Gay stolz 2022

Tuesday, June 30 | PM
Trinity Cinema, Distillery District
Ticket: $50 / PG / Wheelchair Accessible
Experience a compelling open-air film screening of IncluCity, a post-WWII story of love, courage, and self-discovery in a conservative Italian village. Follow Marta, a single mother, as she is introduced to a hidden LGBTQ+ community and begins to challenge societal norms. Your ticket includes full access to festival activations and tasting samples starting at PM.

June 25 – 29 | Daily 5 PM – Midnight
Barbara Hall Park ( Church St.)
Free / Wheelchair Accessible
Celebrate Pride with five nights of music, performance, and community at the Lush Space Festival, hosted by The Each evening features a unique theme and lineup:

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  GLAAD, ATHLETE ALLY, AND OUTCHINA RELEASE MEDIA GUIDE FOR COVERING LGBTQ ATHLETES AT THE OLYMPICS AND PARALYMPICS

  GLAAD, the world’s largest lesbian, homosexual, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) media advocacy organization, along with Athlete Ally, a national organization working to elevate and advocate for LGBTQ athletes, and OutChina, are releasing a “Guide to Covering LGBTQ Athletes at the Olympics and Paralympics” as a resource to journalists and media professionals.

  The guide is available as a PDF here and on the GLAAD website here.

  There are at least 32 out LGBTQ athletes competing in the Winter Games in Beijing, according to , a principal news source on LGBTQ athletes. This is a historic number of out athletes for the Winter Olympics; the Pyeongchang Olympics featured 15 out athletes. A sample listing of out LGBTQ athletes who will be in Beijing is below.

  The reference provides journalists with best practices for covering transgender, nonbinary, and other LGBTQ athletes, along with the history of LGBTQ athletes at the Olympics and context on the policies and issues fac
  

  Music composer draws inspiration for new work by traveling Road 66

  Nolan Stolz, associate professor of music at the University of South Carolina Upstate, has been traveling back and forth on Route 66 since July as he composes his fresh major orchestral piece, "Route 66 Suite." It's part of a six-year project to commemorate the th anniversary of the historic highway.

  The work will be a musical reflection of Route 66 and will represent various aspects of the road. He talked with KSMU about his journey. Below is a lightly edited Q and A transcript.

  Q: Where have you been so far, and what inspiration contain you gained?

  A: This is my seventh trip. I'm currently on my fourth westbound trip, and I'll do one more eastbound trip, so I've been basically everywhere on Route Different places are inspiring different things. So, for instance, the opening movements of the suite I'm titling "AD " That's because that was the year that Path 66 became official, and so I'm taking the version of the road—and a lot of times that's dirt and gravel or through the cities that's through the old part

  Meet the LGBTQ+ Athletes Participating in the Beijing Olympic Games

  Openly Homosexual Athletes Competing in Beijing (organized alphabetically and by sport)

  This list reflects knowledge compiled by Outsports and LGBT historian Tony Scupham-Bilton. The full list from Outsports can be start here.

  Biathlon

  Megan Banks (@) is an openly queer biathlete representing Team Canada who uses she/they pronouns. After coming out as same-sex attracted in an Instagram publish in , Bankes hopes to show younger athletes “that they can be whomever they are, or want to be, without discrimination.” They are competing in their first Olympics this year and own previously competed in several World Championships.

  Curling 🥌

  Bruce Mouat (@BruceMouat) is a curler for Team Great Britain competing in his first Olympic Games. Mouat has boasted an impressive pre-Olympics career, recently finishing first in the World Mixed Doubles Championship amongst other competitions.

  Figure Skating ⛸

  Filippo Ambrosini is an out figure skater representing Team Italy. The Olympic Games label his fi