Culture
How Missy Spears’ Humor and Advocacy Evolved Into Powerful Local Leadership
The National LGBTQ Task Force profiles Missy Spears, Queer Kentucky’s executive director, on satire, Covington organizing and Creating Change 2027.
Oct. 7·Northern Kentucky
Culture
‘Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma’ Review: Queer Pleasure, Excess and a Bowling Green Theater
Review of Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma (2026), a queer slasher send-up seen in Bowling Green, hometown of John Carpenter.
Oct. 7·South Central Kentucky
Gov & Politics
Federal Cuts “Handcuffed” BIPOC Harm Reduction in Kentucky. Communities Are Stepping Up.
SAMHSA cut funding for syringes and fentanyl test strips. Kentucky groups serving Black communities explain what they lost and how they are…
Oct. 2·Lexington
Gov & Politics
It’s a Pause, Not a Ban: Liz Sheehan on Lexington’s Data Center Moratorium
Lexington is the first major Kentucky city to pause data center development. Councilmember Liz Sheehan explains what the moratorium does and what…
Oct. 1·Lexington
Culture
Homeownership Is Radical, Says Mercury Stardust. Her Book Tour Hits Louisville Oct. 8
Trans author Mercury Stardust brings her homeownership guide to Louisville's Northeast Regional Library Oct. 8. Why she prioritized red and purple states.
Oct. 1·Louisville
Health
AVOL Kentucky Is Adding Injectable PrEP. One Shot Can Replace Two Months of Pills.
AVOL Kentucky is adding injectable PrEP, the longest-lasting HIV prevention option. Most of its testing and prevention services are free.
Oct. 16 By Alejandra O'Connell-Domenech
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Culture
Smoke & Queers: How a Queer Burlesque Troupe Built a Stage for Everyone Else
Since 2019, Smoke & Queers has built a queer burlesque stage in Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky. Four producers talk drag kings and Rhinestone Rodeo.
Sept. 24 By Mikhayla Hughes-Shaw
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Culture
From Appalachia to Western Kentucky, Drag Artists Are Building Queer Community Across the Commonwealth
Sept. 11·Appalachia
Gov & Politics
Western Kentucky’s LGBTQ+ Crisis: The Most Harm, the Least Protection
Sept. 9·Western Kentucky
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No Doctor, No Test, Refused at the Door: What the Data Shows About LGBTQ+ Health Care in Western Kentucky
Aug. 26·Western Kentucky
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50 Days, 50 Missed Votes: How McConnell’s Absence Is Stalling Kentucky’s Priorities
Aug. 9, 2026
Kentucky Poet Laureate Silas House, whose poetry is the basis for Songs of Silas, a new …
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Sept. 3·Louisville
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‘Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma’ Review: Queer Pleasure, Excess and a Bowling Green Theater
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