Meyer Becomes Interim Executive Director At the end of July, OutFront Minnesota Executive Director Amy Johnson is stepping down from the position she took over in January 2009. She was instrumental in guiding the organization...

Fantasy Gifts Celebrates 30th Anniversary Fantasy Gifts is celebrating its 30th anniversary. In 1980, Bob and Marlene Bertino established the business with a now-defunct store on what is now Block E in Minneapolis. Under the...

Boycott Saloon? I have read both articles in the June 18 Lavender related to the Reverend Tom Brock. I have also read writer John Townsend’s response to the Star Tribune article, and all the letters to the editor in the July 16...

“God hates….” Basically, if you listen to Reverend Fred Phelps, God hates anyone and everyone who isn’t a member of the minister’s extended-family Westboro Baptist Church (WBC) congregation. Hate, not love, is exalted on WBC’s...

Founded in 1992, the Imperial Court of Minnesota (ICOM) is a chapter of the International Court System, established in 1965 in San Francisco by Empress José Sarria, the first openly gay person to run for public office in the...