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LINK IN BIO President Donald Trump on Monday signe

LINK IN BIO President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order signaling his administration’s opposition to gender diversity and transgender identity as a whole. Trump wants to reestablish multiple policies regarding trans Americans that were in place during his first term, including housing trans people in federal prisons based on their sex assigned at birth, while seeking to cement a broader message: In his administration’s view, trans and nonbinary people don’t exist.

Queer Kentucky has been nominated in the “Best P

Queer Kentucky has been nominated in the “Best Print Magazine Article” category for a GLAAD Award! “Noah J. Ricketts Brings the Bluegrass to Hollywood and Broadway” by Spencer Jenkins, was part of ISSUE 05: Reimagining Masculinity where Queer Kentucky explores stories of gender expression.

The 36th Annual GLAAD Media Awards announced 303 nominees across 33 categories including culture-shifting stories about transgender people, people living with HIV, global LGBTQ criminalization, LGBTQ asylum seekers, LGBTQ youth, and more

GLAAD is the world’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) media advocacy organization.

GLAAD’s mission to accelerate acceptance and understanding for LGBTQ people through visibility in media stands stronger than ever, with the 36th GLAAD Media Awards spotlighting 303 culture-changing nominees across 33 categories, honoring outstanding fair, accurate, and inclusive representations of LGBTQ people and issues in film, television, gaming, publishing, stage productions, music, podcasting, journalism, and more.

Words by: @spencerjenkss
Design: @hrschiller @brackishcreative
Photographers: @joshdrake.pdf & @cam.whaley_
Associate Editor: @hallie__ruth
Executive Director: @missy.spears

LINK IN BIO ✍️ @samyallsmith Looking at Sniffi

LINK IN BIO ✍️ @samyallsmith Looking at Sniffies @sniffiesapp for the first time, I can understand the appeal. Daily use of the site would make me so much better at geography than any educator ever could. You learn a good deal about your neighborhood, and the interactive map is easy to explore. Zoom in on a park and see who is chatting about arriving there, or who is waiting. See who in your city is willing to host. Who around the corner might share your kinks, or offer something you’ve pondered trying?

LINK IN BIO ✍️ @samyallsmith Hey, you, quit hi

LINK IN BIO ✍️ @samyallsmith Hey, you, quit hibernating! Your wrists will get all hairy. Seriously, the urge to couch rot after the holidays and severe weather is legitimate. Across the South, so many of our yards turned into a blown-up snow globe. But businesses owned by and in solidarity with the LGBTQ+ community only get so many snow days before they really feel the need for support. Here’s a quick rundown of 10 queer-friendly gems in Kentucky that could use some warming up.⁠
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LINK IN BIO ✍️ @tobealobster 🚨 Trigger Warn

LINK IN BIO ✍️ @tobealobster 🚨 Trigger Warning: Transphobic experiences and suicide⁠
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The eerie invisible fog of hate has loomed over the country since November 5. Even those that live in liberal states have started to feel the weight of millions of votes cast against their existence. Will it even matter what state a person lives in when the Wehrmacht starts their march? Probably not, but we can all be sure that Kentucky's streets will be some of the first they march on. Or maybe I’m overdramatic and the new regime won’t follow through with Project 2025.. One can dream.⁠
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I wish I could say I have no reason for being so dramatic, but sadly, a deep lurking fear I have felt for the last 10 years may become reality. I spent almost eight years in Canada trying to run from the red state of hate, wishing I could just be myself in peace.⁠
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“I hope you get sent to Kentucky and get murdered for being trans! I hope you fucking die for being trans!” — words once screamed at me from the other side of an apartment door in Toronto. Solidifying that state of fear I had for ever returning home. I was able to stay in Canada for years after, however the fear of those words has not left my mind a single day since they were uttered.

LINK IN BIO ✍️ @belletownsendky Keturah Herron

LINK IN BIO ✍️ @belletownsendky Keturah Herron made history in 2022 as Kentucky’s first openly LGBTQ+ woman elected to the House of Representatives, and again in 2024 as the state’s first openly LGBTQ+ woman elected to the Senate. She also carries the identities of being Black, raised in a single-parent household in Richmond, and having a family impacted by the opioid crisis and the criminal justice system. Herron’s journey from court-designated worker to policy strategist, and ultimately, to legislator, reflects both personal growth and an unwavering commitment to justice, equity, and the vision of a better world.

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