Play3min 48secUnited Methodists will again debate LGBTQ+ clergy and same-sex weddingsApril 23, 2024 2:26 PMBy Jason DeRose The United Methodist Church is holding its first General Conference since the pandemic and will consider whether to change policies on several LGBTQ+ issues.
Play46min 37secIs 2024 the year Minnesota passes an Equal Rights Amendment?April 23, 2024 9:00 AMBy Angela Davis and Gretchen BrownMPR News host Angela Davis talked about where the Equal Rights Amendment stands in the Minnesota legislature today and the state of gender inequality in 2024.
Play9min 17secNew exhibit showcases letters that LGBTQ+ community used to connect from 1950s to todayApril 2, 2024 1:24 PMBy Cathy Wurzer and Ellen FinnThe exhibit pulls materials from across the Tretter Collection in GLBT Studies at the University of Minnesota to examine how the use of mail by LGBTQ+ people has subverted the postal service through challenging obscenity laws, and the reliance on anonymity and discretion.
Play9min 16secOn Trans Day of Visibility, Rep. Leigh Finke reflects on first year in Legislature and what’s aheadMarch 29, 2024 2:35 PMBy Tom Crann and Ngoc BuiDFL Representative Leigh Finke of St. Paul looks to build upon last year’s Trans Refuge Act to ensure comprehensive support for queer people and their families.
19 Bar, a Minneapolis gay bar open since the 1950s, closes after crash sparks fireMarch 26, 2024 5:12 PMBy Estelle Timar-WilcoxMinneapolis’ 19 Bar is shuttered after a fire burned through the building on Friday. There were no injuries reported. The bar wrote in a Facebook post that it’s closed until further notice.
Play3min 45secLegacy in pink: First Black-owned gay bar in San Francisco reborn as art at the WalkerMarch 15, 2024 11:39 AMBy Jacob Aloi“The New Eagle Creek Saloon,” an art installation at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, reimagines the first Black-owned gay bar in San Francisco, Calif., blending art with social and historical themes.
The number of U.S. adults who identify as LGBTQ+ doubled in 12 years, new poll showsMarch 13, 2024 3:11 PMBy C Mandler In 2023, 7.6 percent of U.S. adults said they align themselves with the LGBTQ+ community, compared to 3.5 percent in 2012, the first year Gallup collected such metrics. That figure has grown every year since 2012.
Minnesota bill would bar schools, local governments from removing pride flagsMarch 5, 2024 11:20 AMBy Dana FergusonThe bill’s author said that in response to a school district removing a rainbow flag, the state should take action to protect teachers or officials who choose to fly it.
Play10min 03secMinnesota author Alison Bechdel comes home for Women's History Month talk in St. PaulFebruary 26, 2024 1:45 PMBy Cathy Wurzer and Ellen FinnBefore she came up with “the Bechdel test,” Alison Bechdel wove herself into the fabric of lesbian cultural identity as a comic strip writer in Minneapolis back in 1983.
Minnesotans gather to mourn and honor Oklahoma nonbinary teen Nex BenedictFebruary 24, 2024 3:55 PMBy Melissa OlsonStudent organizers from the Gender and Sexuality Alliance (GSA) at Edison High School in northeast Minneapolis organized the vigil in honor of Oklahoma teen Nex Benedict.