LGBTQ+

TENS the Experience hosts balls in St. Louis. Along with providing an entertaining evening, ballroom helps introduce people to a culture created by, and for, Black people.

“Strange Familiars” is an exhibition of fabric sculpture at Craft Alliance in St. Louis that expresses the joy and difficulty of “having a marginalized body in the world,” artist Frankie Toan explained.

Multidisciplinary artist Tre G is directing a free, touring version of Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” that is filled with references to Black, queer culture.

The camp will welcome LGBTQ youth in second through 11th grades for a week of classic camp activities and community building.

Pride Center will close Jan. 1 after four years because the organization cannot afford to keep the doors open. But community resources will still be available online.

The uprising for Black lives has amplified the names of Black people who have been killed by police and in racist attacks. But the names of people who are Black and trans are lesser known due to transphobia and a lack of understanding from media and society. In St. Louis, organizers have been uplifting the name of Kiwi Herring, a Black trans woman who was known by her loved ones as a playful nurturer, adored by neighborhood kids and her own children, who she taught to value education and hard work. In this episode we’ll hear more from organizers who are supporting people who are Black and trans, using art to promote social change, and staying inspired through the uprising.

Being born intersex isn’t limited to ambiguous genitalia. There’s a plethora of intersex conditions, about 150. Some of them require surgical…