Our Scene
Here are some fabulous holiday gift ideas from local up-and-coming queer identifying and queer-friendly creators! Embrace Wear Eric Pothen, creator of Embrace Wear, calls himself a middle school teacher by…
DR. SEUSS’S HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS!November 8 – January 8Children’s Theatre Company, MinneapolisTickets from $15 – $89www.childrenstheatre.org “A CHRISTMAS CAROL”November 12 – December 31Wurtele Thrust Stage, Guthrie Theater, MinneapolisTickets…
“after a time when spirits weren’t as bright, it is our hope that together we can bring a little more joy into the world.” –The team at The Northern Express Sprinkle…
When Krystle Carrington battled Alexis Colby for fun and profit, when Lady Diana Spencer became a Princess and an icon, when a block-shaped, mass-produced plastic rainbow baffled and delighted the entire planet,…
“Allora!” This is Inez talking. She’s the leader of our Smithsonian Journeys program enabling participants (26 of us) to live in Florence, Italy for three weeks. It means “listen up” or…
Minnesota Opera just opened its 2022-2023 season, and we are off to a great start. The long-awaited world premiere of “Edward Tulane” finally made its way to the stage in…
Our Affairs
Seeing Gender: An Illustrated Guide to Identity and Expression Iris Gottleib Chronicle Books $19.99 Gender is intensely personal, and widely misunderstood. Gotttlieb has created this compendium to answer and explain concerns from both…
Since Give to the Max Day (GTTMD) was established in 2009, over 14,000 non-profits and schools in Minnesota have benefited from the magnanimous holiday. In fact, within the first 24…
If you grew up queer in a small town, or remained in the closet for a while, there’s a good chance that at some point you felt isolated or alone.…
Residents of Hennepin and Ramsey counties are on course to receive a game-changing new development — the first Black-led community credit union in North Minneapolis called Arise Community Credit Union.…
What would be more meaningful than to open up an on-campus LGBTQ resource center? That was what exactly happened at Inver Hills Community College in Inver Grove Heights. The brand…
A wise person once said that you should never talk about money. That wise person is right. However, this issue does talk about money in various ways. For one, we…
Our Lives
Genuine Gibeon Meteorite Wedding Band Jewelry by Johan Your special someone is extraordinary, and their wedding band can be, too! This timeless ring design features an inlay of billion-year-old, authentic…
“after a time when spirits weren’t as bright, it is our hope that together we can bring a little more joy into the world.” –The team at The Northern Express Sprinkle…
Our annual Holiday Gift Guide comes right before Thanksgiving. Not because we know that you plan on doing your shopping before the feast. That seems to be the pattern we’re…
Through whose eyes, were you granted such a wish, would you choose to see what they see? For an instant, an hour, a particular passage of time? I’m not accepting…
Our Homes
Once upon a time, we had one option for in-vehicle entertainment: The radio. The AM band gave us the world when we were out on the road between cities. The…
One of the most beloved traditions of these chilly holiday months is looking at all the beautiful decorations and twinkling lights on our homes and businesses. Seeing string lights wrapped…
On June 8, 2022, the world lost Jette Frandson at the age of 20 due to drowning after jumping off of a pontoon boat in the Detroit Lakes area. Jette…
It is your special day. The day you and your significant other become much more significant. “Through sickness and health; ‘til death do you part.” The wedding planner had everything…
The name came from the obvious place, from the classic kid’s story about the wild wolf boy in the wild wolf suit who sails night and day and makes himself…
We can’t have a Fall Home and Garden issue without talking about home… Back in June, I moved into my new place in Saint Paul. It has been quite an…
Online Exclusives
Spirit Day was set up to create awareness that bullying can lead to violence. In most cases, that bullying was directed to the LGBTQ youth. In many cases, the result…
If you’re looking for a truly independent film festival focusing on LGBTQ subject matter, the Flip The Script festival is the place to be. The festival will take place at…
Join host J.P. Der Boghossian as he speaks with OutFront Policy and Organizing Director James Darville about The Evening Crowd at Kirmser’s, a non-fiction book about the first bar that…
Last season, the Saint Paul Saints were elevated to become part of Major League Baseball’s Player Development Leagues. In turn, they became the Minnesota Twins’ Triple-A affiliate – the last…
Big Gay News
The Associated Press reports that the co-owner of the Colorado Springs gay nightclub where a shooter turned a drag queen’s birthday celebration into a massacre said he thinks the shooting that killed five…
The Advocate reports that Russia’s lower house of parliament passed in the third reading amendments to a law on so-called “LGBT propaganda” on Thursday, expanding liability to all ages. Read more at the…
LGBTQNation reports that barely three days after a shooter at an LGBTQ club killed five people and injured dozens, right-wing media figures have been blaming LGBTQ people for causing the violence,…
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