Legislation attacking the rights of transgender people has kept the community in the news cycle almost constantly this year.  Trans journalists and advocates say the increased newsroom focus on accurately covering the community has led to better stories. But it hasn’t always been that way. Kae Petrin, one of the co-founders and president of the Trans…

The John J. Wilcox, Jr. Library isn’t exactly “a fancy joint,” according to Tom Wilson Weinberg. There are no chandeliers, marble columns or a grand circulation desk, but that’s what Weinberg, a Philadelphia resident and library patron of 15 years, loves about the space.  “When I go into the Wilcox Library, I just feel so…

William Way Community Center in Philadelphia is working toward expanding affordable housing for LGBTQ+ seniors as the city’s queer population ages and the need for essential services and safe spaces grows. William Way provides health, social and cultural services for the LGBTQ+ community in Philadelphia to over 15,000 visitors annually according to its website.  Christ…

When Boystown changed its name to Northalsted in 2020, not everyone thought it was the inclusive move it had been billed as.

Ricardo Gamboa is tired. The playwright and Chicago native, who identifies as nonbinary and uses the gender-neutral pronoun “they,” has been running around in a frenzy lately. Starring and producing in a play that they wrote would cause most artists to collapse in a frenzy of panic, but the playwright tries to keep a calm…

This Ain’t a Scene, it’s a Home The two groups of middle school kids most likely to utter the phrase “it’s not a phase, mom!” are young people in the LGBTQ community, and those in the alternative rock scene.  As professors Jayna Brown and Tavia Nyong’o wrote in their guide to the queer punk scene,…

Before Evelyn Fasking enrolled at the Magic City Acceptance Academy, their view as they walked from class to class was their shoes.  “I wouldn’t look up until I got to the door. Even if I bumped into someone, I would say sorry and just keep going,” Fasking, a member of the first graduating class of…

How do folks who work in food recover from eating disorders? Content warning for eating disorders and mentions of suicide. Recently Sod Campbell Tobin has been eating ice cream for breakfast. Either that or a Klondike bar.  “It’s enough to get me up, get me going,” they said. “It’s what I like, it puts me…