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We cover the art, nightlife, history and community that make queer Kentucky what it is, from drag stages and dance floors to archives and potlucks. Queer joy is news too, and the people building community across the Commonwealth deserve to be seen.
Featured and latest culture stories
LatestThe Information Game: Women’s Soccer, HIV and Belonging for LGBTQIA+ People of Color in KentuckyThirty years after HIV and professional women’s soccer both hit a turning point, two Racing Louisville fans talk about belonging, and why the stadiums where LGBTQIA+ people of color gather could also connect them to HIV information, testing…By Bunny McKensie Mack · Nov 4, 2026
Sober and Queer: Finding Community Outside the BarBy Harper Thomson · Oct 30, 2026
Pushed to the Edge of Campus, These Trans Students Started Their Own FraternityBy Eddy Risimini · Oct 26, 2026
Love Out Loud Fest returns to Louisville with pay-what-you-can fall edition Nov. 12By Community News · Oct 25, 2026
“You Are Not Alone”: A Letter From the Trans Youth Who Made This MagazineBy Nyla Davies · Oct 23, 2026- Get Queer Kentucky in your inboxOur free newsletter, with the stories queer Kentuckians need.Sign up free
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Creating community
The events, groups and gatherings queer Kentuckians are building, and how to join them.
Kentuckiana Pride Foundation’s SHINE Gala returns to the Speed Art Museum Nov. 13By Community News · Nov 1, 2026
Louisville Roller Derby closes its 2026 season with a double header Nov. 7By Community News · Oct 28, 2026
JustFundKY to host first Obsidian Ball, a masquerade gala in LexingtonBy Community News · Oct 19, 2026
‘They Can’t Legislate Community’: Henderson KY Pride’s Haunted Haus of Drag Returns Oct. 23By Alejandra O'Connell-Domenech · Oct 16, 2026
Drag and performance
Kentucky Black Pride Turns 10 in the Park That Sheltered Queer LexingtonBy CE Courtney Reynolds · Oct 10, 2026
Smoke & Queers: How a Queer Burlesque Troupe Built a Stage for Everyone ElseBy Mikhayla Hughes-Shaw · Sep 24, 2026
From Appalachia to Western Kentucky, Drag Artists Are Building Queer Community Across the CommonwealthBy Jules Crawley · Sep 11, 2026
Henderson KY Pride Fires Back at Calls to End PrideBy Community News · Aug 7, 2026
Arts and music
- After Death Before Detransition, Trans Youth Across the River Make a Magazine of Their OwnBy Jules Crawley · Oct 20, 2026
Time Slip Theatre Opens 13th Year of ‘Rocky Horror’ With a Witchy TwistBy Community News · Oct 9, 2026
‘Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma’ Review: Queer Pleasure, Excess and a Bowling Green TheaterBy Jess Folk · Oct 7, 2026
Homeownership Is Radical, Says Mercury Stardust. Her Book Tour Hits Louisville Oct. 8By Nick Fulton · Oct 1, 2026
Profiles of the queer Kentuckians making things happen.People to know
Whiskey Row Walking Tour: Louisville Native Drew Shryock Shares Bourbon, History, and PrideBy Mikhayla Hughes-Shaw · Sep 29, 2026
Old Forester’s Melissa Rift Took the Long Way to Master Taster, and Found Belonging in BourbonBy Macey Fix · Sep 25, 2026
Lavender Cowboy Andrew Sa Brings Queer Country to LouisvilleBy Spencer Jenkins · Sep 8, 2026
Nobody’s Free Until Everybody’s Free: The Queer Print Magazine Imagining Liberation TogetherBy Margaret Hetherman · Aug 25, 2026
Queer history
Lavender to Watermelons: Safe Signaling in KentuckyBy Antheia Deaton · Jul 30, 2026
LGBTQ+ Youth Invited to Help Shape New Musical on Queer History at ACT LouisvilleBy Community News · Jul 6, 2026
How Rosie’s Tavern Became the Heart of Northern Kentucky’s GayborhoodBy David S. Rotenstein · Jul 2, 2026
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