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Category: Community Perspectives
Spring Edition of “y’ALL: LGBTQ+ Voices of Fort Worth”
The Spring 2024 volume of “y’ALL: LGBTQ+ Voices of Fort Worth” is printed and available here online. This volume focused on LGBTQ+ voices in education. And we had so many oral histories we couldn’t fit them all in the book. Look for some web content connected to this issue soon. If you’d like to be interviewed for future issues, please… Read more →
y’ALL: Voices from LGBTQ+ Fort Worth
In the Fall semester of 2023, our team of editors reached out to LGBTQ+ members of the Fort Worth community to hear some of their stories. These stories were collected into a chapbook were calling “y’ALL: Voices from LGBTQ+ Fort Worth.” We hope this is just the first issue in a series of issues archiving LGBTQ+ voices in Fort Worth.… Read more →
Chapbook Preview Video
Our chapbook is almost on its way to the printers! Look for updates on how to get a copy in January. In the meantime, check out our preview video with excerpts from the interviews that will be published in the chapbook! Read more →
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Born into Hatred
By Alyssa Gutierrez “You’re raised into your beliefs” oh, but that’s a lie. If I was raised into my beliefs; a Catholic, Hispanic-focused culture rooted in hatred for those who are “different” then, shouldn’t I have hatred for these people as well? shouldn’t I look at them with a face full of disgust? like how my neighbors in Mexico… Read more →
The Door
By Lexie Woodall Pictured above are a series of quotes from a door created in 2019 to celebrate Pride Month. The door now resides in the TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library’s Special Collections. Read more →
A Look at The Skiff
By Anonymous This edition of the Skiff, published on November 21, 1989, features an article about students in a human sexuality class. Although it does not say the word “homophobia” explicitly, it discusses the “stereotyping and bigotry” people in the LGBTQ+ community face, which I found surprising in an article from 1989. Additionally, the article discusses physical violence against queer… Read more →
y’ALL Cover Preview
Here’s a sneak peek of the cover for the first edition of y’ALL, an archive of queer history in Fort Worth. Join us on November 29th at 5 pm in Palko Hall 130 for the release party. Cover design by Christina Philips. Read more →
A Letter to the Man I Almost Knew
By Lucas Judd Dear Jerry, I hope I can call you that, but since you were almost my Godfather I think it might be okay. Almost is a word that stings me and I know stings my mother even more. When she does talk about you, which is quite often it’s only of the good times, of the memories she… Read more →