LGBTQIA
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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![](https://thephiladelphiacitizen.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Ali_Velshi_Banned_Book_Club_Maulik_Pancholy-791x400.png)
Listen: Ali Velshi Banned Book Club with Maulik Pancholy
The MSNBC host speaks with the actor and author of The Best At It, a middle-grades coming-of-age novel
By Ali Velshi