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'Queernecks' hosts Beck and Dash on their mission to amplify queer Appalachian voices
2+ hour, 24+ min ago (351+ words) Wade: Hi, I'm Lee Wade, and this is Translucent. I'm so excited to welcome you to Season 2. The response to Season 1 was incredible. The downloads, the shares, the messages, the feedback -- all of it means more than I can say....
A daughter reexamines her own family story in 'The Mixed Marriage Project"
1+ week, 6+ day ago (456+ words) Almost a decade after her father's death, legal scholar Dorothy Roberts still had 25 boxes of his research that she had yet to sort through. When she moved from Chicago to Philadelphia, she brought the boxes " and finally opened them. Roberts…...
HHS changed the name of transgender health leader on her official portrait
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (207+ words) Levine told NPR that it was an honor to serve the American people as the assistant secretary for health "and I'm not going to comment on this type of petty action." NPR asked HHS who made the change and why....
Supreme Court declines to revisit gay marriage decision
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (245+ words) The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up a case challenging its landmark decision to legalize gay marriage nationwide. The challenge to the court's 2015 ruling came from Kim Davis, the former Kentucky clerk who refused to issue same-sex licenses…...
Cleveland's first full-time LGBTQ+ liaison is on the job at City Hall
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (625+ words) Carey Gibbons was on the front steps of Cleveland City Hall when the Supreme Court ruled that marriage equality was a constitutional right a decade ago. She was also on those same steps after Tierramarie Lewis, a 36-year-old Black transgender…...
For LGBTQ+ History Month, NPR wants to hear your coming out story
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (166+ words) National Coming Out Day is celebrated on Oct. 11 to recognize the courage of LGBTQ+ individuals who come out publicly. This year, NPR is inviting people to share their coming out stories. For LGBTQ+ History Month, NPR wants to hear your…...
HUD cuts funding for Akron LGBTQ+ nonprofit's programs, putting housing for at-risk groups in limbo
6+ mon, 2+ day ago (364+ words) Programs that support at-risk LGBTQ+ residents in Summit County were not renewed by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development this year. The two projects, run by Akron's Community AIDS Network/Akron Pride Initiative, known as CANAPI, supported teens and…...
HERstory/HIStory project preserves Dayton’s LGBTQ+ stories for future generations
6+ mon, 1+ week ago (404+ words) Dayton Public Access Television and the Greater Dayton LGBT Center have partnered for HERstory/HIStory: a project dedicated to recording and archiving local LGBTQ+ stories. The HERstory/HIStory project was started in 2019 by Jerry Mallicoat. It began as a collection…...
Father James Martin has taken heat for his LGBTQ acceptance
6+ mon, 3+ week ago (161+ words) Father James Martin has become one of the most well-known Catholic priests in the U.S. But his journey to the priesthood took him by surprise after a chance encounter with a documentary. Father James Martin has taken heat for his LGBTQ…...
Germany sees anti-Pride events and restricts rainbow flags ahead of LGBTQ+ parties
6+ mon, 4+ week ago (896+ words) BERLIN " The tree-lined neighborhood near Nollendorfplatz square in central Berlin is as gay today as it was a century ago. It's where Christopher Isherwood wrote novels chronicling the rise of the Nazis amid the city's rich queer nightlife that inspired…...