While I Was There
From the Editor: Happy New Year
Happy New Year. The last time I wrote, I talked about the cognitive dissonance of balancing the victory of defeating the marriage amendment last November just to have the issue of same-sex marriage be dropped [...]
From the Editor: Lavender Love
I’m in love with this issue. Look at it. The people, the places, the pictures, the people, the people, the people. But, I have terrible timing. Just as we wrapped up the voting for the [...]
Friend Request Sent: General Mills
I was able to attend the 2012 General Mills Pride Reception with a great many GLBTA members. Can we call that historic? I attended the Historic 2012 General Mills Pride Reception? Let’s go with it. [...]
From the Editor: Fountain of Youth
I’m sitting at my desk in the corner of Lavender’s office building, thinking of my first job out of college. I worked for Twin Cities Public Television’s now-defunct corporate subsidiary, Point2Point Communication Solutions, in Lowertown [...]
Summer in the Cities
Beer Dabbler Food There’s no better way to celebrate summer than with the perfect pairing of local beer and local food! The Beer Dabbler is teaming up with Twin Cities Pride to host a celebration [...]
From The Editor: Getaway – Chicago Style
I’ve fallen in love with the photography of the newly discovered Vivian Maier. She snapped as she walked. She caught life. She was an undiscovered genius of The Moment. I stumbled upon a link to [...]
From the Editor: Nonprofits
Nonprofits. My second job out of college was as a fundraiser for orphans in Latin America and the Caribbean. Orphans. It doesn’t get much more fundraisey than that. Great work, great mission, good feelings. Then, [...]
From the Editor: The Business of Being Everywhere
Every once in a while, I’ve got to talk business. The business of getting you the goods, the business of what we’re up to, and the business of enriching our community both here in Minnesota [...]
From The Editor: The Wedding Issue
The Wedding Issue. It’s kind of a big deal, double entendre intended. Weddings and marriage and legislation and love. Hopefully, we’ll look back on 2012 as the year that banning same-sex marriage was kept out [...]
From the Editor: A Journey, A Dance
Jin Xing pauses in telling her personal story, admitting that for a time she questioned why there was such a fascination with her as a transgendered person, as opposed to an accomplished dancer. She answers [...]
