Truth and Reckoning
Recognizing the generational harm caused by Native “boarding schools” is just the beginning. True healing must center the Indigenous ways of being that these genocidal institutions tried to extinguish.
The Truth Above All Else
In my faith tradition, there’s a well-worn adage that the truth will set us free. This idiom, expressed from the pulpits and at dinner tables, is an encouragement to uphold
A graphic illustration of bright red, yellow, black, and ochre yellow of round blobs and women's faces.
Safer Sex Work
By embracing harm reduction principles, our culture can collectively empower and protect sex workers.
Standing in the rotunda of the Texas State Capitol in Austin, Brigitte Bandit shows the gown she wore—bearing the names of children killed in recent mass shootings in Uvalde and Allen, Texas—to testify against S.B. 12, which would have criminalized drag performances. In her testimony, she accused Texas GOP lawmakers of “spending more time in this legislative session targeting drag queens than gun violence.”
Serving Justice
On stage and in the courthouse, these queens prove drag is not a crime.

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