Wyoming - Kim Petras: I'm an artist, I'm not a gender

Press

Wyoming Tribune

Rawlins, WY

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Arkansas - Artist builds awareness for Arkansas' diverse LGBTQ community

Mary Jordan
Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Fayetteville, AR

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Algeria/UK - The Artist Kader Attia Mocks Colonial History, then Heals Its Effects

Heba Elkayal
Al-Fanar Media

Algiers, Algeria

Notre Dame d'Afrique

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Taiwan - ‘Living itself is political’ — artist Shu Lea Cheang on resisting stereotypes

Antonia Cundy
Financial Times

Taipei, Taiwan

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One Artist’s Quest to Honor Her Transgender Uncle

Hilary Moss
The New York Times

Ken and Hazel's wedding photo, 1954

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Downtown: Artist starts with empowerment

Megan Doyle
Concord Monitor

painting by Catherine Graffam

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Artist Uses Gay Men’s Blood to Protest a Discriminatory FDA Policy

Rafi Schwartz
Good

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'Trans Girl Next Door' Documents Artist's Transition

SHELBY CLARK PETKUS
http://www.pridesource.com

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Toronto WorldPride Chooses Vancouver Artist's Work

Ken Griffin
http://www.gayapolis.com


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Transgender comics artist and fantasy illustrator Jeffery Catherine Jones dies at 67 (Miami Herald)

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Folk-electro pop artist from the Prairies finding a home in Montreal (Montreal Gazette [Canada])

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