Results for: representation
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Juniper Moon Folk Arts: Crafters, Activists, and the Glories of Gas Station Food
During Pride month, rural queer owned Juniper Moon Folk Art is doing weekly giveaways to raise funds for black-led organizations and bail funds working in antiracism and prison abolition.
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TruckSlutsMag Is Making Trucks Gay and Reclaiming Rural Queer Culture
“There are gay rednecks, there have always been gay rednecks, and there always will be too.”
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“The Lesbian South” Carries Lesbian History, Ideology and Gossip into the Present
Along with the Civil Rights Movement, the blues, and the Moon Pie, we also have the American South to thank for a 50-plus year bounty of lesbian literature.
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Fool’s Journey: The Slow Holler Tarot, First Impressions and Favourite Cards
The Slow Holler Tarot is the product of 19 months’ work by artists and writers with queer and/or Southern identities.
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7 Must-Read Books on Queer History and Identity in the South
The South’s conservative and religious majority has made it nearly impossible to suss out the queers in classic Southern literature and in the history books. That’s why this list exists.
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Fan Fiction Friday: 7 Fried Green Tomatoes Stories to Wet Your Whistle
“Ruth lifts her head, smiles demure and sweet, her lips swollen with kissing. ‘Can’t miss a chance to minister to a heathen like you, Idgie.'”
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Turning the Tide: How Activism to Protect Queer Students and Communities Works
How activists in Louisiana use everything from direct action to meetings with senators to try to pass laws that would protect queer and trans* students from bullying, queer and trans* employees from discrimination, and more. This is how your legal progress sausage is made.
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Mary Gray Knows What it Feels Like For Gay Kids in Rural America
“I’m not less gay when I take the rainbow sticker off my car. I just know that if I have that in my car, I’m going to piss off people who are already angry at me.”