by Jeremiah Rhodes | Sep 4, 2019 | 2019 Project, Connect 2019 |
CANScantSTAND from Jeremiah Rhodes on Vimeo. Wendi Cooper, a trans woman in New Orleans, continues to face the repercussions of being convicted of the Crime Against Nature Law 20 years ago. Cooper participated in a rally to bring attention to the people who are still...
by Ethan Knox | Aug 31, 2019 | 2019 Project, Connect 2019 |
The Belle Reve house (Courtesy of Belle Reve NOLA) Vicki Weeks has spent her career providing care for people living with HIV/AIDS, only to have her efforts undercut by a change in federal funding. The home she ran, Belle Reve, served a community of people living...
by Alesia Bani | Aug 31, 2019 | 2019 Project, Connect 2019 |
Wayne Sizemore wearing a “Q for queer” necklace made by his friend Ed Woodham, creative director at Art in Odd Places. (Photo by Alesia Bani) Although the dialogue around aging with HIV continues getting attention, older people who are living with the...
by Meg Shutzer | Aug 28, 2019 | 2019 Project, Connect 2019 |
Wendi Cooper (Photo by Meg Shutzer) Despite changes over time, Louisiana’s 1805 Crime Against Nature law continues to harm the LGBTQ+ community in the state. Wendi Cooper, a trans woman living in New Orleans, continues to face the repercussions of being...
by Ryan Killian Krause | Aug 28, 2019 | 2019 Project, Connect 2019 |
For years, New Orleans has held a spot among the American cities with the highest numbers of new HIV infections. That may be changing. Last year, for the first time in a decade, the city – and the state of Louisiana – reported a decrease in the number of new HIV...
by Kayla Brown | Aug 28, 2019 | 2019 Project, Connect 2019 |
Photo by Kay Tobin, ©Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library As the LGBTQ community spent the summer celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots in New York, many media outlets took the opportunity to highlight queer stories and...
by Alesia Bani | Aug 28, 2019 | 2019 Project, Connect 2019 |
Parade-goers at the 20th annual Gay Easter Parade. (Photos courtesy of NOAGE) LGBTQ people face specific challenges as they age, including discrimination when seeking medical treatment and pressure to go back into the closet in long-term care facilities. More...
by Jonathan Lee | Aug 28, 2019 | 2019 Project, Connect 2019 |
(Illustration by Jonathan Lee) A recent decision by the National Association of Hispanic Journalists to return more than $16,000 to Fox after Todd Starnes made incendiary remarks about Latino immigrants on his Fox News Radio talk show renewed an ongoing conversation...
by Andre Menchavez | Aug 28, 2019 | 2019 Project, Connect 2019 |
Moderator Michelle Miller with panelists Dr. Bethany Grace Howe, left, Sharif Durhams, Patrick Lee and Simon Bouie at the “How to Increase Diversity In Your Coverage” panel. (Photo by Andre Menchavez) NLGJA: The Association of LGBTQ Journalists is actively...
by Mackenzie Farkus | Aug 28, 2019 | 2019 Project, Connect 2019 |
The back cover of the Jan.-March 1975 issue of “Woman to Woman: A Feminist Quarterly,” a New Orleans-based feminist publication that often contained ads for the New Orleans chapter of the Daughters of Bilitis. (Source: Newcomb Archives and Nadine Robbert Vorhoff...
by Adam Ferraz | Aug 28, 2019 | 2019 Project, Connect 2019 |
Sarah Hill in a still from Mark. (Courtesy of the artist) Detail of Love to Know You by Andy Thompson. (Photo by Adam Ferraz) Andy Thompson, Love to Know You, 2017-2019. Gouache on paper, 39 x 57 in. (Photo by Cai Thomas) Press photo of guest curator Dr. Jordan...
by Irena Fischer-Hwang | Aug 28, 2019 | 2019 Project, Connect 2019 |
KP Procido, left, works with client Max Wallace at Spa Isbell in New Orleans. (Photo by Irena Fischer-Hwang) Kathryn (KP) Procido remembers the day she decided to become a cosmetologist. Inspired by Shane from the TV show “The L Word,” Procido had recently given...
by Ethan Knox | Aug 28, 2019 | 2019 Project, Connect 2019 |
Jackson Square Park was once a meeting stop for the oldest queer protest in New Orleans. (Photo by Ethan Knox) A royal entourage, adorned with elegant and extravagant furs and colors crossing the rainbow, followed haphazardly behind Louis XIV as he marched steadily...
