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Grant Slater
Watching the gypsy-jazz outfit Man Man convulse its way through a closing number, Joanna Carter of Yukon looked unimpressed. She tossed her cigarette, hiked up her tube top and took a swig from ...

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Elizabeth Camacho Wiley
Kim Anderson loves giraffes. She fell in love with them at age 8 while on a trip to the zoo. What captivated her was not their mysterious spots or the majestic height of their necks. It was ...

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Jamie Birdwell
Celebrate Oklahoma's black cultural heritage at the Africa West Cultural Festival on Saturday and Sunday. The festival, only in its second year, will fill the entire Metro Tech Springlake ca...

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Gina Dabney
Bike rides, swimming and road trips equal summer fun. However, if injuries crop up, the scene can quickly change. Each year, injuries kill more youth than diseases, kidnapping and drugs combined...

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Grant Slater
Nearly 40 years ago, The Oklahoman wrangled a roving state correspondent with a penchant for whiskey into a desk job as the first Norman bureau chief for the statewide newspaper. ...

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Lea Terry
For many nonprofit and community organizations, the AmeriCorps VISTA program helps them accomplish things they might not otherwise be able to, given their often limited financial and human resou...

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Joe Wertz
Thousands will crowd Oklahoma City streets, parks and clubs this weekend at the state's largest pride event, a three-day celebration of solidarity championed by gays, lesbians, bisexuals and tra...

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Greg Horton
A new organization in Oklahoma City is creating a place for gay or questioning teenagers and young adults to find support and friendship. Oklahoma City Youth United meets at First Unitarian Chur...

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Jenny Coon Peterson
Brittany Novotny was born and raised a boy, but from the time she was little, knew she was different. The 29 year old is transgendered, or someone whose internal gender identity doesn't match th...

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Nathan Gunter
One of the marks of any community striving for greater recognition and visibility is the creation of media outlets geared toward that community. While nationwide magazines for the gay, lesbian, ...