San Antonio, TX: Where I Met the Icons for Brunch

WHERE I MET THE ICONS FOR BRUNCH!

San Antonio hosts several LGBTQ events throughout the year, celebrating diversity and inclusivity in grand style. The Pride Bigger Than Texas Festival and Parade is a highlight for many LGBTQ travelers, featuring live music, colorful parades, and community celebrations. Additionally, events like the San Antonio QFest showcase LGBTQ films and cultural contributions, providing unique opportunities for artistic expression and community engagement.

The Pride Center of San Antonio also hosts several events throughout the year and during Pride, the Center celebrates impactful members of San Antonio’s LGBTQ+ community with the Icon’s Brunch, which is a fundraiser for The Center’s health and wellness programming.

The Brunch features live entertainment, delicious food, special guests, bottomless drinks and more. The brunch is the largest and most exciting annual event supporting San Antonio’s LGBTQ+ community resource center. The Center’s Icon’s Brunch is an event for everyone, presenting Icon Awards to exemplary members of the community for their outstanding contributions to LGBTQ+ causes.

Under the helm of Robert Salcido, Jr., who has been in the role of Executive Director at Pride Center San Antonio since 2015, the Center has thrived and increased programs and resources for all San Antonians.

My friend, Robert is an award-winning consultant, speaker, and facilitator with extensive experience working with issues of equity, diversity and inclusion, LGBTQ+ education, and matters of discrimination. Robert has been active with The Center since 2011, as a volunteer as well as the Board Chair from 2015 until 2022.

Robert also serves on the board of directors for Planned Parenthood San Antonio and Planned Parenthood South Texas Surgical Centers and is an active member of the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion committees for the Interdisciplinary Research Leaders program at the University of Minnesota and the Boys & Girls Club of San Antonio. He is a founding member and past president of Orgullo de San Antonio LGBTQ League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) Council 22198. Under his leadership, the council achieved District, State, and National Council of the Year in 2016. Most recently, Robert was listed as one of 20 Influential Latinos in San Antonio by KSAT TV.