OKC Pride Parade 6 p.m. Sunday 39th District NW 39th Street between Classen and Youngs boulevards facebook.com/okcpridefan 405-652-9561 Free As its name suggests, the plot for J. J. Austrian’s children’s book Worm Loves Worm is pretty straightforward. “You don’t know if they’re both boys or both girls, but they’re in love with each other, and […]
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PRIDE Civic union
On one hand, Freedom Oklahoma and Women Lead Oklahoma advocate for two distinct constituencies — the former promotes civil engagement in the LGBTQ community while the latter concentrates on those who identify as women. But the two groups have more in common than they have separate — a shared board of directors and office space, […]
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PRIDE King of drag
At age 17, Damian Matrix-Gritte became a king. But when he first began performing at drag shows in Oklahoma City, Matrix-Gritte, now 34, had very few people to pattern his monarchy after. “It was interesting,” Matrix-Gritte said. “There weren’t really drag kings, so I didn’t really have anything to go off of. I’m sure there […]
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PRIDE Proud notes
OKC Pride Music Lineup 9:30 Friday-6 p.m. Saturday 39th District NW 39th Street between Classen and Youngs boulevards facebook.com/okcpridefan 405-652-9561 Free From hip-hop to hair metal, long-lived scene vets to talented teens, the diverse music lineup for OKC’s 2018 Pride hops genres nearly every hour. The common thread throughout is that all of the acts […]
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PRIDE District goals
Depending on when you visit, Oklahoma City’s version of a “gayborhood” might seem like a far cry from the bustling shops of New York City’s West Village or the sand-laden streets of Provincetown. In a major revitalization project, a community of hard-working individuals are banding together in an effort to change that. Sandwiched between Youngs […]
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Chicken-Fried News: No GOPride
The Oklahoma Republican Party hasn’t been an ally to the state’s LGBTQ+ community over the years, which was again highlighted in the most recent session as the GOP-controlled Legislature put a law into effect allowing faith-based adoption agencies to deny prospective parents based on their religious beliefs. Oklahoma County Republicans inquired about space in the […]
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Addressing distress
The morning after the May 24 shooting at the Louie’s Grill & Bar location at Lake Hefner, many of Oklahoma City’s internet denizens became momentarily entranced by shooter Alexander Tilghman’s YouTube channel Yahweh Rules2. The account’s posts paint a picture of Tilghman as a man under significant mental distress and paranoia, with video titles like […]
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New path
If asked to guess which national political party affiliate was the first to elect a transgender person to its executive board, most people probably would not think of the Libertarian Party of Oklahoma. But maybe they should. Norman resident and University of Oklahoma (OU) political science student Traci Baker made history when she was elected […]
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Nuclear option
He is often called the godfather of alternative rock music, but if a few things go in his favor this year, Tyson Meade could soon be called something very different: United States Congressman. In April, Meade — most known as frontman of the late-1980s and ’90s bands Defenestration and Chainsaw Kittens, which have been cited […]
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Kirk Humphreys will resign from OU Board of Regents in January because his presence is ‘a problem’
The former Oklahoma City mayor made comments on local television comparing LGBTQ people to pedophiles.