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Queer Kentucky
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Queer Kentucky is a diverse LGBTQ+ run non-profit based in Kentucky working to bolster and enhance Queer culture and health through storytelling, education and action. Queerkentucky.com Donate to our nonprofit newsroom: https://queerkentucky.com/donate/
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Queer Kentucky @queerkentucky.bsky.social · 5d
Louisville Roller Derby will close its 20th anniversary season with a doubleheader Oct. 4 at the Triple Crown Pavilion.
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Louisville Roller Derby to kick off 2025 fall home season with October double header - Queer Kentucky
Louisville Roller Derby will close its 20th anniversary season with a doubleheader Oct. 4 at the Triple Crown Pavilion.
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Queer Kentucky @queerkentucky.bsky.social · 7d
Explore our Northern Kentucky Special Issue—street art, drag, affirming businesses, and Bourbon & Belonging—celebrating queer people and places across the region. queerkentucky.com/northern-ken...
Explore Northern Kentucky LGBTQ+ Culture — Special Issue - Queer Kentucky
Explore our Northern Kentucky Special Issue—street art, drag, affirming businesses, and Bourbon & Belonging—celebrating queer people and places across the region.
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Queer Kentucky @queerkentucky.bsky.social · 7d
Queer Bourbon Week recap: NKY tastings, drag, and community—curated by Midwestern Lesbian.
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Where to Sip in NKY: Bourbon & Belonging Event Recap with the Midwestern Lesbian - Queer Kentucky
Queer Bourbon Week recap: NKY tastings, drag, and community—curated by Midwestern Lesbian.
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Queer Kentucky @queerkentucky.bsky.social · 9d
A queer raver’s journey through grief, psychedelics, body image, and finding sobriety. queerkentucky.com/substance-ab...
Acid, Ache, and the Grief Behind the Glamour: A reflection on substance abuse, recovery, and the ghosts, glitter, and grime in between. - Queer Kentucky
A queer raver’s journey through grief, psychedelics, body image, and finding sobriety.
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Queer Kentucky @queerkentucky.bsky.social · 9d
A transgender student finds acceptance, community, and hope at the University of Kentucky. queerkentucky.com/transgender-...
Transgender Life at the University of Kentucky - Queer Kentucky
A transgender student finds acceptance, community, and hope at the University of Kentucky.
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Queer Kentucky @queerkentucky.bsky.social · 9d
Kentucky Poet Laureate Silas House, known for his novels and essays about Appalachian life, has released his first full-length poetry book.
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Silas House Publishes His Debut Poetry Collection, "All These Ghosts" - Queer Kentucky
Kentucky Poet Laureate Silas House, known for his novels and essays about Appalachian life, has released his first full-length collection of poetry, All These Ghosts.
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Queer Kentucky @queerkentucky.bsky.social · 15d
Disabled trans voices show why accessibility is the backbone of justice and activism. queerkentucky.com/access-in-th...
Access in the Movement: A Shared Byline on Disability & Activism  - Queer Kentucky
Disabled trans voices show why accessibility is the backbone of justice and activism.
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Queer Kentucky @queerkentucky.bsky.social · 16d
Mutual aid centers BIPOC trans voices, pushing queer groups toward equity and liberation.
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Sustaining our Community: The Role of White, Cisgender-led Organizations in Mutual Aid - Queer Kentucky
Mutual aid centers BIPOC trans voices, pushing queer groups toward equity and liberation.
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Spencer Jenkins @spencerjenkins.bsky.social · 20d
Today is Give for Good Louisville! Queer Kentucky needs your help reaching our $6K match! We’d also love to get to our $20K stretch goal.

💰DONATE and support independent queer journalism! @queerkentucky.bsky.social
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Queer Kentucky @queerkentucky.bsky.social · 20d
Today is Give for Good Louisville! Queer Kentucky needs your help reaching our $6K match! We’d also love to get to our $20K stretch goal. DONATE HERE: www.giveforgoodlouisville.org/story/u4wh0g
Support Defend Queer Kentucky: Fund the Reporting on Give for Good Louisville
Keep LGBTQ Kentuckians informed. Fund Kentucky's ONLY LGBTQ+ newsroom.
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Queer Kentucky @queerkentucky.bsky.social · 21d
Trans Kentuckian share their journeys navigating HRT through clinics and DIY routes. queerkentucky.com/first-steps-...
First Steps for Transitioning: Getting into HRT - Queer Kentucky
Trans Kentuckian share their journeys navigating HRT through clinics and DIY routes.
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Queer Kentucky @queerkentucky.bsky.social · 21d
Kentucky politics move fast — and our lives are on the line. Queer Kentucky is the only KY LGBTQ+ newsroom. Every donation is matched up to $5K to support on-the-ground reporting from Frankfort. Independent queer journalism is survival. today. www.giveforgoodlouisville.org/story/u4wh0g
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Queer Kentucky @queerkentucky.bsky.social · 27d
This is not just a magazine issue–it’s a gathering of voices that are raw and radiant. When I was approached to be the assistant editor of this project, I did not hesitate.
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Death Before Detransition: Letter from the Editor - Queer Kentucky
A gathering of raw, radiant voices: Kentucky’s trans youth share stories of truth and care.
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The Buckeye Flame @thebuckeyeflame.com · 28d
NEW EPISODE! - This News is So Gay (9/10/25): Examining Regional Queer Journalism and Celebrating Black Gay Pride

Featuring: @bjodway.com (@reportforamerica.bsky.social), @missyspears.bsky.social (@queerkentucky.bsky.social) and @mashaundsimon.bsky.social

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This News is So Gay (9/10/25): Examining Regional Queer Journalism and Celebrating Black Gay Pride
Featuring: Ben Jodway (The Buckeye Flame), Missy Spears (Queer Kentucky), Mashaun D. Simon (NBC News/GLAAD)
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Ken Schneck @kenschneck.bsky.social · 28d
NEW EPISODE! - This News is So Gay (9/10/25): Examining Regional Queer Journalism and Celebrating Black Gay Pride

Featuring: @bjodway.com (@reportforamerica.bsky.social), @missyspears.bsky.social (@queerkentucky.bsky.social) and @mashaundsimon.bsky.social

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This News is So Gay (9/10/25): Examining Regional Queer Journalism and Celebrating Black Gay Pride
Featuring: Ben Jodway (The Buckeye Flame), Missy Spears (Queer Kentucky), Mashaun D. Simon (NBC News/GLAAD)
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Queer Kentucky @queerkentucky.bsky.social · 28d
Queer Louisville band RELAAY talks debut album Midtempo Magic and finding representation. queerkentucky.com/louisville-i...
Louisville indie pop duo RELAAY on queer representation, debut album ‘Midtempo Magic’ - Queer Kentucky
Queer Louisville band RELAAY talks debut album Midtempo Magic and finding representation.
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Queer Kentucky @queerkentucky.bsky.social · 29d
15+ trans youth. 10+ stories. One collective vision of futures worth fighting for. This magazine isn’t just stories — it’s proof that trans youth are here, leading, creating, and demanding a world that sees them.

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Death Before Detransition: Queer Kentucky's Trans Youth Issue - Queer Kentucky
This issue isn’t about policy debates — it’s testimony, resistance, and survival. Kentucky’s trans youth wrote and designed this magazine themselves, speaking directly to their peers and communities. ...
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The Buckeye Flame @thebuckeyeflame.com · Sep 7
Queen Out or Get Out: An Interview with DJ Boywife, the newest it-girl of the Ohio River Valley.

“I need to see people dancing and having a good time, or I feel like I’m not doing my job.”

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Queen Out or Get Out: An Interview with DJ Boywife
"I need to see people dancing and having a good time, or I feel like I’m not doing my job."
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Queer Kentucky @queerkentucky.bsky.social · Sep 8
The Appalachian Queer Film Festival is uplifting queer and trans stories in Shepherdstown, West Virginia.
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Appalachian Queer Film Festival showcases trans, queer voices through rural filmmakers - Queer Kentucky
The Appalachian Queer Film Festival is uplifting queer and trans stories in Shepherdstown, West Virginia.
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Queer Kentucky @queerkentucky.bsky.social · Aug 26
From Covington to Louisville, queer cycling groups reclaim the road and build community. queerkentucky.com/queer-cyclin...
Queer Cycling Groups in Kentucky and Ohio Claim Space on the Streets, Build Community - Queer Kentucky
From Covington to Louisville, queer cycling groups reclaim the road and build community.
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The Buckeye Flame @thebuckeyeflame.com · Aug 23
“Some people didn’t have family. So, we were each other’s.”

How a 1980s Ohio Lesbian Collective Forged Lifelong Bonds

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SOL Sisters: How a 1980s Ohio Lesbian Collective Forged Lifelong Bonds
While several decades have passed since the last Slightly Older Lesbians meeting, the community it formed and nurtured still exists among past members who, by now, have dropped the word “slightly” fro...
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Queer Kentucky @queerkentucky.bsky.social · Aug 20
Lesbian elders reflect on Cincinnati’s SOL group and the power of chosen family since the 1980s. queerkentucky.com/lesbian/
SOL Sisters: How a 1980s Lesbian Collective Forged Lifelong Bonds - Queer Kentucky
Lesbian elders reflect on Cincinnati’s SOL group and the power of chosen family since the 1980s.
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Queer Kentucky @queerkentucky.bsky.social · Aug 18
In 2000s Whitesburg, Kentucky, a queer punk scene thrived—creating space, resistance, and identity in the Appalachian mountains. queerkentucky.com/punk-pride-a...
Punk, Pride, and Politics in the Eastern Kentucky Music Scene  - Queer Kentucky
In 2000s Whitesburg, Kentucky, a queer punk scene thrived—creating space, resistance, and identity in the Appalachian mountains.
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Queer Kentucky @queerkentucky.bsky.social · Aug 15
This out and proud native Missisppian meteorologist is a fixture in the Louisville queer community. WE love a Matt Breland moment. queerkentucky.com/about-to-get...
About to Get Good: Matt Breland on growing up, coming out and Shania Twain - Queer Kentucky
It seems like everyone knows Matt Breland. Whether you covet his front-row seats at nearly every Shania Twain concert, admire his retention of Lady Gaga
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Queer Kentucky @queerkentucky.bsky.social · Aug 14
More money to go around for LGBTQ+ organizations in Kentucky and Southern Indiana! Kentuckiana Pride Foundation is making sure of that. queerkentucky.com/shine-gala/
Kentuckiana Pride Foundation to host Shine Gala, launch endowment fund for LGBTQ+ organizations - Queer Kentucky
The Kentuckiana Pride Foundation will host its first Shine Gala on Nov. 15 to launch an endowment fund supporting LGBTQ+ organizations across Kentucky and Southern Indiana.
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