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Category: Queer

Below are all of our profiles featuring interviews with queer people in chronological order. These fascinating queer people share their life stories, along with the joys and challenges they’ve experienced throughout their journeys.

Briona Jenkins, queer Black activist

Briona Jenkins: On Being Visible as a Queer Black Woman


Queer

Austin-based activist Briona Jenkins discusses why she believes being visible as a queer Black woman is so important and why she feels called to pay it forward.

June 3, 2021
Derick Stevens-Jones, a nonbinary person in Louisiana

Derick Stevens-Jones: On Discovering Their Queer Community in Louisiana


Non-Binary/Gender Non-Conforming, Queer

After coming out as nonbinary, Derick wanted to get more involved in their queer community in Shreveport, Louisiana. So they started a movement called Queerport to celebrate their LGBTQIA art, culture, and history locally.

March 9, 2020
Chris Conde, a queer rapper

Chris Conde: On Being a Sober Queer Rapper


Gay/Lesbian, Queer

Chris Conde struggled with his sexuality and past trauma, and he became an alcoholic. Once he got sober, he put his energy into being a queer rapper. Music helped him process his pain and find self-acceptance.

August 22, 2019
Amazin LeThi

Amazin LeThi: On Being Saved by Sports and Working to Increase Asian Representation


Queer

Amazin LeThi felt very out of place as a child, but sports helped save her life. She now works to increase LGBTQ and Asian representation in sports and media to help youth feel less alone.

June 6, 2019
Real Queer America author Samantha Allen

Samantha Allen: On Exploring LGBTQ Culture in America’s Red States


Queer, Transgender

Trans writer Samantha Allen took a road trip across several red states, and the result is her incredible book “Real Queer America” about LGBTQ culture in the most unexpected places.

May 23, 2019
Matthew Teter, a Texas college student focused on trans visibility

Matthew Teter: On the Life-Saving Importance of Trans Visibility


Queer, Transgender

Matthew felt scared and alone, until one day a friend showed him a YouTube video of a trans man that finally put his feelings into words. Now he works to promote trans visibility to help others.

May 2, 2019
Megan and Kelsey from Spectrum South

Kelsey Gledhill & Megan Smith: On Creating Spectrum South to Highlight Queer Southern Voices


Queer

After realizing the needs of Houston’s LGBTQ community weren’t being met by any existing publications, Kelsey and Megan decided to create their own magazine that focused on queer southerners.

January 11, 2019

Announcing Our Coming Out Day Giveaway


Gay/Lesbian, Queer, Transgender

Learn about our exciting giveaway for Coming Out Day, featuring over $200 in prizes from six LGBTQ-owned businesses we’ve had the pleasure of profiling.

October 4, 2018
Dean O'Reilly, huge fan of RuPaul's Drag Race

Dean O’Reilly: On Landing His First Job Because of His Passion for RuPaul’s Drag Race


Queer

As a young queer person, Dean worried that it would be hard to get a job where he could be out. But it turns out his queerness and passion for RuPaul’s Drag Race is what helped land him his first job.

August 23, 2018
Filmmaker Rolla Selbak

Rolla Selbak: On Intersectionality and Being a Queer, Muslim, Immigrant Filmmaker


Queer

Rolla Selbak’s family fled war in the Middle East and immigrated to America when she was a teenager. When she later came out as queer, she was kicked out of her home. Now a filmmaker, her latest film focuses on the intersectionality of being a queer Muslim immigrant.

July 26, 2018

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