Arewà Basit on Her Amy Sherald Portrait and Alchemizing Trans Joy

In the international queer community, Arewà Basit is known as a dancing, singing don-diva who makes music, performs in drag, and co-leads the Black queer production organization Legacy. These days, she’s also making headlines for being the subject of a “controversial”...

US Parks Agency Fires Ranger Who Displayed Trans Pride Flag in Yosemite

As the Trump administration ramps up efforts to erase LGBTQ+ voices and communities of color from the historical narrative, Yosemite National Park has terminated the employment of a park ranger after they displayed a transgender pride flag on a landmark rock formation...

The First Homosexuals Is a Defiant Celebration of LGBTQ+ Life

CHICAGO — The history of art, stated curator Jonathan D. Katz, “is both the world’s largest archive of the history of sexuality and its least tapped.” This may be a good place to begin to unpack the immense, important, ambitious, challenging, and intellectual...