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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
www.giveforgoodlouisville.org/story/u4wh0g

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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.”

✏️ @spencerjenkins.bsky.social / @queerkentucky.bsky.social

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 · Aug 12

Trans Haven offers support, connection, and joy for trans adults across Louisville and beyond. queerkentucky.com/as-anti-tran...

As anti-trans laws pass, Louisville’s Trans Haven group creates community, comfort and lasting friendships - Queer Kentucky

Trans Haven offers support, connection, and joy for trans adults across Louisville and beyond.

queerkentucky.com

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Spencer Jenkins @spencerjenkins.bsky.social · Aug 14

Exciting new gay money is coming to Kentucky!

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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GLAAD @glaad.bsky.social · Aug 14

Mark Joseph Stern of Slate breaks down the recent misleading headlines regarding marriage equality at the Supreme Court: "There is essentially no chance that the court will entertain Davis’ plea to abolish gay people’s constitutional right to marry; the odds round down to zero.

The Sudden Panic That SCOTUS Might Overturn Marriage Equality Misses the Real Threat

Kim Davis’ case will not be the vehicle the court uses to eradicate the equal dignity of same-sex couples.

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Joe Sonka 😐 @joesonka.lpm.org · Aug 12

Louisville Metro opened a new portal for people to submit complaints about Bardstown Road bars ahead of a licensing deadline in October.

Louisville officials ask for help identifying problem bars on Bardstown Road

Louisville Metro opened a new portal for people to submit complaints about Bardstown Road bars ahead of a licensing deadline in October.

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Spencer Jenkins @spencerjenkins.bsky.social · Aug 12

I'm really proud of this article I wrote for @queerkentucky.bsky.social about an amazing trans social support group in Louisville. Heather Stevens is doing amazing work and is a testament that despite anti-queer movements, queer people are showing up with and for one another and creating joy.

Queer Kentucky @queerkentucky.bsky.social · Aug 12

Trans Haven offers support, connection, and joy for trans adults across Louisville and beyond. queerkentucky.com/as-anti-tran...

As anti-trans laws pass, Louisville’s Trans Haven group creates community, comfort and lasting friendships - Queer Kentucky

Trans Haven offers support, connection, and joy for trans adults across Louisville and beyond.

queerkentucky.com

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Queer Kentucky @queerkentucky.bsky.social · Jul 17

Mathematical models indicate that the worst-case scenario of the Trump administration's HIV-related cuts could result in 3 million deaths and an infection rate outpacing the virus’s peak in the 1990s. ✍️ @unclosetedmedia.bsky.social queerkentucky.com/the-staggeri...

The Staggering Scale of Trump’s 'War on HIV' - Queer Kentucky

Mathematical models indicate that the worst-case scenario of the Trump administration's HIV-related cuts could result in 3 million deaths and an infection rate outpacing the virus’s peak in the 1990s.

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Queer Kentucky @queerkentucky.bsky.social · Jul 18

The 19th spoke with experts about the window of opportunity — and risk — that exists while the State Department complies with a court order. queerkentucky.com/trans-people...

Trans people can obtain accurate passports again. Here’s how - Queer Kentucky

The 19th spoke with experts about the window of opportunity — and risk — that exists while the State Department complies with a court order.

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Spencer Jenkins @spencerjenkins.bsky.social · Jul 18

Sometimes joy manifests as fistfuls of shredded mozzarella cheese before bed.

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Spencer Jenkins @spencerjenkins.bsky.social · Jul 17

I’ve become someone that has made macros and calories my entire personality. Following too many shredded straight men on TikTok telling me to “lock in.”