Welcome to our weekly column, News is Good, where we feature positive news about the LGBTQ+ community. Too much of what we see in mainstream media coverage focuses on the challenges we face and not the celebrations. Here are a few things we’re excited about this week. LGBTQ+ and environmental activist Precious Brady-Davis makes history. Chicago-based […]
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Wildfang and Darcelle XV’s Drag-A-Thon earns a Guinness World Record
Portland, Oregon just made LGBTQ+ history and raised nearly $300,000 for charity simultaneously. Queer-owned apparel company Wildfang teamed up with legendary drag club Darcelle XV to put on Drag-A-Thon July 10-12, a record-breaking 48-hour continuous drag show benefitting Trevor Project and bringing attention to the “criminalization of drag in 15+ states across the U.S.” The show took place at the Darrell […]
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Anti-LGBTQ hate incidents rose significantly this Pride season
According to a joint report by GLAAD and the Anti-Defamation League, hate crimes and anti-LGBTQ+ extremism incidents were triple the amount during the 2023 Pride season compared to 2022. GLAAD and ADL found that this June, there were 145 reported incidents, compared to 48 in 2022, which is a 67% increase. A majority of the […]
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News is Good: A “Red, White, & Royal Blue” trailer, grants for LGBTQ+ small biz and more
Welcome to our weekly column, News is Good, where we feature positive news about the LGBTQ+ community. Too much of what we see in mainstream media coverage focuses on the challenges we face and not the celebrations. Here are a few things we’re excited about this week. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pt56IC8gDZ4 The highly anticipated “Red, White, & Royal […]
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Essential queer vinyl: 8 collectible records by LGBTQ+ artists
For some music fans, nothing beats the sound of vinyl. With its lack of compression, vinyl albums have a sound quality that music lovers gravitate toward. Even the skips and scratches make for a unique and often intimate listening experience. Here are eight musicians with vinyl albums you’ll want to check out because we’re not […]
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News is Good: The queer album of the summer, “Warrior Nun” gets a 2nd chance and more
Welcome to our weekly column, News is Good, where we feature positive news about the LGBTQ+ community. Too much of what we see in mainstream media coverage focuses on the challenges we face and not the celebrations. Here are a few things we’re excited about this week. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZQsE-x6VxM Talon releases EP and queertastic video. The Brooklyn-based […]
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U.S. Supreme Court rules in favor of LGBTQ+ discrimination case
In a 6-3 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of plaintiff Lorie Smith (Creative LLC), who requested an injunction against having to expand her business to include designing websites for same-sex weddings. According to Smith’s argument, “she will not produce content that ‘contradicts biblical truth'” and that includes same-sex marriage. Chief Justice John […]
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LGBTQ+ Changemakers: American Medical Association President Dr. Jesse Ehrenfeld
The LGBTQ+ Changemakers series features LGBTQ+ people all over the country who are making a difference through visibility and ingenuity. Dr. Jesse Ehrenfeld has been practicing medicine and creating better health care opportunities for the LGBTQ+ community for over 20 years. A former combat veteran, Dr. Ehrenfeld has served as chair of the Massachusetts Committee […]
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Sharon Herrera: Fort Worth’s ‘Fairy Gay Mother’
Fort Worth activist and advocate Sharon Herrera knows what it means to face adversity and just keep going. She lived through growing up in Small Town, Texas, losing her mother at a young age and through the witch hunts that plagued LGBTQ+ servicemen and women in the 1980s and ’90s. And she has survived threats […]
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News is Good: A win for drag in Utah, support from Lizzo and more
Welcome to our weekly column, News is Good, where we feature positive news about the LGBTQ+ community. Too much of what we see in mainstream media coverage focuses on the challenges we face and not the celebrations. Here are a few things we’re excited about this week. Drag will go on in St. George, Utah. […]
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Take Up Space co-founders reach for community-building possibilities
Two Chicagoans are working to bring a new business—one part coffee shop, one part co-working space, one-part events venue—centering Black and queer identities to Lake View. Co-founder M. Rashaad Barnett said he envisions the business, to be named Take Up Space, as “a leader in co-working and community that defies the need for barriers of […]
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David Archuleta may have lost “The Masked Singer” but he’s winning life
David Archuleta is easily the sweetest of crooners. His warm, romantic, sweet voice has charmed a breadth of audiences for more than a decade, first as a top contender on season seven of “American Idol,” and most recently with his boyish face completely hidden on “The Masked Singer.” In both competitions, he beat out dozens […]
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News is Good: Michigan LGBTQ+ task force, a new Florida queer paper and more
Welcome to our weekly column, News is Good, where we feature positive news about the LGBTQ+ community. Too much of what we see in mainstream media coverage focuses on the challenges we face and not the celebrations. Here are a few things we’re excited about this week. Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announces LGBTQ+ task force. […]
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What does Pride looks like in 2023?
Pride month is here along with events around the country to celebrate the LGBTQ+ community. 2023 has been a year full of challenges for the community, with anti-queer and transgender legislation being passed in states like Texas and Florida. This legislation threatens to change everything from how we are able to raise our families to […]
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Anastasia-Renée’s “Side Notes from the Archivist”
Anastacia-Renée is an award-winning writer, educator, interdisciplinary artist, TEDx speaker, 2020 Arc Fellow (4Culture), Jack Straw Curator, podcaster, and served as Seattle’s Civic Poet. Her fascinating new book of poetry is called “Side Notes from the Archivist.” As the title implies, the book is a historical document that provides insight into five decades of American […]
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Pride with Pretty Boi Drag: A unique performance
Drag king performer Pretty Rik E and the rest of the Pretty Boi Drag troupe have made it their mission to turn you on and give you the performance of a lifetime that is “sensual, inclusive and safe,” with what they claim is ‘D.C.’s Best Drag Show.’ In 2016, Pretty Rik E started Pretty Boi Drag with […]
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Images of Pride past
As we celebrate Pride all month long, we remember where we started and the many Pride events along the way. Take a step back in time with these images to the ’70s, ’80s, ’90s and more recent Pride events from Dallas to D.C. Cover of B.A.R.’s 1999 Pride issue. Photo: B.A.R. ArchivesCover of B.A.R.’s 2001 […]
