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‘The World To Come’ Gives Voice to Erased Queer Love
by Sara Century
The World To Come (2021) takes a contemplative look at a love affair between two women living in relative isolation in the mid-1800s. Directed by Mona Fastvold and adapted for the screen by Ron Hansen and Jim Shepard from a short story by Shepard, the film explores longing and power through a forbidden romance…
The Language of Ballroom
by Chloe O. Davis
Ballroom vernacular has indelibly impacted the larger LGBT community. The ability to modify and explore the dynamics of language to enhance an inclusive culture—one that allows freedom of gender and sexual expression—pierces through the heights of creativeness.
Expanding the BLT of LGBT in SW Virginia
by Alia Boyd
Since forming, the Southwest Virginia LGBTQ+ History Project has launched a regional archive of LGBT historical materials. The most recent digital exhibit, BLT: Bisexual, Lesbian, and Transgender Inclusion and Exclusion in Southwest Virginia, 1990-1995, debuted at the end of 2020.
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The Meaning of Aunthood
By Bea Hitchman
Undeniably the gift of aunthood, made us revisit our choices about having children of our own—whatever that might come to mean.
MoreOut at London’s First Pride March
By David Pollak
Colored paper sheets were circulated, in the slightly blurred print of a Gestetner copier, bearing our chants, such as: “2, 4, 6, 8, is that copper really straight?”
MoreMemories of a Gay Boy
By Richard Bagarozy
I only imagined that all boys felt as I did when I experienced the intense and almost unsettling vision of male beauty when I fell in love with my classmate.
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