A conversation with Raye Dooley, co-executive director of the LGBTQ Center of Durham.
Desmera Gatewood
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The 2026 INDY Pride Issue
The work of the LGBTQ Center of Durham and the need to “impose beauty on our future.”
Posted inFirst Person
Essay: When America Bombs Little Girls
Like my elders and ancestors, this generation’s obligation is to resist a government, unapologetically draped in white supremacy, as it erases the lives of children at home and abroad.
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Portraits of Pride: Fighting for Our Lives in the Face of Fascism
How queer people are under attack today and what it means to stand in solidarity with them during the Trump presidency. Plus, reflections from the staff of the LGBTQ Center of Durham.
Posted inCulture
Durham’s Omisade Burney-Scott Invites Storytelling Around Social Justice and Menopause
The creator of the platform and podcast Black Girl’s Guide to Menopause, Burney-Scott is still telling stories in a new PBS documentary, The M Factor, which debuted earlier this month.
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Portraits of Pride, Year Two: Voices of Queer Young People and Their Allies
Take a trip through the year of the INDY’s Portraits of Pride series and hear from young people associated with local community spaces.
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Auntie Assata, the Baby Ancestor
An interview with Assata Goff, 24, a visual artist from Durham
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Finding Your Community: An Interview With Taj Scott
Taj Scott, 15, is a chess-playing, manga-reading, Durham-loving cool kid.
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Voices: Why I and Others in the Triangle Didn’t Bend for Joe Biden on Super Tuesday
Biden is writing the checks for bombs continually and then lightly scolding Israel for doing the same thing over and over again.
