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Would you trust AI to scan your genitals for STIs?

Originally published by The 19th Your trusted source for contextualizing the news. Sign up for our daily newsletter. In March, health technology startup HeHealth debuted Calmara AI, an app proclaiming to be “your intimacy bestie for safer sex.” The app was heavily marketed to women, who were told they could upload a picture of their […]

Finding Home in Louisville: Teresa Willis

Teresa Willis Highlands, she/her Why’d you pick that photo? This is me and my mom, my sister posing us in front of the tree by the garage back when photography was a precious process. I’m about 12, so my mom would’ve been 52. This photo encapsulates so much. A warm fall day in Valley Station. […]

Feeling at Home in Louisville: Syimone

Queer Kentucky has partnered with Louisville Magazine for our fourth print issue. We asked Louisvillians and Kentuckians at large about their queerness and its relationship to the city, where they feel at home, who was there for them when it felt like nobody else was, the biggest issues facing Louisville’s queer communities, and much more. In this issue, […]

The toll of America’s anti-trans war

Originally published by The 19th Member support made it possible for us to write this series. Donate to our nonprofit newsroom today to support independent journalism that represents you. For a few years now, whether we’ve noticed it or not, gender has become a test to pass or fail. Since 2021 , at least 177 […]

Feeling at Home in Louisville: John Esterle

Queer Kentucky has partnered with Louisville Magazine for our fourth print issue. We asked Louisvillians and Kentuckians at large about their queerness and its relationship to the city, where they feel at home, who was there for them when it felt like nobody else was, the biggest issues facing Louisville’s queer communities, and much more. In this issue, […]

Feeling at Home in Louisville: Josiah

Photo by Sarah Davis Queer Kentucky has partnered with Louisville Magazine for our fourth print issue. We asked Louisvillians and Kentuckians at large about their queerness and its relationship to the city, where they feel at home, who was there for them when it felt like nobody else was, the biggest issues facing Louisville’s queer communities, and […]

Feeling at Home in Louisville: Michael Munc Coots

Queer Kentucky has partnered with Louisville Magazine for our fourth print issue. We asked Louisvillians and Kentuckians at large about their queerness and its relationship to the city, where they feel at home, who was there for them when it felt like nobody else was, the biggest issues facing Louisville’s queer communities, and much more. In this issue, […]

GRLwood shared their new album BLOOD as the first part of a new trilogy

Louisville Public Media | By Otis Junior Published August 21, 2024 at 10:22 AM EDT Louisville rock band GRLwood has shared a brand new album titled BLOOD. The new release is the first of a trilogy of albums, with SWEAT and TEARS to complete the collection later this year. It is a deeply personal project, one that GRLwood founder Rej Forester wrote and recorded […]