE THEY WERE.
AND BEING THAT THAT SPACE
INSULATED FROM WHATEVER AND BEING THAT THAT SPACE
INSULATED FROM WHATEVER
DISCRIMINATION. INSULATED FROM WHATEVER
DISCRIMINATION.
WAS OUT THERE WAS GROUP CLOSED DISCRIMINATION.
WAS OUT THERE WAS GROUP CLOSED
AFTER A FIRE IN 1973. BUT LATER WAS OUT THERE WAS GROUP CLOSED
AFTER A FIRE IN 1973. BUT LATER
THAT YEAR. AFTER A FIRE IN 1973. BUT LATER
THAT YEAR.
>> THE SAN ANTONIO COUNTRY THAT YEAR.
>> THE SAN ANTONIO COUNTRY
NIGHTCLUB OPEN NEAR DOWNTOWN >> THE SAN ANTONIO COUNTRY
NIGHTCLUB OPEN NEAR DOWNTOWN
THE NAME AN OBVIOUS NOT TO THE NIGHTCLUB OPEN NEAR DOWNTOWN
THE NAME AN OBVIOUS NOT TO THE
OLD COUNTRY NIGHTCLUB. THEY THE NAME AN OBVIOUS NOT TO THE
OLD COUNTRY NIGHTCLUB. THEY
COUNTED ON HAVING THAT PLACED OLD COUNTRY NIGHTCLUB. THEY
COUNTED ON HAVING THAT PLACED
TO COUNTED ON HAVING THAT PLACED
TO
♪ TO
♪
RETREAT TO. ♪
RETREAT TO.
OUT IN THE COUNTRY AWAY FROM RETREAT TO.
OUT IN THE COUNTRY AWAY FROM
PRYING EYES. SO WHEN IT BURNED. OUT IN THE COUNTRY AWAY FROM
PRYING EYES. SO WHEN IT BURNED.
♪ THEY HAVE THIS OTHER SPACE IN THEY HAVE THIS OTHER SPACE IN
THE SAN ANTONIO THEY HAVE THIS OTHER SPACE IN
THE SAN ANTONIO
♪ THE SAN ANTONIO
♪
COUNTRY DOWNTOWN. ♪
COUNTRY DOWNTOWN.
AND FROM ALL THE DESCRIPTIONS COUNTRY DOWNTOWN.
AND FROM ALL THE DESCRIPTIONS
ARE BRED AND ALL THE PEOPLE AND FROM ALL THE DESCRIPTIONS
ARE BRED AND ALL THE PEOPLE
I’VE TALKED TO. ARE BRED AND ALL THE PEOPLE
I’VE TALKED TO.
>> IT WAS A MAGNIFICENT SPACE I’VE TALKED TO.
>> IT WAS A MAGNIFICENT SPACE
ARTHUR HAPPY VELTMAN WAS THE >> IT WAS A MAGNIFICENT SPACE
ARTHUR HAPPY VELTMAN WAS THE
MAN BEHIND THE SAN ANTONIO ARTHUR HAPPY VELTMAN WAS THE
MAN BEHIND THE SAN ANTONIO
COUNTRY NIGHTCLUB. MAN BEHIND THE SAN ANTONIO
COUNTRY NIGHTCLUB.
>> HE WAS A LOCAL LAWYER COUNTRY NIGHTCLUB.
>> HE WAS A LOCAL LAWYER
DEVELOPER RESTAURANT AND CLUB >> HE WAS A LOCAL LAWYER
DEVELOPER RESTAURANT AND CLUB
OWNER. HIS IMPACT ON THE CITY DEVELOPER RESTAURANT AND CLUB
OWNER. HIS IMPACT ON THE CITY
IS ABSOLUTELY MASSIVE AND WE’RE OWNER. HIS IMPACT ON THE CITY
IS ABSOLUTELY MASSIVE AND WE’RE
GOING TO TALK ABOUT HIM IN JUST IS ABSOLUTELY MASSIVE AND WE’RE
GOING TO TALK ABOUT HIM IN JUST
A FEW MINUTES, BUT FIRST OF ALL GOING TO TALK ABOUT HIM IN JUST
A FEW MINUTES, BUT FIRST OF ALL
THIS LOCATION RIGHT HERE AT THE A FEW MINUTES, BUT FIRST OF ALL
THIS LOCATION RIGHT HERE AT THE
CORNER OF NORTH SAINT MARY’S THIS LOCATION RIGHT HERE AT THE
CORNER OF NORTH SAINT MARY’S
AND MCCULLOUGH IS WHERE HE CORNER OF NORTH SAINT MARY’S
AND MCCULLOUGH IS WHERE HE
OPENED THE SAN ANTONIO COUNTRY AND MCCULLOUGH IS WHERE HE
OPENED THE SAN ANTONIO COUNTRY
NIGHTCLUB. SO IT’S OBVIOUSLY OPENED THE SAN ANTONIO COUNTRY
NIGHTCLUB. SO IT’S OBVIOUSLY
NOT HERE ANYMORE. IT’S BEEN NIGHTCLUB. SO IT’S OBVIOUSLY
NOT HERE ANYMORE. IT’S BEEN
TURNED INTO A PARKING LOT AFTER NOT HERE ANYMORE. IT’S BEEN
TURNED INTO A PARKING LOT AFTER
THE CLUB WAS DEMOLISHED. TURNED INTO A PARKING LOT AFTER
THE CLUB WAS DEMOLISHED.
BUT IT WAS UNLIKE ANY OTHER THE CLUB WAS DEMOLISHED.
BUT IT WAS UNLIKE ANY OTHER
CLUB OR BAR IN OUR CITY’S BUT IT WAS UNLIKE ANY OTHER
CLUB OR BAR IN OUR CITY’S
HISTORY IT WASN’T ON THE EDGES CLUB OR BAR IN OUR CITY’S
HISTORY IT WASN’T ON THE EDGES
OF TOWN HISTORY IT WASN’T ON THE EDGES
OF TOWN
IT WAS RIGHT HERE RIGHT IN THE OF TOWN
IT WAS RIGHT HERE RIGHT IN THE
MIDDLE OF DOWNTOWN SAN ANTONIO. IT WAS RIGHT HERE RIGHT IN THE
MIDDLE OF DOWNTOWN SAN ANTONIO.
>> JOAN DUCKWORTH IS A PART MIDDLE OF DOWNTOWN SAN ANTONIO.
>> JOAN DUCKWORTH IS A PART
OWNER AND MANAGER AT THE BONHAM EXCHANGE TODAY. BUT YEARS AGO EXCHANGE TODAY. BUT YEARS AGO
SHE SPENT MANY NIGHTS AT THE EXCHANGE TODAY. BUT YEARS AGO
SHE SPENT MANY NIGHTS AT THE
COUNTRY AFTER SHE SHE SPENT MANY NIGHTS AT THE
COUNTRY AFTER SHE
MET HAPP. COUNTRY AFTER SHE
MET HAPP.
>> IT ATTRACTED A VERY ECLECTIC MET HAPP.
>> IT ATTRACTED A VERY ECLECTIC
GROUP OF PEOPLE OR DOES. >> IT ATTRACTED A VERY ECLECTIC
GROUP OF PEOPLE OR DOES.
ARCHITECTS YOU KNOW AS WELL AS GROUP OF PEOPLE OR DOES.
ARCHITECTS YOU KNOW AS WELL AS
REGULAR PEOPLE BUT THERE WAS ARCHITECTS YOU KNOW AS WELL AS
REGULAR PEOPLE BUT THERE WAS
ALWAYS PEOPLE THAT HAD REGULAR PEOPLE BUT THERE WAS
ALWAYS PEOPLE THAT HAD
SOMETHING INTERESTING GOING ON ALWAYS PEOPLE THAT HAD
SOMETHING INTERESTING GOING ON
IN THEIR LIFE SOMETHING INTERESTING GOING ON
IN THEIR LIFE
THEY’RE IN AND IT WAS JUST WAY IN THEIR LIFE
THEY’RE IN AND IT WAS JUST WAY
TOO MUCH FUN WE HAD WAY TOO THEY’RE IN AND IT WAS JUST WAY
TOO MUCH FUN WE HAD WAY TOO
MUCH TOO MUCH FUN WE HAD WAY TOO
MUCH
FUN THERE. MUCH
FUN THERE.
>> AND EXPRESS NEWS ARTICLE FUN THERE.
>> AND EXPRESS NEWS ARTICLE
FROM JULY OF 1976 DESCRIBED THE >> AND EXPRESS NEWS ARTICLE
FROM JULY OF 1976 DESCRIBED THE
SAN ANTONIO COUNTRY AS A CLUB FROM JULY OF 1976 DESCRIBED THE
SAN ANTONIO COUNTRY AS A CLUB
THAT CATER MAINLY TO THE SAN ANTONIO COUNTRY AS A CLUB
THAT CATER MAINLY TO THE
COMMUNITY. BUT IT ALSO OFFERED THAT CATER MAINLY TO THE
COMMUNITY. BUT IT ALSO OFFERED
AN UNUSUAL NIGHT OUT FOR ANY COMMUNITY. BUT IT ALSO OFFERED
AN UNUSUAL NIGHT OUT FOR ANY
WHO VENTURED THERE EVERYBODY AN UNUSUAL NIGHT OUT FOR ANY
WHO VENTURED THERE EVERYBODY
WOULD GO THERE. I MEAN IT WAS WHO VENTURED THERE EVERYBODY
WOULD GO THERE. I MEAN IT WAS
BAR, BUT REALLY IT WAS LIKE SO WOULD GO THERE. I MEAN IT WAS
BAR, BUT REALLY IT WAS LIKE SO
MANY PEOPLE WENT THERE ANNALISA BAR, BUT REALLY IT WAS LIKE SO
MANY PEOPLE WENT THERE ANNALISA
PEACE WORKED AS A BARTENDER AT MANY PEOPLE WENT THERE ANNALISA
PEACE WORKED AS A BARTENDER AT
THE COUNTRY. PEACE WORKED AS A BARTENDER AT
THE COUNTRY.
>> SHE REMEMBERS THE ENERGY THE COUNTRY.
>> SHE REMEMBERS THE ENERGY
INSIDE THE NIGHTCLUB AND UNIQUE >> SHE REMEMBERS THE ENERGY
INSIDE THE NIGHTCLUB AND UNIQUE
DESIGN OF THE BUILDING THAT’S INSIDE THE NIGHTCLUB AND UNIQUE
DESIGN OF THE BUILDING THAT’S
GOTTA LIKE THESE MAZES STUFF DESIGN OF THE BUILDING THAT’S
GOTTA LIKE THESE MAZES STUFF
THERE WAS GOTTA LIKE THESE MAZES STUFF
THERE WAS
A BIG PATIO THAT LET YOU KNOW THERE WAS
A BIG PATIO THAT LET YOU KNOW
FACE THE RIVERWALK WHICH IS A BIG PATIO THAT LET YOU KNOW
FACE THE RIVERWALK WHICH IS
REALLY NICE, YOU KNOW THE RIVER FACE THE RIVERWALK WHICH IS
REALLY NICE, YOU KNOW THE RIVER
WALK DOWN THERE WASN’T REALLY NICE, YOU KNOW THE RIVER
WALK DOWN THERE WASN’T
DEVELOPED WALK DOWN THERE WASN’T
DEVELOPED
>> YEAH THERE WERE THERE DEVELOPED
>> YEAH THERE WERE THERE
>> SEVERAL THERE WAS A >> YEAH THERE WERE THERE
>> SEVERAL THERE WAS A
BIG ROOM WHERE WE HAVE THE DRAG >> SEVERAL THERE WAS A
BIG ROOM WHERE WE HAVE THE DRAG
SHOW SHED CARPET WAS POPULAR BIG ROOM WHERE WE HAVE THE DRAG
SHOW SHED CARPET WAS POPULAR
BACK THEN AND YOU KNOW KIND OF SHOW SHED CARPET WAS POPULAR
BACK THEN AND YOU KNOW KIND OF
WHERE BUT IT ALL WORKED, YOU BACK THEN AND YOU KNOW KIND OF
WHERE BUT IT ALL WORKED, YOU
KNOW IS REALLY SEEM LIKE A WHERE BUT IT ALL WORKED, YOU
KNOW IS REALLY SEEM LIKE A
REALLY NICE PLACE BUT LIKE KNOW IS REALLY SEEM LIKE A
REALLY NICE PLACE BUT LIKE
PREVIOUS AND ESTABLISHMENTS, REALLY NICE PLACE BUT LIKE
PREVIOUS AND ESTABLISHMENTS,
THE COUNTRY WAS THE FOCUS OF PREVIOUS AND ESTABLISHMENTS,
THE COUNTRY WAS THE FOCUS OF
CONSTANT POLICE RAIDS AND THE COUNTRY WAS THE FOCUS OF
CONSTANT POLICE RAIDS AND
HARASSMENT THE U.S. MILITARY CONSTANT POLICE RAIDS AND
HARASSMENT THE U.S. MILITARY
BAND PERSONNEL FROM HARASSMENT THE U.S. MILITARY
BAND PERSONNEL FROM
GOING THERE HAVE THOUGHT THAT BAND PERSONNEL FROM
GOING THERE HAVE THOUGHT THAT
BEN DURING A MILITARY HEARING, GOING THERE HAVE THOUGHT THAT
BEN DURING A MILITARY HEARING,
THIS IS THE THE COURT BEN DURING A MILITARY HEARING,
THIS IS THE THE COURT
CASE BETWEEN WHEN THEY RAIDED THIS IS THE THE COURT
CASE BETWEEN WHEN THEY RAIDED
THE SAN CASE BETWEEN WHEN THEY RAIDED
THE SAN
ANTONIO COUNTRY AND THEY PUT US THE SAN
ANTONIO COUNTRY AND THEY PUT US
ON THE BANNED LIST OVER AT FORT ANTONIO COUNTRY AND THEY PUT US
ON THE BANNED LIST OVER AT FORT
SAM WAS A REALLY MAJOR VICTORY ON THE BANNED LIST OVER AT FORT
SAM WAS A REALLY MAJOR VICTORY
WAS THE FIRST OF ITS KIND. SAM WAS A REALLY MAJOR VICTORY
WAS THE FIRST OF ITS KIND.
>> IN THE U.S.. SO WAS THE FIRST OF ITS KIND.
>> IN THE U.S.. SO
IT’S IMPORTANT THAT WE HAD A >> IN THE U.S.. SO
IT’S IMPORTANT THAT WE HAD A
COMMUNITY LEADER. IT WAS IT’S IMPORTANT THAT WE HAD A
COMMUNITY LEADER. IT WAS
COMMITTED. TO STOPPING. COMMUNITY LEADER. IT WAS
COMMITTED. TO STOPPING.
♪ COMMITTED. TO STOPPING.
♪
I AM PEAS AND AND ♪
I AM PEAS AND AND
LOCAL POLICE. I AM PEAS AND AND
LOCAL POLICE.
SO WHY NIGHTCLUBS SO MANY TIMES LOCAL POLICE.
SO WHY NIGHTCLUBS SO MANY TIMES
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE FIGHT SO WHY NIGHTCLUBS SO MANY TIMES
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE FIGHT
FOR CIVIL RIGHTS WITHIN THE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE FIGHT
FOR CIVIL RIGHTS WITHIN THE
LGBTQ PLUS COMMUNITY WE TALK FOR CIVIL RIGHTS WITHIN THE
LGBTQ PLUS COMMUNITY WE TALK
ABOUT THESE TYPES OF LGBTQ PLUS COMMUNITY WE TALK
ABOUT THESE TYPES OF
ESTABLISHMENTS. ABOUT THESE TYPES OF
ESTABLISHMENTS.
>> WELL THOSE WE TALKED TO SAID THAT’S BECAUSE THESE BARS AND THAT’S BECAUSE THESE BARS AND
CLUBS ARE MORE THAN JUST ABOUT THAT’S BECAUSE THESE BARS AND
CLUBS ARE MORE THAN JUST ABOUT
DRINKING CLUBS ARE MORE THAN JUST ABOUT
DRINKING
AND SOCIALIZING THEY WERE DRINKING
AND SOCIALIZING THEY WERE
PLACES WHERE THEY COULD TRULY AND SOCIALIZING THEY WERE
PLACES WHERE THEY COULD TRULY
BE THEMSELVES THESE PLACES WHERE THEY COULD TRULY
BE THEMSELVES THESE
ESTABLISHMENTS ACTUALLY ACTED BE THEMSELVES THESE
ESTABLISHMENTS ACTUALLY ACTED
AS COMMUNITY CENTERS, IT ESTABLISHMENTS ACTUALLY ACTED
AS COMMUNITY CENTERS, IT
BROUGHT OUR AS COMMUNITY CENTERS, IT
BROUGHT OUR
COMMUNITY TOGETHER. BROUGHT OUR
COMMUNITY TOGETHER.
>> THAT’S WHERE THE ORGANIZED COMMUNITY TOGETHER.
>> THAT’S WHERE THE ORGANIZED
AND THAT’S WHERE THE PLANNED OR >> THAT’S WHERE THE ORGANIZED
AND THAT’S WHERE THE PLANNED OR
MARCHES AND THAT’S WHAT I AND THAT’S WHERE THE PLANNED OR
MARCHES AND THAT’S WHAT I
PLANNED MARCHES AND THAT’S WHAT I
PLANNED
OR DEMONSTRATIONS. THERE ARE PLANNED
OR DEMONSTRATIONS. THERE ARE
REALLY LEADING INTO THE CIVIL OR DEMONSTRATIONS. THERE ARE
REALLY LEADING INTO THE CIVIL
RIGHTS MOVEMENT FOR THE LGBTQ REALLY LEADING INTO THE CIVIL
RIGHTS MOVEMENT FOR THE LGBTQ
PLUS COMMUNITY ROBERT CHELSEA, RIGHTS MOVEMENT FOR THE LGBTQ
PLUS COMMUNITY ROBERT CHELSEA,
THOUGH IS THE EXECUTIVE PLUS COMMUNITY ROBERT CHELSEA,
THOUGH IS THE EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR OF PRIDE CENTER SAN THOUGH IS THE EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR OF PRIDE CENTER SAN
ANTONIO AND A LOCAL ACTIVISTS DIRECTOR OF PRIDE CENTER SAN
ANTONIO AND A LOCAL ACTIVISTS
HE’S TOO YOUNG TO HAVE EVER ANTONIO AND A LOCAL ACTIVISTS
HE’S TOO YOUNG TO HAVE EVER
GONE TO THE SAN ANTONIO COUNTRY HE’S TOO YOUNG TO HAVE EVER
GONE TO THE SAN ANTONIO COUNTRY
NIGHTCLUB KNOWS THE IMPACT IT GONE TO THE SAN ANTONIO COUNTRY
NIGHTCLUB KNOWS THE IMPACT IT
STILL HAS TODAY. NIGHTCLUB KNOWS THE IMPACT IT
STILL HAS TODAY.
>> AND PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS STILL HAS TODAY.
>> AND PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS
POSTING PICTURES AND RECALLING >> AND PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS
POSTING PICTURES AND RECALLING
LIKE THE MEMORIES OF WHETHER IT POSTING PICTURES AND RECALLING
LIKE THE MEMORIES OF WHETHER IT
WAS A. LIKE THE MEMORIES OF WHETHER IT
WAS A.
>> A DRAG SHOW OR A AN EVENT WAS A.
>> A DRAG SHOW OR A AN EVENT
THAT THEY WERE HAVING. SO IT >> A DRAG SHOW OR A AN EVENT
THAT THEY WERE HAVING. SO IT
WAS REALLY ABOUT. THAT THEY WERE HAVING. SO IT
WAS REALLY ABOUT.
>> THAT’S IN BRINGING THE WAS REALLY ABOUT.
>> THAT’S IN BRINGING THE
COMMUNITY TOGETHER AND THAT >> THAT’S IN BRINGING THE
COMMUNITY TOGETHER AND THAT
STILL LET A LARGE PART COMMUNITY TOGETHER AND THAT
STILL LET A LARGE PART
OUR STILL EMBRACES AT THE CLUB STILL LET A LARGE PART
OUR STILL EMBRACES AT THE CLUB
THAT WE HAVE TODAY HAVE OUR STILL EMBRACES AT THE CLUB
THAT WE HAVE TODAY HAVE
DEVELOPMENT SOLD THE COUNTRY IN THAT WE HAVE TODAY HAVE
DEVELOPMENT SOLD THE COUNTRY IN
1981, IT WAS DEMOLISHED SOON DEVELOPMENT SOLD THE COUNTRY IN
1981, IT WAS DEMOLISHED SOON
AFTER IT WAS JUST SAD LIKE I 1981, IT WAS DEMOLISHED SOON
AFTER IT WAS JUST SAD LIKE I
SAID BECAUSE. AFTER IT WAS JUST SAD LIKE I
SAID BECAUSE.
>> FRANKLY TOO I THINK THAT SAID BECAUSE.
>> FRANKLY TOO I THINK THAT
BUILDING HAD HISTORIC STATUS, >> FRANKLY TOO I THINK THAT
BUILDING HAD HISTORIC STATUS,
YOU KNOW WOULD BUILDING HAD HISTORIC STATUS,
YOU KNOW WOULD
>> THE BIN FUN TO HAVE KEPT YOU KNOW WOULD
>> THE BIN FUN TO HAVE KEPT
IT THERE. >> THE BIN FUN TO HAVE KEPT
IT THERE.
>> HAVE USED THE MONEY FROM THE IT THERE.
>> HAVE USED THE MONEY FROM THE
SALE TO OPEN A NEW CLUB THAT >> HAVE USED THE MONEY FROM THE
SALE TO OPEN A NEW CLUB THAT
HAS BECOME A BEACON FOR THE SALE TO OPEN A NEW CLUB THAT
HAS BECOME A BEACON FOR THE
LGBTQ COMMUNITY IN SAN ANTONIO. HAS BECOME A BEACON FOR THE
LGBTQ COMMUNITY IN SAN ANTONIO.
>> THE ONLY THING THAT’S LEFT LGBTQ COMMUNITY IN SAN ANTONIO.
>> THE ONLY THING THAT’S LEFT
OF THE COUNTRY UNDERSTAND OR >> THE ONLY THING THAT’S LEFT
OF THE COUNTRY UNDERSTAND OR
TOO LITTLE STEPS THAT GO INTO OF THE COUNTRY UNDERSTAND OR
TOO LITTLE STEPS THAT GO INTO
THE PARKING LOT. EVERYTHING TOO LITTLE STEPS THAT GO INTO
THE PARKING LOT. EVERYTHING
ELSE IS JUST OBLITERATED SO WE THE PARKING LOT. EVERYTHING
ELSE IS JUST OBLITERATED SO WE
DON’T HAVE THAT AND THAT ELSE IS JUST OBLITERATED SO WE
DON’T HAVE THAT AND THAT
HISTORIC BUILDING WHICH WOULD DON’T HAVE THAT AND THAT
HISTORIC BUILDING WHICH WOULD
BE SO LOVELY TO HISTORIC BUILDING WHICH WOULD
BE SO LOVELY TO
♪ BE SO LOVELY TO
♪
HAVE THAT. BUT WHAT WE DO HAVE ♪
HAVE THAT. BUT WHAT WE DO HAVE
IS THE BOTTOM. HAVE THAT. BUT WHAT WE DO HAVE
IS THE BOTTOM.
>> THERE WOULD BE NO EXCHANGE IS THE BOTTOM.
>> THERE WOULD BE NO EXCHANGE
OR SAN ANTONIO COUNTRY WITHOUT >> THERE WOULD BE NO EXCHANGE
OR SAN ANTONIO COUNTRY WITHOUT
HAVE BUILT MONTH. OR SAN ANTONIO COUNTRY WITHOUT
HAVE BUILT MONTH.
HE ALSO HAD A HAND IN TURNING HAVE BUILT MONTH.
HE ALSO HAD A HAND IN TURNING
THE RIVER WALK INTO WHAT IT IS HE ALSO HAD A HAND IN TURNING
THE RIVER WALK INTO WHAT IT IS
TODAY, THE SAINT MARY’S STRIP, THE RIVER WALK INTO WHAT IT IS
TODAY, THE SAINT MARY’S STRIP,
THE BLUE STAR ARTS COMPLEX. TODAY, THE SAINT MARY’S STRIP,
THE BLUE STAR ARTS COMPLEX.
HE HELPED DEVELOP SOME OF THE THE BLUE STAR ARTS COMPLEX.
HE HELPED DEVELOP SOME OF THE
MOST WELL-KNOWN PLACES AROUND HE HELPED DEVELOP SOME OF THE
MOST WELL-KNOWN PLACES AROUND
TOWN AND WHEN PEOPLE TALK ABOUT MOST WELL-KNOWN PLACES AROUND
TOWN AND WHEN PEOPLE TALK ABOUT
HAVE BUILT MEN THEY OFTEN TALK TOWN AND WHEN PEOPLE TALK ABOUT
HAVE BUILT MEN THEY OFTEN TALK
ABOUT GENE ELDER THE 2 WERE HAVE BUILT MEN THEY OFTEN TALK
ABOUT GENE ELDER THE 2 WERE
GREAT FRIENDS WHO MET AT ABOUT GENE ELDER THE 2 WERE
GREAT FRIENDS WHO MET AT
TRINITY UNIVERSITY. THEY BOTH GREAT FRIENDS WHO MET AT
TRINITY UNIVERSITY. THEY BOTH
SINCE PASSED AWAY. BUT THEIR TRINITY UNIVERSITY. THEY BOTH
SINCE PASSED AWAY. BUT THEIR
LEGACIES AND SOME OTHER GREAT SINCE PASSED AWAY. BUT THEIR
LEGACIES AND SOME OTHER GREAT
STORIES LIVE ON. LEGACIES AND SOME OTHER GREAT
STORIES LIVE ON.
>> I ORIGINALLY MET HAVE. STORIES LIVE ON.
>> I ORIGINALLY MET HAVE.
DISCO DANCING WITH OTHER HIGH >> I ORIGINALLY MET HAVE.
DISCO DANCING WITH OTHER HIGH
SCHOOLERS DOWN ON THE RIVER DISCO DANCING WITH OTHER HIGH
SCHOOLERS DOWN ON THE RIVER
WALK BECAUSE WE WERE UNDER AGE SCHOOLERS DOWN ON THE RIVER
WALK BECAUSE WE WERE UNDER AGE
AND WE CAN GO INTO RESTAURANTS WALK BECAUSE WE WERE UNDER AGE
AND WE CAN GO INTO RESTAURANTS
THAT HAD A DJ AND BE ABLE TO AND WE CAN GO INTO RESTAURANTS
THAT HAD A DJ AND BE ABLE TO
DANCE THAT MOMENT LED TO A THAT HAD A DJ AND BE ABLE TO
DANCE THAT MOMENT LED TO A
LIFELONG FRIENDSHIP HAVE CAME DANCE THAT MOMENT LED TO A
LIFELONG FRIENDSHIP HAVE CAME
OVER AND SAID JOHN WOULD YOU GO LIFELONG FRIENDSHIP HAVE CAME
OVER AND SAID JOHN WOULD YOU GO
TO OVER AND SAID JOHN WOULD YOU GO
TO
A BAR AND I SAID WELL YEAH, BUT TO
A BAR AND I SAID WELL YEAH, BUT
LEAST 17 AND HE SAYS WELL WHEN A BAR AND I SAID WELL YEAH, BUT
LEAST 17 AND HE SAYS WELL WHEN
YOU TURN 18. YOU COME TO THE LEAST 17 AND HE SAYS WELL WHEN
YOU TURN 18. YOU COME TO THE
SAN ANTONIO COUNTRY. AND YOU TURN 18. YOU COME TO THE
SAN ANTONIO COUNTRY. AND
BUY YOUR FIRST DRINK. SAN ANTONIO COUNTRY. AND
BUY YOUR FIRST DRINK.
SO I DID THAT AND THAT WAS BUY YOUR FIRST DRINK.
SO I DID THAT AND THAT WAS
BACK IN 75 I CAME TO KNOW HIM SO I DID THAT AND THAT WAS
BACK IN 75 I CAME TO KNOW HIM
BECAUSE I WAS HIRED TO WORK AT BACK IN 75 I CAME TO KNOW HIM
BECAUSE I WAS HIRED TO WORK AT
THE GREENHOUSE THE BECAUSE I WAS HIRED TO WORK AT
THE GREENHOUSE THE
GREENHOUSE MAINLY LUNCH PLACE THE GREENHOUSE THE
GREENHOUSE MAINLY LUNCH PLACE
FOR DOWNTOWN FOLKS AT A PRETTY GREENHOUSE MAINLY LUNCH PLACE
FOR DOWNTOWN FOLKS AT A PRETTY
YOUNG AGE I MET A LOT OF FOR DOWNTOWN FOLKS AT A PRETTY
YOUNG AGE I MET A LOT OF
NEIGHBORS THAT SHAKE ERS OF SAN YOUNG AGE I MET A LOT OF
NEIGHBORS THAT SHAKE ERS OF SAN
ANTONIO BECAUSE THEY WOULD COME NEIGHBORS THAT SHAKE ERS OF SAN
ANTONIO BECAUSE THEY WOULD COME
IN THERE EVERY DAY FOR LUNCH. ANTONIO BECAUSE THEY WOULD COME
IN THERE EVERY DAY FOR LUNCH.
>> HALF OLD THE GREENHOUSE ONE IN THERE EVERY DAY FOR LUNCH.
>> HALF OLD THE GREENHOUSE ONE
OF THE MANY BUSINESSES HE >> HALF OLD THE GREENHOUSE ONE
OF THE MANY BUSINESSES HE
DEVELOPED, HERE’S WHAT THEY OF THE MANY BUSINESSES HE
DEVELOPED, HERE’S WHAT THEY
WOULD CALL THE DEVELOPED, HERE’S WHAT THEY
WOULD CALL THE
FAIRY GODMOTHER OF SAN ANTONIO WOULD CALL THE
FAIRY GODMOTHER OF SAN ANTONIO
DID ALL THESE AMAZING THINGS FAIRY GODMOTHER OF SAN ANTONIO
DID ALL THESE AMAZING THINGS
YOU HAVE PROMINENT IT DEVELOPER AND AND PROMINENT IT DEVELOPER AND AND
CITIZEN AND ACTIVIST IN PROMINENT IT DEVELOPER AND AND
CITIZEN AND ACTIVIST IN
1968 HAPPENED HIS BUSINESS CITIZEN AND ACTIVIST IN
1968 HAPPENED HIS BUSINESS
PARTNER OPENED KANGAROO COURT 1968 HAPPENED HIS BUSINESS
PARTNER OPENED KANGAROO COURT
ONE OF THE FIRST RESTAURANTS PARTNER OPENED KANGAROO COURT
ONE OF THE FIRST RESTAURANTS
ALONG THE RIVERWALK THAT FACED ONE OF THE FIRST RESTAURANTS
ALONG THE RIVERWALK THAT FACED
THE RIVER THAT WAS A ALONG THE RIVERWALK THAT FACED
THE RIVER THAT WAS A
REVOLUTIONARY IDEA THEM. THE RIVER THAT WAS A
REVOLUTIONARY IDEA THEM.
IT HELPED START THE TREND OF REVOLUTIONARY IDEA THEM.
IT HELPED START THE TREND OF
BUSINESSES ALONG THE RIVER THAT IT HELPED START THE TREND OF
BUSINESSES ALONG THE RIVER THAT
USED THE SCENERY TO BUSINESSES ALONG THE RIVER THAT
USED THE SCENERY TO
ATTRACT CUSTOMERS. BUT AS MUCH USED THE SCENERY TO
ATTRACT CUSTOMERS. BUT AS MUCH
INTEREST AS HAVE BUILT ATTRACT CUSTOMERS. BUT AS MUCH
INTEREST AS HAVE BUILT
MANHATTAN DEVELOPING SAN INTEREST AS HAVE BUILT
MANHATTAN DEVELOPING SAN
ANTONIO, HE ALSO WANTED TO MANHATTAN DEVELOPING SAN
ANTONIO, HE ALSO WANTED TO
PRESERVE ITS PAST. HE WOULD ANTONIO, HE ALSO WANTED TO
PRESERVE ITS PAST. HE WOULD
STOP AND YOU GO TO LOOK AT THAT PRESERVE ITS PAST. HE WOULD
STOP AND YOU GO TO LOOK AT THAT
BUILDING YOU SEE THIS BUILDING STOP AND YOU GO TO LOOK AT THAT
BUILDING YOU SEE THIS BUILDING
SHOWN. BUILDING YOU SEE THIS BUILDING
SHOWN.
>> THIS IS WHY SHOULD ALWAYS SHOWN.
>> THIS IS WHY SHOULD ALWAYS
DRIVE ON THE STREETS VERSUS >> THIS IS WHY SHOULD ALWAYS
DRIVE ON THE STREETS VERSUS
DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. SO YOU DRIVE ON THE STREETS VERSUS
DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. SO YOU
CAN SEE HOW THE NEIGHBORHOODS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. SO YOU
CAN SEE HOW THE NEIGHBORHOODS
ARE CHANGING AND SEE CAN SEE HOW THE NEIGHBORHOODS
ARE CHANGING AND SEE
HELP PEOPLE ARE FIXING THINGS ARE CHANGING AND SEE
HELP PEOPLE ARE FIXING THINGS
UP OR IF IT’S GOING DOWNHILL HELP PEOPLE ARE FIXING THINGS
UP OR IF IT’S GOING DOWNHILL
AND NEEDS MONEY PUT INTO IT. UP OR IF IT’S GOING DOWNHILL
AND NEEDS MONEY PUT INTO IT.
HE WAS VERY PRO. KEEPING THE AND NEEDS MONEY PUT INTO IT.
HE WAS VERY PRO. KEEPING THE
HISTORY OF CE HE WAS VERY PRO. KEEPING THE
HISTORY OF CE
SAN ANTONIO HERE RATHER THAN HISTORY OF CE
SAN ANTONIO HERE RATHER THAN
DEMOLISH SAN ANTONIO HERE RATHER THAN
DEMOLISH
ING IT ANYTHING IN PUTTING UP A DEMOLISH
ING IT ANYTHING IN PUTTING UP A
NEW BUILDING AS FOR NEW ING IT ANYTHING IN PUTTING UP A
NEW BUILDING AS FOR NEW
IDEAS, HALF WAS FULL OF THAT HE NEW BUILDING AS FOR NEW
IDEAS, HALF WAS FULL OF THAT HE
WAS PART OF CREATING THE BLUE IDEAS, HALF WAS FULL OF THAT HE
WAS PART OF CREATING THE BLUE
STAR ARTS COMPLEX IN SOUTHTOWN. WAS PART OF CREATING THE BLUE
STAR ARTS COMPLEX IN SOUTHTOWN.
>> AND PUTTING THE SAINT MARY’S STAR ARTS COMPLEX IN SOUTHTOWN.
>> AND PUTTING THE SAINT MARY’S
STRIP ON THE MAP AS A NIGHTLIFE >> AND PUTTING THE SAINT MARY’S
STRIP ON THE MAP AS A NIGHTLIFE
DESTINATION. STRIP ON THE MAP AS A NIGHTLIFE
DESTINATION.
>> THERE ARE THOSE LITTLE DESTINATION.
>> THERE ARE THOSE LITTLE
POCKETS OF CULTURE AND THAT’S >> THERE ARE THOSE LITTLE
POCKETS OF CULTURE AND THAT’S
THE KIND OF THING THAT HAVE POCKETS OF CULTURE AND THAT’S
THE KIND OF THING THAT HAVE
CREATED LIKE WITH THE COUNTRY THE KIND OF THING THAT HAVE
CREATED LIKE WITH THE COUNTRY
IT WAS CULTURE WITH THE CREATED LIKE WITH THE COUNTRY
IT WAS CULTURE WITH THE
GREENHOUSE IT WAS AND IT WAS CULTURE WITH THE
GREENHOUSE IT WAS AND
YOU KNOW SAN GREENHOUSE IT WAS AND
YOU KNOW SAN
ANTONIO’S DOWNTOWN. YOU KNOW SAN
ANTONIO’S DOWNTOWN.
>> BUSINESS PEOPLE AND A LOT OF ANTONIO’S DOWNTOWN.
>> BUSINESS PEOPLE AND A LOT OF
THE PROGRESS OF LAWYERS AND AND >> BUSINESS PEOPLE AND A LOT OF
THE PROGRESS OF LAWYERS AND AND
ALSO. THE PROGRESS OF LAWYERS AND AND
ALSO.
CAN THEN WITH THE BLUE STAR YOU ALSO.
CAN THEN WITH THE BLUE STAR YOU
HAVE THE WHOLE ART SCENE CAN THEN WITH THE BLUE STAR YOU
HAVE THE WHOLE ART SCENE
BLOSSOM AIR. HAVE THE WHOLE ART SCENE
BLOSSOM AIR.
>> IT WAS WELL CONNECTED AND BLOSSOM AIR.
>> IT WAS WELL CONNECTED AND
WELL RESPECTED IN SAN ANTONIO >> IT WAS WELL CONNECTED AND
WELL RESPECTED IN SAN ANTONIO
KNOWING THE RIGHT PEOPLE TO WELL RESPECTED IN SAN ANTONIO
KNOWING THE RIGHT PEOPLE TO
HELP HIS VISIONS COME TO LIFE. KNOWING THE RIGHT PEOPLE TO
HELP HIS VISIONS COME TO LIFE.
ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE WAS HIS HELP HIS VISIONS COME TO LIFE.
ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE WAS HIS
DEAR FRIEND, GENE ELDER. ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE WAS HIS
DEAR FRIEND, GENE ELDER.
HE WAS AN ARTIST, A VERY DEAR FRIEND, GENE ELDER.
HE WAS AN ARTIST, A VERY
ECCENTRIC MAN. A LEVEL AND DEAN HE WAS AN ARTIST, A VERY
ECCENTRIC MAN. A LEVEL AND DEAN
WAS ONE OF MY BEST FRIENDS. ECCENTRIC MAN. A LEVEL AND DEAN
WAS ONE OF MY BEST FRIENDS.
HE WAS HILARIOUS AND HIMSELF WAS ONE OF MY BEST FRIENDS.
HE WAS HILARIOUS AND HIMSELF
LIKE HE HAD. HE WAS HILARIOUS AND HIMSELF
LIKE HE HAD.
>> ONE TIME HE RAN LIKE HE HAD.
>> ONE TIME HE RAN
FOR MAYOR >> ONE TIME HE RAN
FOR MAYOR
HAS THE NAME OF HIS PARTY WAS FOR MAYOR
HAS THE NAME OF HIS PARTY WAS
THE PARTY PARTY IN ACTUALLY GOT HAS THE NAME OF HIS PARTY WAS
THE PARTY PARTY IN ACTUALLY GOT
A LOT OF ATTENTION BUT HE WAS THE PARTY PARTY IN ACTUALLY GOT
A LOT OF ATTENTION BUT HE WAS
ADVOCATING FOR THE ARTS. A LOT OF ATTENTION BUT HE WAS
ADVOCATING FOR THE ARTS.
IN SAN ANTONIO, HE ALSO TRIED ADVOCATING FOR THE ARTS.
IN SAN ANTONIO, HE ALSO TRIED
AT ONE POINT PETITION. IN SAN ANTONIO, HE ALSO TRIED
AT ONE POINT PETITION.
CITY HALL. TO NAME SAN ANTONIO, AT ONE POINT PETITION.
CITY HALL. TO NAME SAN ANTONIO,
THE BIG TOMATO CITY HALL. TO NAME SAN ANTONIO,
THE BIG TOMATO
LIKE NEW YORK IS CALLED THE BIG THE BIG TOMATO
LIKE NEW YORK IS CALLED THE BIG
APPLE. HE WANTED 10 ANTONIO TO LIKE NEW YORK IS CALLED THE BIG
APPLE. HE WANTED 10 ANTONIO TO
BE THE BIG TOMATO AND WELL THEY APPLE. HE WANTED 10 ANTONIO TO
BE THE BIG TOMATO AND WELL THEY
TURNED HIM BE THE BIG TOMATO AND WELL THEY
TURNED HIM
DOWN BUT STILL A FUNNY STORY. TURNED HIM
DOWN BUT STILL A FUNNY STORY.
JEANNE HELP TAP RUN SOME OF HIS DOWN BUT STILL A FUNNY STORY.
JEANNE HELP TAP RUN SOME OF HIS
BUSINESSES HE WAS THE ORIGINAL JEANNE HELP TAP RUN SOME OF HIS
BUSINESSES HE WAS THE ORIGINAL
MANAGER OF THE SAN ANTONIO BUSINESSES HE WAS THE ORIGINAL
MANAGER OF THE SAN ANTONIO
COUNTRY AND ALSO HELPED OPERATE MANAGER OF THE SAN ANTONIO
COUNTRY AND ALSO HELPED OPERATE
BLUE STAR. COUNTRY AND ALSO HELPED OPERATE
BLUE STAR.
>> SOMETHING ELSE JEAN WAS BLUE STAR.
>> SOMETHING ELSE JEAN WAS
KNOWN FOR HIS LOVE OF >> SOMETHING ELSE JEAN WAS
KNOWN FOR HIS LOVE OF
COLLECTING IT’S JUST JEANS KNOWN FOR HIS LOVE OF
COLLECTING IT’S JUST JEANS
NATURE THEY USED TO CALL HIM COLLECTING IT’S JUST JEANS
NATURE THEY USED TO CALL HIM
THE CLIP AND FILE PLAYING I NATURE THEY USED TO CALL HIM
THE CLIP AND FILE PLAYING I
REMEMBER ONE TIME GENE HE SAID THE CLIP AND FILE PLAYING I
REMEMBER ONE TIME GENE HE SAID
OH YOU’VE GOT TO SEE THIS AND REMEMBER ONE TIME GENE HE SAID
OH YOU’VE GOT TO SEE THIS AND
HE TOOK ME DOWN WITH BEHIND ONE OH YOU’VE GOT TO SEE THIS AND
HE TOOK ME DOWN WITH BEHIND ONE
OF HE TOOK ME DOWN WITH BEHIND ONE
OF
THE PRINTERS. OF
THE PRINTERS.
>> AND THEY WOULD THROW OUT THE PRINTERS.
>> AND THEY WOULD THROW OUT
LIKE ALL YOU KNOW THERE ARE >> AND THEY WOULD THROW OUT
LIKE ALL YOU KNOW THERE ARE
PROOFS THAT WEREN’T YOU KNOW LIKE ALL YOU KNOW THERE ARE
PROOFS THAT WEREN’T YOU KNOW
THE LINEUP OR ANYTHING I WAS PROOFS THAT WEREN’T YOU KNOW
THE LINEUP OR ANYTHING I WAS
LIKE WOW, THIS IS COOL LIKE THE LINEUP OR ANYTHING I WAS
LIKE WOW, THIS IS COOL LIKE
THAT’S OUR MEMBERS. LIKE WOW, THIS IS COOL LIKE
THAT’S OUR MEMBERS.
>> YOU KNOW IT WAS THE. THAT’S OUR MEMBERS.
>> YOU KNOW IT WAS THE.
THOSE PRINTERS PRINTED THE >> YOU KNOW IT WAS THE.
THOSE PRINTERS PRINTED THE
LABEL FOR THOSE PRINTERS PRINTED THE
LABEL FOR
FIESTA SPICES AND SO WE WE LABEL FOR
FIESTA SPICES AND SO WE WE
WALLPAPERED HIS BATHROOM, WHAT FIESTA SPICES AND SO WE WE
WALLPAPERED HIS BATHROOM, WHAT
THEY RE SHEETS OF THOSE WALLPAPERED HIS BATHROOM, WHAT
THEY RE SHEETS OF THOSE
THAT LOVE OF COLLECTING LED TO THEY RE SHEETS OF THOSE
THAT LOVE OF COLLECTING LED TO
A LESSER KNOWN COLLABORATION THAT LOVE OF COLLECTING LED TO
A LESSER KNOWN COLLABORATION
BETWEEN HAPPENED JEAN. A LESSER KNOWN COLLABORATION
BETWEEN HAPPENED JEAN.
>> THE HAPPY FOUNDATION. BETWEEN HAPPENED JEAN.
>> THE HAPPY FOUNDATION.
THE HAPPY FOUNDATION WAS >> THE HAPPY FOUNDATION.
THE HAPPY FOUNDATION WAS
STARTED BY HALF. THE HAPPY FOUNDATION WAS
STARTED BY HALF.
THE GLBT OUR COYOTES. AND STARTED BY HALF.
THE GLBT OUR COYOTES. AND
HE PUT A GENE ELDER IN CHARGE THE GLBT OUR COYOTES. AND
HE PUT A GENE ELDER IN CHARGE
OF THAT. AS JEANNE HIS OLD WAS HE PUT A GENE ELDER IN CHARGE
OF THAT. AS JEANNE HIS OLD WAS
A HOARDER. OF THAT. AS JEANNE HIS OLD WAS
A HOARDER.
IN A VERY GOOD WAY SOMETIMES A HOARDER.
IN A VERY GOOD WAY SOMETIMES
SCARY IN A VERY GOOD WAY SOMETIMES
SCARY
I HAVE BEEN COLLECTING JUST SCARY
I HAVE BEEN COLLECTING JUST
CLIPPING CLIPPING CLIPPING FOR I HAVE BEEN COLLECTING JUST
CLIPPING CLIPPING CLIPPING FOR
DECADES SO HE WAS COLLECTING CLIPPING CLIPPING CLIPPING FOR
DECADES SO HE WAS COLLECTING
FOR HISTORY. OK WE GOOD TO GO. DECADES SO HE WAS COLLECTING
FOR HISTORY. OK WE GOOD TO GO.
IN A ROOM INSIDE THE BOTTOM. FOR HISTORY. OK WE GOOD TO GO.
IN A ROOM INSIDE THE BOTTOM.
SO WELCOME TO THE HAPPY IN A ROOM INSIDE THE BOTTOM.
SO WELCOME TO THE HAPPY
FOUNDATION UNDERSTAND THE MAN SO WELCOME TO THE HAPPY
FOUNDATION UNDERSTAND THE MAN
WHO WAS IN CHARGE OF THIS FOUNDATION UNDERSTAND THE MAN
WHO WAS IN CHARGE OF THIS
PASSED AWAY AND I KIND OF LEFT WHO WAS IN CHARGE OF THIS
PASSED AWAY AND I KIND OF LEFT
IT. PASSED AWAY AND I KIND OF LEFT
IT.
>> AS IS BUT YOU’RE WELCOME TO IT.
>> AS IS BUT YOU’RE WELCOME TO
COME IN HERE THE FIRST PEOPLE >> AS IS BUT YOU’RE WELCOME TO
COME IN HERE THE FIRST PEOPLE
THAT HAVE EVER BEEN. COME IN HERE THE FIRST PEOPLE
THAT HAVE EVER BEEN.
BACK HERE WITH A CAMERA THOUGH THAT HAVE EVER BEEN.
BACK HERE WITH A CAMERA THOUGH
IT’S NOT SET UP BY LIKE BACK HERE WITH A CAMERA THOUGH
IT’S NOT SET UP BY LIKE
A LIBRARY. IT’S A COLLECTION OF IT’S NOT SET UP BY LIKE
A LIBRARY. IT’S A COLLECTION OF
GAVE MEMORABILIA OVER A LIBRARY. IT’S A COLLECTION OF
GAVE MEMORABILIA OVER
DECADES. GAVE MEMORABILIA OVER
DECADES.
>> THERE’S SO MUCH IN THAT DECADES.
>> THERE’S SO MUCH IN THAT
SPACE THAT IS PROBABLY NOT >> THERE’S SO MUCH IN THAT
SPACE THAT IS PROBABLY NOT
FOUND ANYWHERE ELSE INCLUDING SPACE THAT IS PROBABLY NOT
FOUND ANYWHERE ELSE INCLUDING
ALL THE LOCAL FOUND ANYWHERE ELSE INCLUDING
ALL THE LOCAL
LGBTQ PUBLICATIONS WHICH ALL THE LOCAL
LGBTQ PUBLICATIONS WHICH
FORTUNATELY UTSA DIGITIZED MANY LGBTQ PUBLICATIONS WHICH
FORTUNATELY UTSA DIGITIZED MANY
YEARS AGO IN 2012. FORTUNATELY UTSA DIGITIZED MANY
YEARS AGO IN 2012.
THROUGH COLLABORATION WITH THE HAPPY FOUNDATION. HAPPY FOUNDATION.
>> ALL THE LEGAL FIGHTS THAT HAPPY FOUNDATION.
>> ALL THE LEGAL FIGHTS THAT
THAT WENT ON AROUND THE COUNTRY >> ALL THE LEGAL FIGHTS THAT
THAT WENT ON AROUND THE COUNTRY
HE WOULD FOLLOW IN COLLECTOR THAT WENT ON AROUND THE COUNTRY
HE WOULD FOLLOW IN COLLECTOR
ARTICLES FROM MILITARY HE WOULD FOLLOW IN COLLECTOR
ARTICLES FROM MILITARY
OFF-LIMITS POLICY SERVICE MAN’S ARTICLES FROM MILITARY
OFF-LIMITS POLICY SERVICE MAN’S
LEGAL DEFENSE OFF-LIMITS POLICY SERVICE MAN’S
LEGAL DEFENSE
NETWORK THIS AS A AND BISEXUAL LEGAL DEFENSE
NETWORK THIS AS A AND BISEXUAL
VETERANS, IT’S A VERY NETWORK THIS AS A AND BISEXUAL
VETERANS, IT’S A VERY
INTERESTING PLACE AND EVERY VETERANS, IT’S A VERY
INTERESTING PLACE AND EVERY
TIME I COME IN HERE FIND THINGS INTERESTING PLACE AND EVERY
TIME I COME IN HERE FIND THINGS
I NEVER SAW BEFORE. TIME I COME IN HERE FIND THINGS
I NEVER SAW BEFORE.
>> NOTHING MUCH HAS HAPPENED I NEVER SAW BEFORE.
>> NOTHING MUCH HAS HAPPENED
WITH THESE FILES PHOTOS EVEN >> NOTHING MUCH HAS HAPPENED
WITH THESE FILES PHOTOS EVEN
OLD ART SUPPLIES SINCE GENE WITH THESE FILES PHOTOS EVEN
OLD ART SUPPLIES SINCE GENE
ELDER DIED IN 2019. IF IT’S OLD ART SUPPLIES SINCE GENE
ELDER DIED IN 2019. IF IT’S
LEFT IN MY HANDS. ELDER DIED IN 2019. IF IT’S
LEFT IN MY HANDS.
I LOVE THESE PEOPLE TOO MUCH TO LEFT IN MY HANDS.
I LOVE THESE PEOPLE TOO MUCH TO
EVER LET GO OF THIS A LOT OF I LOVE THESE PEOPLE TOO MUCH TO
EVER LET GO OF THIS A LOT OF
WORK HAS TO BE DONE EVER LET GO OF THIS A LOT OF
WORK HAS TO BE DONE
ARCHIVAL WORK BECAUSE IT’S IT’S WORK HAS TO BE DONE
ARCHIVAL WORK BECAUSE IT’S IT’S
JUST STACKED TO THE CEILING ARCHIVAL WORK BECAUSE IT’S IT’S
JUST STACKED TO THE CEILING
WITH EVERYTHING. JUST STACKED TO THE CEILING
WITH EVERYTHING.
>> BUT IF IT NEEDS TO HAVE A WITH EVERYTHING.
>> BUT IF IT NEEDS TO HAVE A
FUTURE THE PAST IS CERTAINLY >> BUT IF IT NEEDS TO HAVE A
FUTURE THE PAST IS CERTAINLY
WHAT’S COLLECTED HERE. FUTURE THE PAST IS CERTAINLY
WHAT’S COLLECTED HERE.
2 MEN BEHIND THE HAPPY WHAT’S COLLECTED HERE.
2 MEN BEHIND THE HAPPY
FOUNDATION. THE SAN ANTONIO 2 MEN BEHIND THE HAPPY
FOUNDATION. THE SAN ANTONIO
COUNTRY. THE BOTTOM EXCHANGE FOUNDATION. THE SAN ANTONIO
COUNTRY. THE BOTTOM EXCHANGE
AND MORE. HELP SHAPE THE FUTURE COUNTRY. THE BOTTOM EXCHANGE
AND MORE. HELP SHAPE THE FUTURE
FOR LGBTQ PLUS PEOPLE IN SAN AND MORE. HELP SHAPE THE FUTURE
FOR LGBTQ PLUS PEOPLE IN SAN
ANTONIO AND OUR CITY AS A FOR LGBTQ PLUS PEOPLE IN SAN
ANTONIO AND OUR CITY AS A
WHOLE. ANTONIO AND OUR CITY AS A
WHOLE.
>> SAN ANTONIO WILL ALWAYS HAVE WHOLE.
>> SAN ANTONIO WILL ALWAYS HAVE
A PIECE OF. >> SAN ANTONIO WILL ALWAYS HAVE
A PIECE OF.
HIM EVERYWHERE YOU GO I SEE A PIECE OF.
HIM EVERYWHERE YOU GO I SEE
THINGS THAT HE WORKED ON PEOPLE HIM EVERYWHERE YOU GO I SEE
THINGS THAT HE WORKED ON PEOPLE
THAT YOU KNOW YOU THINGS THAT HE WORKED ON PEOPLE
THAT YOU KNOW YOU
WORKED WITH PEOPLE WE INFLUENCE THAT YOU KNOW YOU
WORKED WITH PEOPLE WE INFLUENCE
AT A YOUNG AGE LIKE ME. WORKED WITH PEOPLE WE INFLUENCE
AT A YOUNG AGE LIKE ME.
QUITE AN AT A YOUNG AGE LIKE ME.
QUITE AN
AMAZING MAN. WE WERE FRIENDS QUITE AN
AMAZING MAN. WE WERE FRIENDS
TILL THE DAY HE DIED. AMAZING MAN. WE WERE FRIENDS
TILL THE DAY HE DIED.
>> IT’S CLEAR HAVE AND LEFT A TILL THE DAY HE DIED.
>> IT’S CLEAR HAVE AND LEFT A
MARK ON SAN ANTONIO IS IMPACT >> IT’S CLEAR HAVE AND LEFT A
MARK ON SAN ANTONIO IS IMPACT
STILL FELT TODAY. MARK ON SAN ANTONIO IS IMPACT
STILL FELT TODAY.
BUT THE BALL THAT IS LIKELY THE STILL FELT TODAY.
BUT THE BALL THAT IS LIKELY THE
PLACE THAT MOST PEOPLE BUT THE BALL THAT IS LIKELY THE
PLACE THAT MOST PEOPLE
ASSOCIATE PLACE THAT MOST PEOPLE
ASSOCIATE
WITH HAP IT HAS BECOME AN ASSOCIATE
WITH HAP IT HAS BECOME AN
ICONIC SAN ANTONIO NIGHTCLUB WITH HAP IT HAS BECOME AN
ICONIC SAN ANTONIO NIGHTCLUB
THAT GENERATIONS HAVE ICONIC SAN ANTONIO NIGHTCLUB
THAT GENERATIONS HAVE
EXPERIENCED AND ENJOYED. THAT GENERATIONS HAVE
EXPERIENCED AND ENJOYED.
♪ >> SEEING THE LIGHT AND THE >> SEEING THE LIGHT AND THE
MULTIPLE ROOMS THAT MUSIC >> SEEING THE LIGHT AND THE
MULTIPLE ROOMS THAT MUSIC
BLARING IN. MULTIPLE ROOMS THAT MUSIC
BLARING IN.
>> YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY JUST BLARING IN.
>> YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY JUST
LAUGHING AND HAVING A GOOD TIME >> YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY JUST
LAUGHING AND HAVING A GOOD TIME
AND IT WAS JUST LIKE. LAUGHING AND HAVING A GOOD TIME
AND IT WAS JUST LIKE.
>> I WAS AT HOME. THERE’S AND IT WAS JUST LIKE.
>> I WAS AT HOME. THERE’S
REALLY NOTHING TO COMPARE IT TO >> I WAS AT HOME. THERE’S
REALLY NOTHING TO COMPARE IT TO
THE VIBE AND THE ENERGY AND REALLY NOTHING TO COMPARE IT TO
THE VIBE AND THE ENERGY AND
HERE IS ONE OF ACCEPTANCE THE VIBE AND THE ENERGY AND
HERE IS ONE OF ACCEPTANCE
AND I THINK IT’S SOMETHING HERE IS ONE OF ACCEPTANCE
AND I THINK IT’S SOMETHING
THAT’S LASTED THROUGH THE AND I THINK IT’S SOMETHING
THAT’S LASTED THROUGH THE
YEARS, IT’S HARD TO PINPOINT A THAT’S LASTED THROUGH THE
YEARS, IT’S HARD TO PINPOINT A
SINGLE REASON WHY BUT THE YEARS, IT’S HARD TO PINPOINT A
SINGLE REASON WHY BUT THE
BOTTOM EXCHANGE IS AN SINGLE REASON WHY BUT THE
BOTTOM EXCHANGE IS AN
UNDENIABLY SUCCESSFUL BOTTOM EXCHANGE IS AN
UNDENIABLY SUCCESSFUL
NIGHTCLUB. UNDENIABLY SUCCESSFUL
NIGHTCLUB.
>> IT HAS BEEN SINCE HAP NIGHTCLUB.
>> IT HAS BEEN SINCE HAP
VELTMAN OPENED ITS DOORS IN >> IT HAS BEEN SINCE HAP
VELTMAN OPENED ITS DOORS IN
JULY 1981. VELTMAN OPENED ITS DOORS IN
JULY 1981.
JOAN DUCKWORTH STILL REMEMBERS JULY 1981.
JOAN DUCKWORTH STILL REMEMBERS
WHEN HER FRIENDS HAVE TOLD HER JOAN DUCKWORTH STILL REMEMBERS
WHEN HER FRIENDS HAVE TOLD HER
HIS PLANS TO BUY THE BUILDING WHEN HER FRIENDS HAVE TOLD HER
HIS PLANS TO BUY THE BUILDING
WE WERE DRIVING AROUND. HIS PLANS TO BUY THE BUILDING
WE WERE DRIVING AROUND.
>> THE BLOCK OF THE BOTTOM AND WE WERE DRIVING AROUND.
>> THE BLOCK OF THE BOTTOM AND
I THOUGHT WE WERE >> THE BLOCK OF THE BOTTOM AND
I THOUGHT WE WERE
♪ I THOUGHT WE WERE
♪
JUST TALKING AND HE LOOKED AT ♪
JUST TALKING AND HE LOOKED AT
ME AND GOES JONI. BY JUST TALKING AND HE LOOKED AT
ME AND GOES JONI. BY
THAT BUILDING AND HE’S ONLY MAN ME AND GOES JONI. BY
THAT BUILDING AND HE’S ONLY MAN
I EVER KNEW THAT COULD LOOK AT THAT BUILDING AND HE’S ONLY MAN
I EVER KNEW THAT COULD LOOK AT
A BUILDING LIKE THIS TO THEM BE I EVER KNEW THAT COULD LOOK AT
A BUILDING LIKE THIS TO THEM BE
ABLE TO BUY IT. A BUILDING LIKE THIS TO THEM BE
ABLE TO BUY IT.
>> HAPP FELL IN LOVE WITH A ABLE TO BUY IT.
>> HAPP FELL IN LOVE WITH A
3 STORY 25,000 SQUARE FOOT >> HAPP FELL IN LOVE WITH A
3 STORY 25,000 SQUARE FOOT
BUILDING FOR ITS UNIQUE 3 STORY 25,000 SQUARE FOOT
BUILDING FOR ITS UNIQUE
ARCHITECTURE BUILDING FOR ITS UNIQUE
ARCHITECTURE
AND HISTORY. THIS BUILDING HAS ARCHITECTURE
AND HISTORY. THIS BUILDING HAS
A 130 YEARS OLD A GERMAN AND HISTORY. THIS BUILDING HAS
A 130 YEARS OLD A GERMAN
ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION BOUGHT THE A 130 YEARS OLD A GERMAN
ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION BOUGHT THE
LAND IN 1891 AND THEN OPENS ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION BOUGHT THE
LAND IN 1891 AND THEN OPENS
TURNER HALL IN 1892. LAND IN 1891 AND THEN OPENS
TURNER HALL IN 1892.
>> THIS MASSIVE FACILITY TURNER HALL IN 1892.
>> THIS MASSIVE FACILITY
INCLUDED A BALLROOM AND A >> THIS MASSIVE FACILITY
INCLUDED A BALLROOM AND A
BOWLING ALLEY AND THIS DANCE INCLUDED A BALLROOM AND A
BOWLING ALLEY AND THIS DANCE
FLOOR DOWN BELOW ACTUALLY USED BOWLING ALLEY AND THIS DANCE
FLOOR DOWN BELOW ACTUALLY USED
TO BE A BASKETBALL COURT. FLOOR DOWN BELOW ACTUALLY USED
TO BE A BASKETBALL COURT.
THESE ARE THE TO BE A BASKETBALL COURT.
THESE ARE THE
ORIGINAL TENANTS OF THE THESE ARE THE
ORIGINAL TENANTS OF THE
BUILDING YOU SEE THE RAIN ORIGINAL TENANTS OF THE
BUILDING YOU SEE THE RAIN
ORCHESTRA I THOUGHT THAT WAS BUILDING YOU SEE THE RAIN
ORCHESTRA I THOUGHT THAT WAS
IT. ORCHESTRA I THOUGHT THAT WAS
IT.
IN IT.
IN
1932 TURNER HALL CLOSED THE IN
1932 TURNER HALL CLOSED THE
U.S. GOVERNMENT BOUGHT THE 1932 TURNER HALL CLOSED THE
U.S. GOVERNMENT BOUGHT THE
BUILDING AND TURNED IT INTO A U.S. GOVERNMENT BOUGHT THE
BUILDING AND TURNED IT INTO A
CLUB FOR ABOUT 30 YEARS. BUILDING AND TURNED IT INTO A
CLUB FOR ABOUT 30 YEARS.
>> I THINK IT’S IRONIC. CLUB FOR ABOUT 30 YEARS.
>> I THINK IT’S IRONIC.
THAT IT BY THE MILITARY AT A >> I THINK IT’S IRONIC.
THAT IT BY THE MILITARY AT A
POINT BECAUSE AND THE FACT THAT THAT IT BY THE MILITARY AT A
POINT BECAUSE AND THE FACT THAT
LATER BECOMES A CLUB. POINT BECAUSE AND THE FACT THAT
LATER BECOMES A CLUB.
THAT WAS BETWEEN THE MILITARY LATER BECOMES A CLUB.
THAT WAS BETWEEN THE MILITARY
AND THE GAYS. THAT WAS BETWEEN THE MILITARY
AND THE GAYS.
>> THE BOTTOM WAS THEN A AND THE GAYS.
>> THE BOTTOM WAS THEN A
SORTING. >> THE BOTTOM WAS THEN A
SORTING.
FOR A SORTING STATION FOR POST SORTING.
FOR A SORTING STATION FOR POST
OFFICE NUMBER ONE. AND IT. FOR A SORTING STATION FOR POST
OFFICE NUMBER ONE. AND IT.
SEE I GUESS OFFICE NUMBER ONE. AND IT.
SEE I GUESS
ABOUT 1988 NEEDED A $150,000 SEE I GUESS
ABOUT 1988 NEEDED A $150,000
WORTH OF REPAIRS AND THE ABOUT 1988 NEEDED A $150,000
WORTH OF REPAIRS AND THE
POSTMASTER GENERAL SAID TAKE A WORTH OF REPAIRS AND THE
POSTMASTER GENERAL SAID TAKE A
MATCH TO IT. POSTMASTER GENERAL SAID TAKE A
MATCH TO IT.
>> AND THAT’S ABOUT THE TIME MATCH TO IT.
>> AND THAT’S ABOUT THE TIME
HAPP STEPPED IN PERHAPS >> AND THAT’S ABOUT THE TIME
HAPP STEPPED IN PERHAPS
DECISION TOO OPENLY CLUB IN HAPP STEPPED IN PERHAPS
DECISION TOO OPENLY CLUB IN
THAT LOCATION WAS VERY DECISION TOO OPENLY CLUB IN
THAT LOCATION WAS VERY
DELIBERATE. IT’S ON THE THAT LOCATION WAS VERY
DELIBERATE. IT’S ON THE
BACKSIDE OF THE HOUR NOW THE DELIBERATE. IT’S ON THE
BACKSIDE OF THE HOUR NOW THE
TEXAS CRADLE OF LIBERTY. BACKSIDE OF THE HOUR NOW THE
TEXAS CRADLE OF LIBERTY.
HE WAS MAKING TEXAS CRADLE OF LIBERTY.
HE WAS MAKING
A STATEMENT. UNFORTUNATELY HE HE WAS MAKING
A STATEMENT. UNFORTUNATELY HE
HAVE THE CLOUT TO MAKE THAT A STATEMENT. UNFORTUNATELY HE
HAVE THE CLOUT TO MAKE THAT
STATEMENT. IT WAS IMPORTANT TO HAVE THE CLOUT TO MAKE THAT
STATEMENT. IT WAS IMPORTANT TO
HIM. STATEMENT. IT WAS IMPORTANT TO
HIM.
PEOPLE IN THE CITY HIM.
PEOPLE IN THE CITY
EXCEPT THAT THERE’S A BIG PEOPLE IN THE CITY
EXCEPT THAT THERE’S A BIG
POPULATION OF GAYS IN SAN EXCEPT THAT THERE’S A BIG
POPULATION OF GAYS IN SAN
ANTONIO AND THIS IS GOING TO BE OUR SPACE HAPP DIED IN 1988 OUR SPACE HAPP DIED IN 1988
ONLY 7 YEARS AFTER THE OUR SPACE HAPP DIED IN 1988
ONLY 7 YEARS AFTER THE
BOTTOM OPEN. BUT JOAN AND SO ONLY 7 YEARS AFTER THE
BOTTOM OPEN. BUT JOAN AND SO
MANY OTHERS CONTINUE TO MAKE BOTTOM OPEN. BUT JOAN AND SO
MANY OTHERS CONTINUE TO MAKE
APPS VISION A REALITY OPERATING MANY OTHERS CONTINUE TO MAKE
APPS VISION A REALITY OPERATING
AT CLOSE IF NIGHTCLUB THAT’S APPS VISION A REALITY OPERATING
AT CLOSE IF NIGHTCLUB THAT’S
WITHSTOOD THE TEST OF TIME AT CLOSE IF NIGHTCLUB THAT’S
WITHSTOOD THE TEST OF TIME
WHERE AGAIN BY THAT WELCOMES WITHSTOOD THE TEST OF TIME
WHERE AGAIN BY THAT WELCOMES
EVERYBODY AND JOAN HAS BEEN WHERE AGAIN BY THAT WELCOMES
EVERYBODY AND JOAN HAS BEEN
JOINED BY OTHERS ALONG THE WAY. EVERYBODY AND JOAN HAS BEEN
JOINED BY OTHERS ALONG THE WAY.
>> TOGETHER THEY HAVE SEEN A JOINED BY OTHERS ALONG THE WAY.
>> TOGETHER THEY HAVE SEEN A
LOT OF CHANGES IN THE >> TOGETHER THEY HAVE SEEN A
LOT OF CHANGES IN THE
OUTSIDE WORLD. BOTTOM CO OWNER LOT OF CHANGES IN THE
OUTSIDE WORLD. BOTTOM CO OWNER
AND GENERAL MANAGER LEE HAINES OUTSIDE WORLD. BOTTOM CO OWNER
AND GENERAL MANAGER LEE HAINES
WAS HIRED BACK IN AND GENERAL MANAGER LEE HAINES
WAS HIRED BACK IN
1989 AS A BAR BACK IN 89 THINGS WAS HIRED BACK IN
1989 AS A BAR BACK IN 89 THINGS
WERE A LOT DIFFERENT THAN 1989 AS A BAR BACK IN 89 THINGS
WERE A LOT DIFFERENT THAN
COULDN’T BE OPEN. WERE A LOT DIFFERENT THAN
COULDN’T BE OPEN.
>> AND IN THE OPEN ABOUT IT. COULDN’T BE OPEN.
>> AND IN THE OPEN ABOUT IT.
COULDN’T BE IN THE MILITARY AND >> AND IN THE OPEN ABOUT IT.
COULDN’T BE IN THE MILITARY AND
BEING HERE PROGRESS HAS BEEN COULDN’T BE IN THE MILITARY AND
BEING HERE PROGRESS HAS BEEN
SLOW WHEN I. BEING HERE PROGRESS HAS BEEN
SLOW WHEN I.
>> CAME OUT. WE WERE ONLY OR SLOW WHEN I.
>> CAME OUT. WE WERE ONLY OR
SAFETY WAS ONLY WHEN WE VOTE >> CAME OUT. WE WERE ONLY OR
SAFETY WAS ONLY WHEN WE VOTE
FAVORITE. I THINK LIKE THIS SAFETY WAS ONLY WHEN WE VOTE
FAVORITE. I THINK LIKE THIS
WHEN I STARTED AT THE BOTTOM. FAVORITE. I THINK LIKE THIS
WHEN I STARTED AT THE BOTTOM.
IT WAS A LITTLE BIT WHEN I STARTED AT THE BOTTOM.
IT WAS A LITTLE BIT
INTIMIDATING BECAUSE IT WAS A LITTLE BIT
INTIMIDATING BECAUSE
THE PEOPLE THEY WORK WITH ARE INTIMIDATING BECAUSE
THE PEOPLE THEY WORK WITH ARE
ALL CALIBERS ABOUT EVERY THE PEOPLE THEY WORK WITH ARE
ALL CALIBERS ABOUT EVERY
EVERYTHING YOUR LIFE TO DRAG ALL CALIBERS ABOUT EVERY
EVERYTHING YOUR LIFE TO DRAG
QUEEN ALAYNA MARQUEZ FIRST CAME EVERYTHING YOUR LIFE TO DRAG
QUEEN ALAYNA MARQUEZ FIRST CAME
OUT IN 1997 AND STARTED WORKING QUEEN ALAYNA MARQUEZ FIRST CAME
OUT IN 1997 AND STARTED WORKING
AT THE BOTTOM IN 2007. OUT IN 1997 AND STARTED WORKING
AT THE BOTTOM IN 2007.
>> SHE SAYS THE SIZE OF THE FIT AT THE BOTTOM IN 2007.
>> SHE SAYS THE SIZE OF THE FIT
YOU IN THE CROWD INTIMIDATED >> SHE SAYS THE SIZE OF THE FIT
YOU IN THE CROWD INTIMIDATED
HER AT FIRST HOW ARE THEY GOING YOU IN THE CROWD INTIMIDATED
HER AT FIRST HOW ARE THEY GOING
TO REACT. I THINK IT EMBRACE IT HER AT FIRST HOW ARE THEY GOING
TO REACT. I THINK IT EMBRACE IT
OR THEY AND THEIR FROWN BUT TO REACT. I THINK IT EMBRACE IT
OR THEY AND THEIR FROWN BUT
NOW SHE’S A STAPLE OF OR THEY AND THEIR FROWN BUT
NOW SHE’S A STAPLE OF
THE ESTABLISHMENT. THE KEY NOW SHE’S A STAPLE OF
THE ESTABLISHMENT. THE KEY
BUCHANAN FELL IN LOVE WITH THE THE ESTABLISHMENT. THE KEY
BUCHANAN FELL IN LOVE WITH THE
BALL ON A WALL SHE WAS STILL IN BUCHANAN FELL IN LOVE WITH THE
BALL ON A WALL SHE WAS STILL IN
HIGH SCHOOL BALL ON A WALL SHE WAS STILL IN
HIGH SCHOOL
AND A FEW YEARS AFTER SHE HIGH SCHOOL
AND A FEW YEARS AFTER SHE
GRADUATED IN 1991. SHE STARTED AND A FEW YEARS AFTER SHE
GRADUATED IN 1991. SHE STARTED
WORKING AT THE CLUB GRADUATED IN 1991. SHE STARTED
WORKING AT THE CLUB
FINALLY JUSTICE THEY CAME HOME WORKING AT THE CLUB
FINALLY JUSTICE THEY CAME HOME
VICKI AND THE REST OF THE STAFF FINALLY JUSTICE THEY CAME HOME
VICKI AND THE REST OF THE STAFF
AND CUSTOMERS AT THE BOTTOM VICKI AND THE REST OF THE STAFF
AND CUSTOMERS AT THE BOTTOM
HAVE WITNESSED A LOT OF AND CUSTOMERS AT THE BOTTOM
HAVE WITNESSED A LOT OF
SIGNIFICANT SETBACK AND HAVE WITNESSED A LOT OF
SIGNIFICANT SETBACK AND
MILESTONES IN THE FIGHT FOR SIGNIFICANT SETBACK AND
MILESTONES IN THE FIGHT FOR
CIVIL RIGHTS FOR THE LGBTQ PLUS MILESTONES IN THE FIGHT FOR
CIVIL RIGHTS FOR THE LGBTQ PLUS
COMMUNITY SINCE THIS CLUB CIVIL RIGHTS FOR THE LGBTQ PLUS
COMMUNITY SINCE THIS CLUB
OPENED 40 YEARS AGO, COMMUNITY SINCE THIS CLUB
OPENED 40 YEARS AGO,
AND THEY SAY CELEBRATING THE OPENED 40 YEARS AGO,
AND THEY SAY CELEBRATING THE
STEPS TOWARD PROGRESS HAS BEEN AND THEY SAY CELEBRATING THE
STEPS TOWARD PROGRESS HAS BEEN
JOYFUL WE’RE ALL EQUAL. STEPS TOWARD PROGRESS HAS BEEN
JOYFUL WE’RE ALL EQUAL.
WE DESERVE WE ALL DESERVE AN JOYFUL WE’RE ALL EQUAL.
WE DESERVE WE ALL DESERVE AN
EQUAL PLAYING FIELD. IT’S NICE WE DESERVE WE ALL DESERVE AN
EQUAL PLAYING FIELD. IT’S NICE
TO SEE SOME OF MY OPPRESSED. EQUAL PLAYING FIELD. IT’S NICE
TO SEE SOME OF MY OPPRESSED.
LIVE LIKE TO SEE SOME OF MY OPPRESSED.
LIVE LIKE
I DO WHILE THE PROGRESS LIVE LIKE
I DO WHILE THE PROGRESS
MADE IS EXCITING THE FIGHT FOR I DO WHILE THE PROGRESS
MADE IS EXCITING THE FIGHT FOR
EQUALITY IS FAR MADE IS EXCITING THE FIGHT FOR
EQUALITY IS FAR
FROM OVER WE STILL SEE EQUALITY IS FAR
FROM OVER WE STILL SEE
UNFORTUNATELY SOME OF THE FROM OVER WE STILL SEE
UNFORTUNATELY SOME OF THE
ISSUES THAT WE HAVE JUST ENDED UNFORTUNATELY SOME OF THE
ISSUES THAT WE HAVE JUST ENDED
THE 87TH LEGISLATIVE SESSION ISSUES THAT WE HAVE JUST ENDED
THE 87TH LEGISLATIVE SESSION
WHERE WE HAD OVER 30 ANTI LGBTQ THE 87TH LEGISLATIVE SESSION
WHERE WE HAD OVER 30 ANTI LGBTQ
PLUS BILLS THAT WHERE WE HAD OVER 30 ANTI LGBTQ
PLUS BILLS THAT
WERE FILED. PLUS BILLS THAT
WERE FILED.
>> LARGELY TARGETING HAD THE WERE FILED.
>> LARGELY TARGETING HAD THE
TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY WE STILL >> LARGELY TARGETING HAD THE
TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY WE STILL
HAVE A TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY WE STILL
HAVE A
HIGH NUMBER. HAVE A
HIGH NUMBER.
>> A TRANS WOMEN AND TRANS HIGH NUMBER.
>> A TRANS WOMEN AND TRANS
INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE BEING >> A TRANS WOMEN AND TRANS
INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE BEING
MURDERED AND VIOLENTLY TAKEN INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE BEING
MURDERED AND VIOLENTLY TAKEN
FROM US LOOK AT THESE TYPES OF MURDERED AND VIOLENTLY TAKEN
FROM US LOOK AT THESE TYPES OF
THINGS AND YOU SEE THERE IS FROM US LOOK AT THESE TYPES OF
THINGS AND YOU SEE THERE IS
STILL HOME A LOT OF WORK THAT THINGS AND YOU SEE THERE IS
STILL HOME A LOT OF WORK THAT
STILL NEEDS TO BE DONE EVEN STILL HOME A LOT OF WORK THAT
STILL NEEDS TO BE DONE EVEN
WITH THE UPS AND DOWNS GOING ON STILL NEEDS TO BE DONE EVEN
WITH THE UPS AND DOWNS GOING ON
IN THE OUTSIDE WORLD, THE CREW WITH THE UPS AND DOWNS GOING ON
IN THE OUTSIDE WORLD, THE CREW
AT THE BOTTOM HAS BEEN BUSY IN THE OUTSIDE WORLD, THE CREW
AT THE BOTTOM HAS BEEN BUSY
CREATING A SAFE SPACE FOR THEIR AT THE BOTTOM HAS BEEN BUSY
CREATING A SAFE SPACE FOR THEIR
CUSTOMERS INSIDE. CREATING A SAFE SPACE FOR THEIR
CUSTOMERS INSIDE.
>> THERE HAVE BEEN MANY TIMES. CUSTOMERS INSIDE.
>> THERE HAVE BEEN MANY TIMES.
>> THROUGHOUT MY YEARS THAT >> THERE HAVE BEEN MANY TIMES.
>> THROUGHOUT MY YEARS THAT
I’VE HAD. >> THROUGHOUT MY YEARS THAT
I’VE HAD.
♪ I’VE HAD.
♪
♪ ♪
♪
MY CUSTOMERS COME TO ME. ♪
MY CUSTOMERS COME TO ME.
I’VE NEVER SAID THESE WORDS. THEY CAN EVEN SAY TO THE THEY CAN EVEN SAY TO THE
FAMILIES REALLY FAMILY DOESN’T THEY CAN EVEN SAY TO THE
FAMILIES REALLY FAMILY DOESN’T
KNOW I CAN’T TELL THEM BUT I’M FAMILIES REALLY FAMILY DOESN’T
KNOW I CAN’T TELL THEM BUT I’M
TELLING YOU AND I MEAN I KNOW I CAN’T TELL THEM BUT I’M
TELLING YOU AND I MEAN I
HUG THEM HYDE WITH THEM. TELLING YOU AND I MEAN I
HUG THEM HYDE WITH THEM.
>> THE BOTTOM HAS LONG BEEN A HUG THEM HYDE WITH THEM.
>> THE BOTTOM HAS LONG BEEN A
PLACE THAT HAPPILY WELCOMES ALL >> THE BOTTOM HAS LONG BEEN A
PLACE THAT HAPPILY WELCOMES ALL
AND VICKI HOPES NO ONE LOSES PLACE THAT HAPPILY WELCOMES ALL
AND VICKI HOPES NO ONE LOSES
SIGHT OF HAPP’S VISION. AND VICKI HOPES NO ONE LOSES
SIGHT OF HAPP’S VISION.
>> YOU KNOW WHEN YOU WALK SIGHT OF HAPP’S VISION.
>> YOU KNOW WHEN YOU WALK
THROUGH THAT DOOR YOU WALK INTO >> YOU KNOW WHEN YOU WALK
THROUGH THAT DOOR YOU WALK INTO
A 40 YEAR-OLD BAR THAT WAS HERE THROUGH THAT DOOR YOU WALK INTO
A 40 YEAR-OLD BAR THAT WAS HERE
AS A SAFE HAVEN. A 40 YEAR-OLD BAR THAT WAS HERE
AS A SAFE HAVEN.
4 PEOPLE WHO DIDN’T ALWAYS FEEL AS A SAFE HAVEN.
4 PEOPLE WHO DIDN’T ALWAYS FEEL
SAFE AT THE BORDERS. 4 PEOPLE WHO DIDN’T ALWAYS FEEL
SAFE AT THE BORDERS.
OVER THE PAST 40 YEARS ON ANY SAFE AT THE BORDERS.
OVER THE PAST 40 YEARS ON ANY
GIVEN WEEKEND YOU CAN EXPECT TO OVER THE PAST 40 YEARS ON ANY
GIVEN WEEKEND YOU CAN EXPECT TO
FIND A CROWD RIGHT HERE AT THE GIVEN WEEKEND YOU CAN EXPECT TO
FIND A CROWD RIGHT HERE AT THE
BOTTOM DANCING AND HAVING A FIND A CROWD RIGHT HERE AT THE
BOTTOM DANCING AND HAVING A
GOOD TIME. BOTTOM DANCING AND HAVING A
GOOD TIME.
>> BUT OF COURSE STOP US IF GOOD TIME.
>> BUT OF COURSE STOP US IF
YOU’VE HEARD THIS BEFORE THE >> BUT OF COURSE STOP US IF
YOU’VE HEARD THIS BEFORE THE
PANDEMIC YOU’VE HEARD THIS BEFORE THE
PANDEMIC
CHANGED EVERYTHING AND THE PANDEMIC
CHANGED EVERYTHING AND THE
SPRING OF 2020 LIKE SOMEBODY CHANGED EVERYTHING AND THE
SPRING OF 2020 LIKE SOMEBODY
OTHER BUSINESSES LEE AND JOAN SPRING OF 2020 LIKE SOMEBODY
OTHER BUSINESSES LEE AND JOAN
MADE THE DECISION TO CLOSE OTHER BUSINESSES LEE AND JOAN
MADE THE DECISION TO CLOSE
THEIR DOORS TO KEEP PEOPLE MADE THE DECISION TO CLOSE
THEIR DOORS TO KEEP PEOPLE
SAFE. BUT NOW WITH CASE COUNTS THEIR DOORS TO KEEP PEOPLE
SAFE. BUT NOW WITH CASE COUNTS
LOW AND MORE PEOPLE VACCINATED SAFE. BUT NOW WITH CASE COUNTS
LOW AND MORE PEOPLE VACCINATED
THEY ARE PLANNING TO REOPEN LOW AND MORE PEOPLE VACCINATED
THEY ARE PLANNING TO REOPEN
ONCE AGAIN IVAN HERRERA TALK TO THEY ARE PLANNING TO REOPEN
ONCE AGAIN IVAN HERRERA TALK TO
SOME OF THE BOTTOMS EMPLOYEES ONCE AGAIN IVAN HERRERA TALK TO
SOME OF THE BOTTOMS EMPLOYEES
ABOUT WHAT THEY’RE LOOKING SOME OF THE BOTTOMS EMPLOYEES
ABOUT WHAT THEY’RE LOOKING
FORWARD ABOUT WHAT THEY’RE LOOKING
FORWARD
♪ FORWARD
♪
TO MOST WHEN THOSE BIG DOORS ♪
TO MOST WHEN THOSE BIG DOORS
OPEN. TO MOST WHEN THOSE BIG DOORS
OPEN.
TOO MANY LGBTQ OPEN.
TOO MANY LGBTQ
PLUS COMMUNITY MEMBERS. THE TOO MANY LGBTQ
PLUS COMMUNITY MEMBERS. THE
BONHAM EXCHANGE IS A HOME AWAY PLUS COMMUNITY MEMBERS. THE
BONHAM EXCHANGE IS A HOME AWAY
FROM HOME WHERE THEY CAN BONHAM EXCHANGE IS A HOME AWAY
FROM HOME WHERE THEY CAN
EXPRESS THEMSELVES FREELY. FROM HOME WHERE THEY CAN
EXPRESS THEMSELVES FREELY.
>> THAT’LL CHANGE LAST MARCH EXPRESS THEMSELVES FREELY.
>> THAT’LL CHANGE LAST MARCH
THE CHAIN SAYS THE CLOSURE >> THAT’LL CHANGE LAST MARCH
THE CHAIN SAYS THE CLOSURE
REALLY HIT HARD FOR EVERYONE AT THE CHAIN SAYS THE CLOSURE
REALLY HIT HARD FOR EVERYONE AT
HIS BAR IT WAS DISHEARTENING I REALLY HIT HARD FOR EVERYONE AT
HIS BAR IT WAS DISHEARTENING I
HAVE BEEN HERE FOR 30 YEARS HIS BAR IT WAS DISHEARTENING I
HAVE BEEN HERE FOR 30 YEARS
WORKING EVERY WEEKEND AND THEN HAVE BEEN HERE FOR 30 YEARS
WORKING EVERY WEEKEND AND THEN
ALL OF A SUDDEN ON. WORKING EVERY WEEKEND AND THEN
ALL OF A SUDDEN ON.
>> FRIDAY MARCH 13, IT’S NO ALL OF A SUDDEN ON.
>> FRIDAY MARCH 13, IT’S NO
MORE WEEKENDS, NOBODY’S ALLOWED >> FRIDAY MARCH 13, IT’S NO
MORE WEEKENDS, NOBODY’S ALLOWED
ON THE CLUB IT’S MANDATED BY MORE WEEKENDS, NOBODY’S ALLOWED
ON THE CLUB IT’S MANDATED BY
THE GOVERNOR. IT ON THE CLUB IT’S MANDATED BY
THE GOVERNOR. IT
♪ THE GOVERNOR. IT
♪
WAS A. WAS A BIG REALITY. ♪
WAS A. WAS A BIG REALITY.
BIG SLAP WAS A. WAS A BIG REALITY.
BIG SLAP
OF REALITY. BIG SLAP
OF REALITY.
>> LEE SAYS THE DECISION TO OF REALITY.
>> LEE SAYS THE DECISION TO
CONTINUE TO STAY CLOSED. >> LEE SAYS THE DECISION TO
CONTINUE TO STAY CLOSED.
DESPITE GOVERNOR ABBOTT CONTINUE TO STAY CLOSED.
DESPITE GOVERNOR ABBOTT
ALLOWING FOR THE REOPENING OF DESPITE GOVERNOR ABBOTT
ALLOWING FOR THE REOPENING OF
BARS EARLIER THIS YEAR WAS A ALLOWING FOR THE REOPENING OF
BARS EARLIER THIS YEAR WAS A
HARD BUT NECESSARY ONE FOR BARS EARLIER THIS YEAR WAS A
HARD BUT NECESSARY ONE FOR
EVERYONE SAFETY WE JUST WANTED HARD BUT NECESSARY ONE FOR
EVERYONE SAFETY WE JUST WANTED
TO HOLD OUT UNTIL THEY WERE EVERYONE SAFETY WE JUST WANTED
TO HOLD OUT UNTIL THEY WERE
OPEN VACCINES FOR ANYBODY WHO TO HOLD OUT UNTIL THEY WERE
OPEN VACCINES FOR ANYBODY WHO
WANTED ONE. AND THAT WE THOUGHT OPEN VACCINES FOR ANYBODY WHO
WANTED ONE. AND THAT WE THOUGHT
AT THAT POINT WE COULD SERVICE WANTED ONE. AND THAT WE THOUGHT
AT THAT POINT WE COULD SERVICE
PONCE DE LEON WE’RE AT THAT AT THAT POINT WE COULD SERVICE
PONCE DE LEON WE’RE AT THAT
POINT NOW WE FEEL BUT THE SAN PONCE DE LEON WE’RE AT THAT
POINT NOW WE FEEL BUT THE SAN
ANTONIO ESTABLISHMENT DIDN’T POINT NOW WE FEEL BUT THE SAN
ANTONIO ESTABLISHMENT DIDN’T
JUST SIT IDLE DURING THE ANTONIO ESTABLISHMENT DIDN’T
JUST SIT IDLE DURING THE
PANDEMIC LEE AND HIS EMPLOYEES JUST SIT IDLE DURING THE
PANDEMIC LEE AND HIS EMPLOYEES
GOT TO WORK AND REMODELED THE PANDEMIC LEE AND HIS EMPLOYEES
GOT TO WORK AND REMODELED THE
BONHAM EXCHANGE TO WELCOME BACK GOT TO WORK AND REMODELED THE
BONHAM EXCHANGE TO WELCOME BACK
THEIR PATRONS BOTH OLD AND NEW BONHAM EXCHANGE TO WELCOME BACK
THEIR PATRONS BOTH OLD AND NEW
WE’VE THEIR PATRONS BOTH OLD AND NEW
WE’VE
WORKED HARD TRYING TO BRING WE’VE
WORKED HARD TRYING TO BRING
THIS GIRL BACK UP TO ITS BEAUTY WORKED HARD TRYING TO BRING
THIS GIRL BACK UP TO ITS BEAUTY
AND GO FOR ANOTHER 40 YEARS. THIS GIRL BACK UP TO ITS BEAUTY
AND GO FOR ANOTHER 40 YEARS.
THEY GIVE YOU CAN AND SAYS THE AND GO FOR ANOTHER 40 YEARS.
THEY GIVE YOU CAN AND SAYS THE
CLOSURE OF THE BARD MADE HER THEY GIVE YOU CAN AND SAYS THE
CLOSURE OF THE BARD MADE HER
RETHINK HER CLOSURE OF THE BARD MADE HER
RETHINK HER
CAREER CHOICES. BUT SHE KNOWS RETHINK HER
CAREER CHOICES. BUT SHE KNOWS
THE BOTTOM IS AND ALWAYS WILL CAREER CHOICES. BUT SHE KNOWS
THE BOTTOM IS AND ALWAYS WILL
BE HOME I AM USED TO HUSTLING THE BOTTOM IS AND ALWAYS WILL
BE HOME I AM USED TO HUSTLING
TURNING AND BE HOME I AM USED TO HUSTLING
TURNING AND
BURNING INSLEE. TURNING AND
BURNING INSLEE.
>> IT IS IN MY BLOOD I HAVE BURNING INSLEE.
>> IT IS IN MY BLOOD I HAVE
BEEN A NIGHT CREATURE MY WHOLE >> IT IS IN MY BLOOD I HAVE
BEEN A NIGHT CREATURE MY WHOLE
LIFE AND BEING BEHIND A BAR. BEEN A NIGHT CREATURE MY WHOLE
LIFE AND BEING BEHIND A BAR.
THIS IS LIFE AND BEING BEHIND A BAR.
THIS IS
MY SANCTUARY. THE KEY SAYS THIS IS
MY SANCTUARY. THE KEY SAYS
SHE’S LOOKING FORWARD TO MY SANCTUARY. THE KEY SAYS
SHE’S LOOKING FORWARD TO
FINALLY SEEN THE PATRONS WHO SHE’S LOOKING FORWARD TO
FINALLY SEEN THE PATRONS WHO
MADE THE BONHAM EXCHANGE FOR FINALLY SEEN THE PATRONS WHO
MADE THE BONHAM EXCHANGE FOR
SPECIAL PLACE. MADE THE BONHAM EXCHANGE FOR
SPECIAL PLACE.
>> I’M JUST HOPING THAT AS SOON SPECIAL PLACE.
>> I’M JUST HOPING THAT AS SOON
AS WE OPEN THE DOOR. >> I’M JUST HOPING THAT AS SOON
AS WE OPEN THE DOOR.
WELL, THE LOVE COMES BACK AS WE OPEN THE DOOR.
WELL, THE LOVE COMES BACK
BECAUSE I HAVE MISS MY PEOPLE I WELL, THE LOVE COMES BACK
BECAUSE I HAVE MISS MY PEOPLE I
LIVE AND BREATHE FOR THEM I BECAUSE I HAVE MISS MY PEOPLE I
LIVE AND BREATHE FOR THEM I
MISS. LIVE AND BREATHE FOR THEM I
MISS.
THE PEOPLE SITTING HERE TALKING MISS.
THE PEOPLE SITTING HERE TALKING
TO ME AND THE BAR ISN’T THE THE PEOPLE SITTING HERE TALKING
TO ME AND THE BAR ISN’T THE
ONLY THING MISSED AT TO ME AND THE BAR ISN’T THE
ONLY THING MISSED AT
THE BOTTOM. ONLY THING MISSED AT
THE BOTTOM.
>> ALAYNA MARQUEZ SAYS SHE’S THE BOTTOM.
>> ALAYNA MARQUEZ SAYS SHE’S
LOOKING FORWARD TO HITTING THE >> ALAYNA MARQUEZ SAYS SHE’S
LOOKING FORWARD TO HITTING THE
STAGE AND INTERACTING WITH HER LOOKING FORWARD TO HITTING THE
STAGE AND INTERACTING WITH HER
AUDIENCE ONCE AGAIN, I’M JUST STAGE AND INTERACTING WITH HER
AUDIENCE ONCE AGAIN, I’M JUST
WANTING TO GET BACK TO BEING AUDIENCE ONCE AGAIN, I’M JUST
WANTING TO GET BACK TO BEING
ABLE TO DO MY HEART JUST WANTING TO GET BACK TO BEING
ABLE TO DO MY HEART JUST
PUNCHES ON FRIDAY. HI MY ABLE TO DO MY HEART JUST
PUNCHES ON FRIDAY. HI MY
TALENT WEEKLY MY WEEKLY TALENT PUNCHES ON FRIDAY. HI MY
TALENT WEEKLY MY WEEKLY TALENT
AT EVERY WEEK GETTING BACK TO TALENT WEEKLY MY WEEKLY TALENT
AT EVERY WEEK GETTING BACK TO
THAT OVERALL LEE SAYS THE AT EVERY WEEK GETTING BACK TO
THAT OVERALL LEE SAYS THE
BOTTOM IS ABOUT MAKING MEMORIES THAT OVERALL LEE SAYS THE
BOTTOM IS ABOUT MAKING MEMORIES
AND GOING BACK TO CREATING NEW BOTTOM IS ABOUT MAKING MEMORIES
AND GOING BACK TO CREATING NEW
ONES FOR YEARS TO COME. I THINK AND GOING BACK TO CREATING NEW
ONES FOR YEARS TO COME. I THINK
WE ALL HAVE AN APPRECIATION FOR ONES FOR YEARS TO COME. I THINK
WE ALL HAVE AN APPRECIATION FOR
THE SIMPLE THINGS GETTING A WE ALL HAVE AN APPRECIATION FOR
THE SIMPLE THINGS GETTING A
DRINK AT A BAR WITH A FRIEND THE SIMPLE THINGS GETTING A
DRINK AT A BAR WITH A FRIEND
AND IT’S SOMETHING THAT WE JUST DRINK AT A BAR WITH A FRIEND
AND IT’S SOMETHING THAT WE JUST
WANT TO WELCOME AND AND IT’S SOMETHING THAT WE JUST
WANT TO WELCOME AND
BRING BACK ALL THE GOOD WANT TO WELCOME AND
BRING BACK ALL THE GOOD
MEMORIES WE USED TO STARTED ALL BRING BACK ALL THE GOOD
MEMORIES WE USED TO STARTED ALL
AGAIN WE’RE REALLY EXCITED. MEMORIES WE USED TO STARTED ALL
AGAIN WE’RE REALLY EXCITED.
THERE ARE PLANS TO REOPEN THE AGAIN WE’RE REALLY EXCITED.
THERE ARE PLANS TO REOPEN THE
BOTTOM SOMETIME LATER ON THIS THERE ARE PLANS TO REOPEN THE
BOTTOM SOMETIME LATER ON THIS
SUMMER. BOTTOM SOMETIME LATER ON THIS
SUMMER.
>> AND WE HOPE THE NEXT TIME SUMMER.
>> AND WE HOPE THE NEXT TIME
YOU’RE ABLE TO WALK THROUGH >> AND WE HOPE THE NEXT TIME
YOU’RE ABLE TO WALK THROUGH
THOSE BIG DOUBLE DOORS, YOU’LL YOU’RE ABLE TO WALK THROUGH
THOSE BIG DOUBLE DOORS, YOU’LL
KNOW MORE ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THOSE BIG DOUBLE DOORS, YOU’LL
KNOW MORE ABOUT THE HISTORY OF
THIS PLACE AND HOW IT ALL GOT KNOW MORE ABOUT THE HISTORY OF
THIS PLACE AND HOW IT ALL GOT
STARTED, I’M MYRA ARTHUR THANKS THIS PLACE AND HOW IT ALL GOT
STARTED, I’M MYRA ARTHUR THANKS
FOR WATCHING THIS EPISODE OF STARTED, I’M MYRA ARTHUR THANKS
FOR WATCHING THIS EPISODE OF
KSAT EXPLAINS WE’LL SEE YOU FOR WATCHING THIS EPISODE OF
KSAT EXPLAINS WE’LL SEE YOU
NEXT TIME.
