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Queer Kentucky Queer Kentucky is Kentucky's only LGBTQ+ newsroom- telling the stories that keep queer Kentuckians informed, connected, and seen across the state.

Kentucky born pastry chef Chase Maus brings his Covington roots, q***r creativity and years of bakery experience to Food...
12/13/2025

Kentucky born pastry chef Chase Maus brings his Covington roots, q***r creativity and years of bakery experience to Food Network’s Holiday Baking Championship. Maus opened Rose and Mary Bakery to long weekend lines before stepping onto a national stage. Now he shares the vulnerability, pressure and joy that come with competing on Season 12.⁠
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🔗 https://q***rkentucky.com/chase-maus-holiday-baking-championship/

Q***r Kentucky doesn’t have a paywall. No subscription fees. No “premium” content.⁠⁠That’s on purpose.⁠⁠Some folks can’t...
12/09/2025

Q***r Kentucky doesn’t have a paywall. No subscription fees. No “premium” content.⁠
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That’s on purpose.⁠
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Some folks can’t safely use their card for LGBTQ+ content. Others just can’t afford another subscription — especially in this economy.⁠
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We keep our reporting free because q***r information should be accessible to everyone.⁠
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We’re working toward 200 total Bedfellows so we can stay free for all.⁠
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🔗 https://q***rkentucky.com/bedfellows/

✍️ In the mid-1980s, the shape of q***r activism in the state was rapidly changing. The onset of the AIDS epidemic, as ...
12/07/2025

✍️ In the mid-1980s, the shape of q***r activism in the state was rapidly changing. The onset of the AIDS epidemic, as well as changing ideas around visibility, mobilized organizers to focus on solidifying people power among q***r Kentuckians. An emergent activist group called the Greater Louisville Human Rights Coalition (GLHRC) followed this call to action in Louisville by pursuing anti-discrimination protections for q***r people. Their aim was the endorsement of the Louisville-Jefferson County Human Relations Commission, which they won in 1986 through documenting discrimination in the city and building coalitional support from civil rights leaders, such as Dr. Lyman T. Johnson.⁠
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🔗⁠ https://q***rkentucky.com/building-people-power-stories-from-the-fight-for-fairness/

Q***r Kentuckians deserve harm-reduction reporting that’s honest, compassionate, and rooted in our community — not judgm...
12/05/2025

Q***r Kentuckians deserve harm-reduction reporting that’s honest, compassionate, and rooted in our community — not judgment or stereotypes.⁠
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One of our most-read stories this year was our collaboration with Uncloseted Media on the connection between q***r substance use and dating apps. It reached more than half a million people — many telling us it was the first time they’d seen their experiences covered with care instead of shame.⁠
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We want to do more of that work in 2026: more stories that help people feel seen, more coverage that connects folks to resources, and more reporting that treats harm reduction as care.⁠
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If you want to support more harm-reduction journalism in Kentucky, become a Bedfellow.⁠
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Help us reach 200 total and keep this coverage alive statewide.⁠
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🔗 https://q***rkentucky.com/bedfellows/

There’s a walnut tree in the front yard of Sam Gleaves’s childhood home in southwest Virginia, and its roots stretch acr...
12/04/2025

There’s a walnut tree in the front yard of Sam Gleaves’s childhood home in southwest Virginia, and its roots stretch across every track on his latest album. "Honest", released in August 2024, is a ten-song record shaped by tenderness, grief, and Sam’s long journey toward writing love songs that feel like home—to him and to us.⁠
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From the first lyric, "Beautiful" is a love letter to his mother. “My first plane ride, Mom and I, Pacific bound,” Gleaves sings, recalling a trip to California as a teenager. In San Francisco, they saw two men holding hands. Sam, who wasn’t yet out, remembers his mom turning to him and saying, “Isn’t that just beautiful?” That moment became the seed for the album.⁠
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🔗 https://q***rkentucky.com/q***r-love-songs-and-rural-lineage-shine-in-sam-gleaves-new-release/

Our Executive Director, .spears, returned for another taping of This News is So Gay, produced by . ⁠You can listen in th...
12/03/2025

Our Executive Director, .spears, returned for another taping of This News is So Gay, produced by . ⁠
You can listen in through this link: https://megaphone.link/FPMN5986912534.⁠
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On this week’s episode of This News is So Gay:⁠
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The Trump administration has canceled recognition of World AIDS Day. Is there anything this administration could do at this point that would actually surprise us?⁠
Yes, the 2025 election is over, but there are a slew of LGBTQ+ political stories happening across the country. What do you need to know?⁠
Gender-affirming care and services continue to be a source of drama in the news. What is the very latest?⁠
And, of course, q***r joy. Where is our roundtable finding q***r joy in the news right now?⁠
Joining us this week to answer those questions and and so many more are:⁠
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Editor-in-chief of The Advocate, Alex Cooper.⁠
Host of The Gaily Show, airing every weekday on AM950 Radio in Minneapolis and WCPT 820 in Chicago, John Parker.⁠
Executive Director of Q***r Kentucky, Missy Spears.⁠
Hosted by: Editor of The Buckeye Flame, Ken Schneck.

Violet Chachki and Gottmik bring The Knockout Tour to Louisville on Dec. 11. The high-energy drag variety show features ...
12/03/2025

Violet Chachki and Gottmik bring The Knockout Tour to Louisville on Dec. 11. The high-energy drag variety show features fashion, live vocals, burlesque, aerials, and local performers. The duo blends glam and rock and roll in a boxing-themed production that highlights Southern q***r artistry and the next generation of drag. ⁠
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🔗 https://q***rkentucky.com/violet-chachki-gottmik-knockout-tour-louisville/

Slay Bells returns to the Lyric Theatre on Dec. 7 with drag, comedy, music, and community joy. The holiday show supports...
12/02/2025

Slay Bells returns to the Lyric Theatre on Dec. 7 with drag, comedy, music, and community joy. The holiday show supports Moveable Feast Lexington, the city’s only nonprofit delivering hot meals to low-income people with HIV and those in hospice care. Local queens, first-time celebrity performers, and award-winning talent will take the stage for a night that celebrates q***r artistry and raises vital funds. Tickets and details at feastlex.org/event/slay-bells-2025.⁠
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🔗 https://q***rkentucky.com/slay-bells-lexington-holiday-drag-show-2025/

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