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“Good Time” is an anthology primarily for well-intentioned white Minnesotans to see how they injure people of color and Native people while still profiting off of their bodies. Continue Reading
This week: previews of FLOW Northside Arts Crawl, treating addiction recovery for women and the best of the LGBTQIA plays coming in this year’s Minnesota Fringe Festival Continue Reading
When queer communities complain about the “corporatizing of Pride,” they often mean they don’t want to see businesses like Target and Car2Go having large displays at the festival and floats in the parade, when department stores and car sharing have nothing to do with queer pride or resilience within heteronormative patriarchy. Continue Reading
This week: Lavender Magazine’s whitewashing and anti-Muslim narrative of Orlando, minimum wage on the ballot in Minneapolis and microaggressions in the workplace. Continue Reading
This week: QTPOC reflections on safety and inclusivity at Pride, overcrowding in Minnesota prisons and climate change’s disproportionate effect on marginalized communities Continue Reading
This week: Afro Deli dispute, Northside air quality and more reactions to the Orlando massacre. Continue Reading
Amidst all the horror and heartbreak of Sunday’s coverage of the terrorist attack mass shooting that occurred in Orlando, two thoughts have kept creeping into my mind: “I should come out now,” quickly followed by “I can never come out now.” Continue Reading
This week: housing crisis for minimum wage workers, Allina nurses call a strike, remembering Muhammad Ali and discriminatory mud-slinging in the Minnesota Legislature’s District 57A race. Continue Reading
Clinicians and therapists of color lack adequate resources and support in the mental health field. The situation is even worse for queer and trans people of color. Continue Reading
Growing up, I was never taught the word “bisexual.” I knew that gay and lesbian people existed, but somehow nobody ever thought to keep the “B” in LGBT. Continue Reading