BY ALISE CHAFFINS While driving or walking through the neighborhoods of Morgantown, you may have seen colorful yard signs declaring “Proud Ally.” Whenever there is a discussion […]
Tag: lgbtq
Guest essay: Appalachia was always beautifully queer
by Ash Orr Across West Virginia, the public debate around being queer or transgender is being framed as a “social contagion.” If that’s the case, I will […]
Pride Month kicks off in Morgantown
On this first day of Pride Month, we’d like to highlight Pride and Pride-themed events and activities happening around Morgantown in June. There’s a saying we recently […]
Community gathers to celebrate grand opening of The Rainbow House
The moment 123 Pleasant Street’s doors opened Wednesday night, the venue was filled with a bustling crowd ready to enjoy the musical talents of local artists and […]
Project Rainbow opens first LGBTQ+ emergency shelter in West Virginia
Founded in October 2022 by Erin Shelton, Morgan Wood and Cassidy Thompson, Project Rainbow is a grassroots organization based in Monongalia County dedicated to providing support, resources […]
Keep flagpoles out of the culture wars
Flagpoles are becoming the latest battlefield in the culture wars. Activists are fighting to get their banners onto public flagstaffs while keeping off those representing other groups […]
Hey, straight guys, be like Tyler James Williams, not Josh Hawley
by LZ Granderson “Abbott Elementary” star Tyler James Williams is not gay. The Emmy nominee made that clear on Instagram recently — just in time for Pride. […]
June 11 letters to the editor
WVU should’ve known enrollment would drop I am surprised that, as The Dominion Post reported on Wednesday, June 7, “Faculty question how the university got into a […]
What is missing from the LGBTQ+ debate? Tolerance
by John M. Crisp Pronouns came up in conversation recently. Through circumstances largely beyond my control, I was at dinner a few nights ago with six or […]
‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ saved my relationship with my mom
by Grace Park After 10 years of hiding my queer identity, I finally came out to my mom at the kitchen table of my childhood home in […]
