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CULTURE
WATCH: How poetry brought Phoenix's queer community together
The group thems. started out as a weekend market and has since exploded by using poetry and other art to build up the community.
SAFETY
Mesa Teacher Sues Over Online Attacks
Sharon Benson is named in a lawsuit for allegedly defaming a teacher she is set to have power over.
NEWSLETTER
The race you never thought to pay attention to
The Arizona Corporation Commission race could affect the LGBTQ+ community in ways you may not have thought about.
NEWSLETTER
Phoenix Pride's Detractors
Interviews with 24 people show consistent concerns about Phoenix Pride.
SAFETY
Phoenix Pride's detractors say the organization isn't listening
LOOKOUT interviewed two-dozen people, from local business owners to volunteers, who said that while Phoenix Pride is welcome, they need to do more than throw a party.
POLITICS
To engage LGBTQ+ voters, Drag Out the Vote comes to Phoenix
The nonprofit voter-engagement party is one of seven happening across Maricopa County
POLITICS
What does being "purple" mean to Arizona's LGBTQ+ voters.
There is a swell of excitement to flip the legislature to Democrats. But for some, that excitement comes with skepticism.
NEWSLETTER
Is Cottonwood an example for us all?
If a small rural city can find common ground, maybe we all can.
NEWSLETTER
How an anti-LGBTQ+ org teaches parents to overwhelm school admin
A private web meeting last week showed how a far-right religious organization is trying to teach families to challenge schools, causing a chilling a chilling effect.
POLITICS
Arizona ID Laws May Disenfranchise Thousands of Trans Voters
A new study found that more than 9,000 trans Arizonans could be denied the ability to vote or face significant barriers this November.
NEWSLETTER
"Drag"-ging Arizona's economy
Republicans have long touted their position as helping small businesses. But their attacks on drag appear to do the opposite
NEWSLETTER
Arizona's graying HIV problem
Nearly a fifth of new diagnoses in the state are people over 50 years old, while half of Americans living with the virus are approaching retirement age.