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Summer Fun: Minnesota-Style

Minnesota has finally been graced by a more temperate climate, and it’s time to enjoy what our beautiful state has to offer! With an endless number of lakes, parks, trails, and rivers, the only hard [...]

A Gay Girl’s Guide to Life after College

I’ve made it. It’s been a year, and I’m still standing. Still breathing. Still living. I’ve made it through that awkward, awful, and (yes, I’ll say it) awesome year after college when the world is [...]

Spring Non-Profits

The GLBT community of Minnesota is fortunate enough to be supported by many non-profits that strive to improve our quality of life. These non-profits work tirelessly to protect our families, our rights, and our health. [...]

Spring Home & Garden: Remodeling A Kitchen on the Cheap

With spring finally around the corner, it’s time to brush off those dusty dreams of remodeling the less-than-desirable spaces in your home! Maybe you want to spruce up an area in your home that feels [...]

She Rock She Rock: Music and Empowerment

If you’ve always wanted to pick up an instrument and rock out like a pro, now’s your chance! She Rock She Rock, a non-profit organization that focuses on uniting and empowering women and gender non-conforming [...]

Local Designer Greg Walsh Featured at American Craft Council Show

This year’s American Craft Council Show will feature Minneapolis designer Greg Walsh in its collaborative exhibit entitled “Make Room.” Walsh’s work with Walsh Design Group and I.D. inside design has made him well known as [...]

Patrick Nau: Top Dog In Pet Photography

Check out Patrick Nau’s Photo Gallery at the end of article. As a professional photographer for over 32 years, Patrick Nau knows how to capture seemingly fleeting moments—turning the ephemeral into the eternal—one photograph at [...]

“Getting to Ellen”: A Memoir about Love, Honesty and Gender Change

What are you willing to give up in order to become your most authentic self? Your amazing career? Your perfect marriage to your soul mate? Your financial success? While some may argue that a career, [...]

E.B. Boatner’s “M-O-T-H-E-R Spells Murder” Thrills and Intrigues

Lavender columnist E.B. Boatner has added another accomplishment to his long list of achievements with the recent publication of his first novel, M-O-T-H-E-R Spells Murder, a mystery novel that explores the devastating effects of scandal [...]

AIDS Quilt Comes to Wilde Roast

For the first time in many years, Minnesotans will be able to view the AIDS Memorial Quilt, a 54-ton quilt which honors and memorializes those who have died from AIDS. Made of over 48,000 unique,12×12 [...]

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