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Lil Nas X Honored by Trevor Project
September is National Suicide Awareness Month, and the world’s largest suicide prevention and crisis intervention organization for LGBTQ young people has honored Grammy award-winning artist Lil Nas X with its inaugural Suicide Prevention Advocate of the Year Award. A recent press statement from the organization highlighted Lil Nas X’s ongoing commitment to supporting their mission to end suicide among LGBTQ young people. Noting his openness about struggling with his sexuality and suicidal ideation, Lil Nas X has advocated for mental health awareness and has displayed an unapologetic celebration of his own queer identity.
Major Charlotte Arts Groups to Implement COVID Safety Precautions
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An Interview: Elizabeth Palmisano
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Carolina Conference on Queer Youth Returns October 15
The 2021 Carolina Conference on Queer Youth is officially less than one month away, Event organizers are encouraging business professionals and college graduate and undergraduate students not to miss this opportunity to join otherss from around the country to learn more about how to support, uplift, and celebrate LGBTQ+ youth in all capacities in today’s […]
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‘We’ve Always Created Our Own Resources’
The year 2020 will be remembered for the COVID-19 pandemic and the long overdue racial reckoning that followed the murder of George Floyd. Ironically, the pandemic that will always be associated with the number of lives lost and the debate over masks, lockdowns and vaccine requirements, along with Floyd’s murder — which sparked an international […]
PRIDE
Vanilla Ice Headliner at Columbia SC Pride
While Pride events are shutting down throughout the southeast because of rising COVID-19 infection rates, South Carolina’s annual Pride event, held in Columbia, is moving forward with their schedule of events. The Main Street festival, slated for Saturday, October 23, includes appearances by a bevy of RuPaul Drag Race divas like Heidi N. Closet, Joey […]
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Effecting Change in the Community
As the summer is turning into fall, we’re holding our communities through difficult and challenging times. With the rapid spread of the Delta variant, threats to reproductive rights at the Supreme Court and climate change, this is a frightening time to be living. But we know that we have to channel this fear into action, […]
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Pandemic Cancels More Pride Events