Topic: LGBTQ
An Artist of All Trades
Jasmine Lynea is best known for their short films. But the Philadelphia filmmaker is also working on an immersive installation at NextFab, has taught photography and film at high school, collages, woodworks …
By Christina Griffith
Ali Velshi Banned Book Club with the Most Banned Author in The Country
The MSNBC host and Citizen board member sits down with the first member of the Banned Book Club, George M. Johnson, to discuss the successful effort to fight back against book bans nationwide
By Ali Velshi
No Time to Smile
The glorious revival of James Baldwin’s Giovanni’s Room by Quintessence Theatre reminds us that art, at its best, is not simply what we watch — it’s what we confront ourselves with
By Dr. James Peterson
This Pride, Read Queer Fiction
The organizer of Philly Queer Book Club argues we’d all be better off if we spent some of June with a good LGBTQ+ book
By Danny Maloney
LGBTQ-Owned Shops, Restaurants, More in Philadelphia
Brick-and-mortar LGBTQ-owned businesses span all of Philly. Here, some that strive not just to sell, but also to do good in and beyond our city
By The Philadelphia Citizen Staff
Ali Velshi Banned Book Club Reads The 57 Bus by Dashka Slater
The MSNBC host and Citizen board member talks with an award-winning journalist about her coverage of teenagers, a hate crime and gender that became a book
By Ali Velshi
Ali Velshi On Losing Abortion Rights, Losing Gay Marriage
The MSNBC host and Citizen board member connects the dots between stripping women of bodily autonomy and stripping civil rights from LGBTQ+ Americans
By Ali Velshi
Lose “DEI.” Keep Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
A longtime university president mourns the attack on ideas that are important to democracy
By Elaine Maimon
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
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