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Ali Velshi Banned Book Club ReadsSimon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda

The MSNBC host and Citizen board member sits down with Becky Albertalli, author of Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda, to discuss her coming-of-age-novel and the targeting of LGBTQ+ stories

By Ali Velshi
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Ali Velshi Banned Book Club The Miseducation of Cameron Post

The MSNBC host and Citizen board member talks with Emily M. Danforth, author of the award-winning coming-of-age novel about LGBTQ+ teens having a place in literary canon

By Ali Velshi
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John Jarboe, the Artist Who Ate Her Twin

The Bearded Ladies Cabaret founder has a new interactive installation at the Fabric Workshop and Museum that is an earnest, absurd and macabre expiration of queer selfhood

By Logan Cryer
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Ali Velshi Banned Book Club on Gay Penguins and Book Bans

The MSNBC host and Citizen board member sits down with authors Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell, authors of And Tango Makes Three, to talk about the contemporary children's classic about non traditional families and the efforts to ban it

By Ali Velshi

Your Guide to Philadelphia Pride 2024

Philly celebrates LGBTQIA+ Pride this year with events for families, partiers, sports fans, arts aficionados — all June long.

By Lauren McCutcheon
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Visual Art as a Bullhorn

Chela Ixcopal became an artist by following his heart. That’s how he came to represent immigrants’ rights groups and kids pursuing art for the first time

By Logan Cryer

Gaming for Good

Philly is at the forefront of a rapidly growing, remarkably diverse community of gaming enthusiasts. It’s welcoming to all — and deeply, wonderfully weird.

By Christina Griffith
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Ali Velshi Banned Book Club on how LGBTQ+ Books Literally Save Lives

The MSNBC host talks with PFLAG CEO Brian Bond on the role LGBTQ+ books play in the community and the harm book bans are doing

By Ali Velshi
Art for Change

The Composer’s Composer

Composer Bree Lowdermilk is bucking the norms of musical theater by writing shows with gender-expansive casts, taking feedback from 4-year-olds, and maybe even mounting a children’s musical on an abandoned pier.

By RJ Rushmore

Josh Kruger, Big-Hearted Philadelphian

The Citizen journalist who was tragically killed Monday morning was a passionate advocate for those who most needed it

By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy