RED

QTPoC in the South, Red States, and Non-Urban Communities.

Our debut collection, focusing on conservative cultural spaces away from urban city centers that are overrepresented in queer media, and exploring queerness and gender from between and beyond the coasts.

Road Trips in the Red: Freeing My Queer Black Self From the Responsibility of Being Acceptable

Faylita Hicks

When San Francisco Couldn't Accept the Painful Journey of This North Dakota Queer

Shivani Seth

Tell Me Your Story, I'll Tell You Mine: Young QPOC Talk Life From The Edges of Conservative Culture

Alli Cruz & Olivia Popp

I've Seen the Loneliness and Homophobic Anti-Blackness of Healthcare in the South

Paul Bernard

Black, Brown, and Colorful: Southern Identity Beyond Horses and Beauty Queens

Edgar Gomez

And Where Do Our Youth Turn: The Need for LGBTQ+ Community and Learning in the Black, Rural South

Rita Pérez-Padilla

QTPOC Are Working Hard for Change in Texas. Our Lives Are Not Punchlines for Clicks

Luke Hernandez

We Belong Wherever Our Hearts Fall: My Promise to Appalachia

Samir Sirk Morató

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