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Around the Region: UW Milwaukee under fire for hosting anti-transgender speaker
Wisconsin Anti-transgender, openly gay white nationalist Milo Yiannopoulos went after a transgender student in his speech in Milwaukee last week, New York Magazine reports: On Tuesday, alt-right troll Milo Yiannopoulos made yet another stop on his tour of colleges and universities across the country. He spoke at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, where he was […]
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Uncle Walt is Brazen
There aren’t many times at the theater when you experience talent from both veteran and beginning thespians. Uncle Walt is one of those rare times. Staged in the intimate atmosphere of the People’s Center Theater, the audience up close and cannot help but be extremely involved with the production. With a cast of only four […]
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TheColu.mn pledge drive: Oct. 20 – Nov. 2
TheColu.mn is holding a two-week pledge drive between Oct. 20 and Nov. 2 to raise funds to add new writers to our team. If just 300 people gave $10, we could easily reach our goal. Consider a donation today! In early September, TheColu.mn staff, volunteers, and members of the arts community gathered at the Schmidt […]
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Ask Mrs. Pederson – Dear Chaste
Dear Margie, I recently ended my relationship with my boyfriend. I am a gay thirty-something and feel like I have not been all that successful in relationships. I want to find somebody to really fall in love with. But almost always one of the first things brought up before even going on a date is […]
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TheColu.mn’s Arts and Culture Calendar for Dec. 10-17
Catherine Palmer Closing Reception At Cafe Southside Dec. 12, 5-7pm 3405 Chicago Ave South, Minneapolis We are very excited to be having a closing reception for Katies current art show at Cafe Southside. We are also very excited to have this coincide with the second Thursday events on 38th and Chicago. The current works at […]
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Masks
In his classic spiritual biography, “Take Off The Masks”, Malcom Boyd eloquently wrote about his process of self-examination and eventual wholeness of mind, body and spirit. Such things are possible when we come to recognize that almost all of us stand behind some sort of mask. For many in the GLBT community, this may be […]
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Give to the Max to TheColu.mn
On Thursday, millions of Minnesotans will give during the Give to the Max campaign, and this year, TheColu.mn is asking for your support. In October, TheColu.mn became a project under the fiscal sponsorship of Springboard for the Arts. We started TheColu.mn in 2009 because we saw a need to continue covering stories that impact the […]
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The Minnesota roots of the Human Rights Campaign
This article is part of a series on Minnesota LGBT history in honor of LGBT History Month. These are excerpts from a forthcoming book for TheColu.mn on the history Minnesota marriage equality debate from 1969-2013. The Human Rights Campaign is the largest LGBT rights group in the United States, and Minnesotans who were seasoned in […]
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Minnesota LGBT History Month: The pie and Anita Bryant
This article is part of a series on Minnesota LGBT history in honor of LGBT History Month. These are excerpts from a forthcoming book for TheColu.mn on the history Minnesota marriage equality debate from 1969-2013. One of the most iconic images from the gay rights struggle in the late 1970s was that of Anita Bryant […]
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Small steps for equality in North Dakota
Grand Forks, North Dakota made news in mid-June when the city council voted to ban discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity in municipal employment. It’s the only city in North Dakota to have such protections, but Grand Forks’ new ordinance has spawned similar efforts in the state which currently lacks any protections for […]