Carmen Emmi on Plainclothes, Queer Storytelling, and the Power of Coming Home
By Cesar A Reyes Carmen Emmi didn’t grow up dreaming of making movies. Raised in a traditional farming family in
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Reflections, Rewrites, and Raw Truths: Exit Interviews Finds Beauty in Emotional Honesty
By Dwight Byrum When Garrett Abdo sat down to write Exit Interviews, he wasn’t chasing a breakout hit—he was chasing clarity.
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FilmOut San Diego Shines Bright at 25th Annual LGBTQ Film Festival
By Cesar A Reyes FilmOut San Diego is set to celebrate a major milestone this year as it hosts its
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Transgender History Month: Bliss Vasquez
By Cesar A. Reyes Bliss Vasquez (they/he/elle/friend) is a community builder, organizer, and visionary whose life and work are rooted
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Nonbinary People’s Day: Visibility, Understanding, and Pride
By Gus Hernandez Monday, July 14, marks International Nonbinary People’s Day, the start of Nonbinary Awareness Week, and the kickoff
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Rising Together in Defiance and Joy
By Kristin Flickinger For well over fifty years, Pride organizations across the U.S. have fought to protect and celebrate our communities,our legacies, and our futures. Day in and day out, our organizations work with individuals,
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This Is Why We Celebrate
By Roxanne Deatherage We exist, resist, and fundraise for the programs that keep our Center alive In the weeks leading up to summer, a disappointing decision by a local elected official cast a shadow
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Uncovering Hidden Histories: A Special Partnership with San Diego Black Pride
By Nicole Verdes WHOSE WORLD, WHOSE HOME: Uncovering San Diego’s Queer Black Futures and Histories Thursday, July 10 at 6:30
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After Hours by Kehlani
By Korie Houston Pride season in San Diego is here. A time for joy, resistance, and remembering who we are. Not just as individuals, butas a collective. A community. A people. Pride is a celebration, yes, but it’s also a mirror. And this year, it reflects something deeper: that our rights, our identities, our very
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Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar and Insignificant Others by Stephen McCauley
By Vaughn Frantz Miller Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar I hope I convince you to read this book. I have mulled
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