Topic: LGBTQ

Listen: Ali Velshi Banned Book Club on Two Boys Kissing
The MSNBC host talks with David Levithan, author and champion of books about LGBTQ+ teens
By Ali Velshi
Art for Change: The Cultural Curator
Quon Brinkley, founder of the Thinker Makers Society, makes space for Philadelphia artists of color and Philadelphia LGBTQIA artists in Old City
By Logan Cryer
Listen: Ali Velshi Banned Book Club on Arizona House Bill 2495 with Daniel Hernandez
The MSNBC anchor talks with Arizona State Representative Daniel Hernandez about the state's ban on acknowledging sexuality in public schools
By Ali Velshi
Growing the Prison-to-Business Pipeline
A financial advisor-turned-social work professor has launched a Penn course that teams up students with formerly incarcerated entrepreneurs to help them launch their businesses—and stay out of prison
By Christina Griffith
The TikTok Doc
Austin Chiang, self-professed “medical mythbuster,” is changing the way people get their (correct, research-based) health information … and absolutely killing it on social media.
By Christine Speer Lejeune
The Citizen Recommends: “The Most Revolutionary” Exhibit
A new LGBTQ History Month show at William Way casts a thoughtful eye on three important American decades
By Nick Fiorellini
Dear Gentlemen, Your 60-year-old Wedding Pics are Ready
Decades after having photos from their same-sex Philly-area ceremony confiscated, a search is on for the owners of a historic set of prints. Can they be found before it’s too late?
By Nick Fiorellini
The Citizen Recommends: Digitizing Days at William Way
Time to dig out those old photos, posters, and trinkets to help build Philly’s largest LGBT+ archive.
By Meerabelle Jesuthasan