Queer Week News Today

Chico State’s Gender and Sexuality Equity Coalition is hosting its annual Queer Week this week, Oct. 9 through the 12.  Queer Week falls annually during the week of National Coming Out Day, which occurs annually on Oct. 11. October is also LGBTQIA+ history month.  GSEC is holding daily events throughout the week including a movie...

Every summer since 2016, Jess T Dugan has taught a portrait photography class at a non-profit in Provincetown. Here, they present their work alongside five of their students

Paramount-owned Tel Aviv-based Ananey Studio launched Israel's first transgender acting school to ramp up on-screen diversity in TV and film.

Paramount-owned Tel Aviv-based Ananey Studio launched Israel's first transgender acting school to ramp up on-screen diversity in TV and film.

This article is part of the Mercury's 2020 all-digital Queer Week coverage. In Notes of a Native Son, James Baldwin writes, “I am what time, circumstance, history, have made of me, certainly, but I am, also, much more than that.” These words could be used to describe any LGBTQ+ writer, but perhaps best define queer Black authors living in America. This list below highlights a sampling of essential literature—everything from memoirs to science fiction—from Black...

A middle school in San Marcos, Texas is hosting a "Queer Week" this week, encouraging students as young as 11-years-old to celebrate the four-day LGBTQ+ event, which could be in direct violation of Texas state law, based on an assessment by the state's attorney general.