LGBTQIA
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Listen: 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![](https://thephiladelphiacitizen.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Unity_Pride_Philadelphia_Union_HED-791x400.jpg)
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![](https://thephiladelphiacitizen.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Chela_Ixcopal_by_Isabel-Kokko_Art_for_Change-791x400.jpg)
Art for Change: 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![](https://thephiladelphiacitizen.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/9th-level-games-group-shot-791x400.jpg)
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![](https://thephiladelphiacitizen.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Velshi-LGBTQ-books-791x400.jpg)
Listen: 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![](https://thephiladelphiacitizen.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Bree-Lowdermilk-Photo-by-Danny-Kornfeld-Rascal-Pictures-1-791x400.jpg)
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![](https://thephiladelphiacitizen.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Kruger-791x400.jpg)
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![](https://thephiladelphiacitizen.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/portrait_kah_yangni_by_luke_Cuccurollo-791x400.png)
Art for Change: The Reluctant Queer Futurist
Kah Yangni, muralist and illustrator, imagines a world where queer people are free to thrive
By RJ Rushmore