Queer

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Fighting Intolerance: The Resilience of Lebanon's Queer Community

Art - Community - Diversity - LGBTQ+ - Queer Culture - Safe Spaces

Discover how Lebanon's queer community is standing strong against rising intolerance in a challenging environment.

Lebanon's queer community is facing increasing intolerance from political and religious leaders, but their resilience shines through as they fight to protect safe spaces. In the midst of personal struggles, queer sex therapist Casey Tanner had a moment of self-discovery that led to embracing her identity. Reflecting on challenges faced by LGBTQ+ individuals, a story from Utah's past highlights the controversies surrounding the use of the word 'queer' in educational settings.

Queer faculty diversity plays a crucial role in higher education by providing support for LGBTQ+ students, staff, and faculty. Celebrating Pride month, The Coolidge Theater in the 1990s New Queer Cinema showed six iconic films with Wicked Queer, recognizing the groundbreaking works of the era. Building queer community is essential for LGBTQIA+ individuals, as social connections help combat mental health issues and promote emotional well-being.

Interesting Fact: The Coolidge Theater's queer film retrospective was a nod to the influential 1990s New Queer Cinema movement, showcasing revolutionary storytelling. Additionally, the ban on the word 'queer' at a Utah school highlights the ongoing struggles for LGBTQ+ rights and acceptance in educational environments.

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No place for queer people | Context (Context News)

Lebanon's queer community is fighting to protect safe spaces in the face of rising intolerance from political and religious leaders.

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How Queer Sex Therapist Casey Tanner Gets It Done (The Cut)

Then, while sorting through her mental health, she realized that she was queer. “I remember Googling 'what is a gay outfit,' and then putting those clothes on, ...

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Back when a Utah school banned the word "queer" (Axios)

Utah has had its share of scuttlebutts over school dress codes, LGBTQ+ support and public health messaging for youth. Twenty years ago, all three collided ...

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Why Queer Faculty Diversity Matters in Higher Education - The ... (The Education Trust)

On college campuses, queer faculty diversity is integral to supporting LGBTQ+ student, staff, and faculty mental health.

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The Coolidge celebrates Pride month with queer film retrospective ... (WBUR)

Co-presented with Wicked Queer, the theater takes a look back at six trailblazing titles from the 1990s New Queer Cinema. "Scrappy, confrontational and ...

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The Pride in Friendship: How to Build Queer Community (Right as Rain by UW Medicine)

Everyone needs community — social connection reduces feelings of depression, stress and anxiety. LGBTQIA+ people risk their physical and emotional safety ...

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Mighty Real Queer Detroit exhibition celebrates Queer art during ... (WDET)

Creative director and curator of Mighty Real Queer Detroit, Patrick Burton, joined The Metro to give more details on this year's exhibition, ...

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Review: 'TL;DR' a fun, free-wheeling and comic musical about queer ... (The San Diego Union-Tribune)

Diversionary and Moxie theatres' world premiere show imagines a happily ever after for the doomed besties in the movie 'Thelma and Louise'

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Check out the Queer Art Walk in downtown Spokane at First Friday (KREM.com)

Are you interested in seeing more art? You can go to Indaba Coffee Roasters on West Riverside Avenue and check out a celebration of the 50th anniversary of Expo ...

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Shannon Collins clicks camera for queer couples with niche ... (WPVI-TV)

ABINGTON, Pennsylvania (WPVI) -- Shannon Collins is an Abington-based photographer who works predominantly with queer couples shooting weddings and portrait ...

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The Queer Utopias of Florine Stettheimer (Hyperallergic)

Though the artist's own sexuality is unknown, the freedom, playful sensuality, and gender euphoria in her work resonate with present ideas of queer ...

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Gotham City Pride: How DC's Worst City Became its Best for Queer ... (DC Comics)

In recent years, new queer heroes have emerged all throughout the DC Universe. Yet there is one corner of the DCU where queer representation has thrived the ...

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Opinion: John Preston offers a rich roadmap for queer life in Portland (pressherald.com)

In the process of making a life in the city, I've been captivated by the writings of the late author and activist.

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Here are 10 L.A. spots to queer your weekend during Pride month (Los Angeles Times)

Build your community over a glass of orange wine or a square of focaccia at local, queer-owned businesses around L.A..

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Lily Orset's illustrated stories explore the natural world through a ... (It's Nice That)

With a love of Risograph and screen printing, Leeds-based illustrator Lily Orset has found a true home for their work in the small press community.

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'I could eat that girl for lunch': the sexually explicit queer female pop ... (The Guardian)

Billie Eilish is the latest singer to write frankly about sex between women – without it being titillation for men. Artists from King Princess to Girli ...

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Scrappy, campy and unabashedly queer, public access TV series of ... (The Conversation AU)

Because public access TV was relatively unregulated, shows could talk about sexual health and air racier segments that would have otherwise been censored on ...

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