Mike Marcotte
Serve Our Society: Queer Grace Community
A church for queers, by queers. Religious trauma is real, especially within the LGBTQIA+ community. Queer Grace Community, based in Minneapolis, exists to help Christians and Christian-adjacent individuals make sense of their lives and their faith. “A lot of us are post-evangelical and dealing with religious trauma from being told to deny ourselves and our…
Serve Our Society: Mossier
Minneapolis-based nonprofit ensures LGBTQ individuals feel empowered at work A 2018 Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation survey of employees across the nation found that 46% of LGBTQ workers remain closeted on the job. That number is actually down four percent from a 2008 report. The same 2018 survey found that the top reason LGBTQ workers…
Serve Our Society: Hope House
Hope House overlooks Stillwater and the St. Croix River Valley. The residence has capacity for four residents who live with HIV. Photo courtesy Hope House/Kristina Lynn Photography & Design Stillwater nonprofit hiring staff to assist clients living with HIV Up the hill from Main Street in Stillwater, a house offers independence for members of the…
Serve Our Society: Rainbow Health
JustUs Health recently rebranded as Rainbow Health, but their services remain the same. The St. Paul nonprofit strives to provide equitable health care access, focusing on the LGBTQ commuinty. Nonprofit with a new name, but the same services, including free PrEP prescriptions LGBTQ people face significant health barriers. Faith Bryan moved from California to Minnesota…
Syracuse, Schenectady, Utica
Utica, Minnesota native Ethan Mundt is better known as Utica Queen. The 26 year-old made the top six in season 13 of “RuPaul’s Drag Race”. Photo credit: Eric Magnussen Q & A with Utica Queen from RuPaul’s Drag Race Self described on Twitter as the “Twin Cities wacky waving inflatable arm tube Queen”, Utica Queen…
Serve Our Society: The Naming Project
Located on an island of Bay Lake near Brainerd, The Naming Project provides LGBTQ youth between 14-18 years old a camp experience that names them as a child of a loving God. Photo courtesy The Naming Project Northern Minnesota camp reassures LGBTQ+ teens they are ‘made in love’ On an island of Bay Lake, near…
Serve Our Society: Annex Teen Clinic
Nonprofit providing sexual healthcare to young people celebrates 50 years Being a teen today comes with different pressures than it did 10 years ago. Just ask the staff of Annex Teen Clinic, a Robbinsdale-based nonprofit where young people of all genders and sexualities can receive sex-positive, affirming, sexual healthcare. “I think teens and young adults…
Minnesota’s Birthplace Does Not Sit ‘Still’
Photos courtesy of Mike Marcotte Stillwater creates a perfect staycation destination only minutes from the cities. As the host of Minnesota’s first territorial convention in 1848, Stillwater is considered Minnesota’s birthplace. The town is actually older than Minneapolis. Nestled on the St. Croix River about 25 miles east of downtown Minneapolis, Stillwater was recently voted…
Serve Our Society: Gay Lesbian Amateur Sport Society
Gay Lesbian Amateur Sport Society, GLASS Volleyball GLASS gives the LGBTQ community the chance to be active and connect Sean Kennedy wondered why so many gay men showed up on those particular phone app grids every Sunday when he was home. He found out there was a gay volleyball league in the park across the…
Serve Our Society: National Alliance on Mental Illness Minnesota
The National Alliance on Mental Illness Minnesota hosts an annual walk fundraiser, which was able to take place remotely in 2020. NAMI Minnesota offers two LGBTQ+ support groups, with a third starting this year. It goes without saying, but the last year has been challenging on so many levels. So take a moment and ask…
