Later, in October 2018, three people were wounded in a shooting at Pegasus. Garza came in 15th place in the March 2018 Republican primary for the congressional seat, garnering less than 1 percent of the votes. Amid the criticism, Garza defended his record as an advocate for the LGBTQ community.
Last year, the bar’s owner, Mauro Garza, ran as a Republican candidate for Texas’ 21st Congressional District, a spot vacated by fellow Republican Lamar Smith of San Antonio. Pegasus has also made other news recently - but for very different reasons. Despite its crowning achievement this year, Pegasus did move down two spots from the 2018 list. In its report on the Gravy Analytics list, news website NewNowNext describes Pegasus as “one of the friendliest venues in the city,” featuring drag performances, karaoke, and dancing. This list tracks patronage of gay bars from Novemthrough October 31, 2018. That’s based on data collected by Gravy Analytics, a location-based marketing platform that tracks mobile data to verify attendance at places and events throughout the U.S. and the most popular gay bar in the Lone Star State. San Antonio’s Pegasus nightclub, which opened in 1994, holds court as the 10th most popular gay bar in the U.S. San Antonio is home to Texas' fiercest gay bar.
