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Robert Ford and Trent Adkins shaped the bold, subversive, gossipy, funny, deeply engaged voice of Thing, felled by the AIDS pandemic in 1993. Sign up for our newsletters Subscribe Thing published ten issues between November 1989 and summer 1993. Zine cofounder Trent Adkins appears on the cover of the third issue, pictured here at lower left. Amber Huff In February 2021, dance-music site Selector republished a list of 100 important house records taken from a 1992 issue of a short...

Queer to the Left was active from the late 90s through 2005. courtesy Therese Quinn Heading into the 21st century, queer activism was at a crossroads. While the AIDS epidemic was far from over for the millions of people who lacked access to adequate health care and could not afford expensive antiretroviral therapy—which cost thousands of dollars a year even with insurance—many larger gay organizations had moved on from the issue. With gay marriage and acces...

Photo by Fernando Rodriguez Born in Davao in the Philippines and raised in Des Plaines, Dee Alaba began dancing at the age of four. A graduate of Columbia College, she currently performs with the Seldoms, Loud Bodies, and Erin Kilmurray. She has also appeared in New Dances with Thodos Dance Chicago and DanceWorks Chicago, and with the Cambrians. Here, Alaba reflects on her experiences as a transfemme dancer in Chicago.  As told to Irene Hsiao My mom was a dancer. She used to ask me to practice ballroom...

1:30 After canceling 2020’s LGBTQ Pride celebrations due to the pandemic, Albuquerque Pride is pushing forward this month with mostly online events. The nonprofit has plans for an in-person celebration later this summer. Credit Courtesy Albuquerque Pride Albuquerque Pride is calling its June event series the “Coming Out of Pandemic Edition.”  “We had a lot of outcry from last year that people just wanted something,” said Neil Macernie, Vice President of Public Relations for the organization. He said that “something” includes virtual events every weekend this month, including Su...

Pride Bigger than Texas virtual celebration to include ‘Drag Race’ stars, Tejano singer Shelly Lares, local entertainers Event will be livestreamed from the Bonham Exchange on June 26 Tags:  Pride Bigger than Texas virtual celebration to include ‘Drag Race’ stars, Tejano singer Shelly Lares, local entertainers (KSAT) SAN ANTONIO – This year’s Pride Bigger than Texas celebration will be held virtually and will include special celebrity guests and other community performers who will be remoting into the show live. The celebration will be livestreamed on Youtube and Facebook from th...