![]() I didn’t always know I was queer, and I didn’t come into my disabled identity until adulthood. Maybe it’s because this year is the first time I can say, with my whole chest, today will be good. Maybe it’s because as I get older and read more about queer history, I think of Pride not as the final destination on a linear arc of history, but as something messy, organic, vitally necessary. Maybe it’s because of the infuriating disjuncture between corporations who sponsor parade floats in summer while funding bigots and transphobes’ political campaigns come winter. Maybe it’s because we’ve spent every June since 2020 in a state of COVID emergency, which still curtails many of us from fully participating in public festivities. Easter Seals national headquarters is located at the following addresses:Īs a queer, disabled person reflecting on Pride this month, I’m struck by how much Pride resonates with me as a process rather than a discrete event. Chances are, there's an Easter Seals center or office in your community. The address and contact information for the Harlingen facility is as follows:Įaster Seals is represented in every state across the nation. The Harlingen facility is located in the Gas Light Center on East Tyler Avenue in Harlingen, and houses the following programs: The address and contact information for the McAllen facility is as follows: The McAllen facility is located in downtown McAllen, and houses Easter Seals administrative offices as well as the following programs: The families in these counties are served through affiliate offices in McAllen and Harlingen. Listen to new Tejano music first with our Spotify playlists and iHeartRadio podcast.Easter Seals Rio Grande Valley serves eight South Texas counties including Brooks, Cameron, Hidalgo, Willacy, Jim Hogg, Kenedy, Starr and Zapata counties. Ī tribute with performances by New Variety Band and the Gaslight Band has been planned for Medina at the Gaslight Club in McAllen, Texas, on Friday, September 11, 2015.įollow Tejano Nation on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, and subscribe to our YouTube channel to keep up with everything Tejano. Rest In Peace Shelby Medina,” Super Tejano 102.1 morning personality Mando San Roman wrote on Facebook.įan reactions are continuing at Shelby Medina’s Facebook page, you can read them at. “Great friend and amazing musician with New Variety Band is now in heaven. You will be missed friend…Rest In Peace Shelby Medina,” Zereno posted on Facebook. Our condolences to his family and friends. He was the New Variety Band’s bass player since the beginning. “Today a great friend and colleague of ours has gone home to be with the Lord. RIP,” Jimmy Gonzalez Y Mazzwrote on their official Facebook page. ![]() We lost a great friend and a great musician. Shelby will truly be missed, and will forever live in our hearts. “Our deepest condolences go out to the family of Mr. You will be missed brother,” singer Gary Hobbs posted on Facebook. “RIP Shelby Medina from The New Variety Band. Medina passed away at 7:30 Tuesday morning at Valley Baptist Medical Center in Harlingen, Texas and Tejano stars and fans took to social media to react to the passing of the musician. “Que gran pedidda resignacion a la familia mucha fortaleza para todos y se nos va un gran ser humano, lo poco que conoci pero era puro CORAZON, Shelby Medina NEW VARIETY BAND The New Variety Band y toda la comunidad tejana siempre te recordaremos comoeras tu alegre,sencillo, talentoso, carismatico, y siempre de buen humor, con una gran humildad y siempre dando la mano a todos gracias por tu musica que nos dejaste … siempre a lado de tu amigo y hermano Arturo Gutierrez y New Variety Band Descanza En Paz, por siempre y para siempre Mr. The band made the announcement via their official Facebook page.
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