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How Trans Teens Are Fighting for Safety and Joy: And the New Book That’s Telling Their Stories
By Dakota Parks for Inweekly Caught in a relentless barrage of anti-trans legislation, sensationalized headlines and misinformation,...
Nov 20, 202411 min read


Archiving as Resistance: Invisible Histories Expands to the Panhandle
By Dakota Parks for Inweekly Over the centuries, queer history has often dwelled in obscurity—marginalized, overlooked and literally...
Feb 1, 20249 min read


Diving into Diversity: Q&A with Trans Filmmaker Jake Graf
By Dakota Parks for Inweekly Internationally acclaimed director, writer, actor and transgender rights advocate Jake Graf is a force to be...
Sep 27, 20239 min read


Stamped Film Festival: Where LGBTQ+ Stories Find Their Voice
By Dakota Parks for Inweekly Since its inception in 2012, Stamped Film Festival has become a cultural cornerstone in Pensacola that...
Sep 27, 20233 min read


Lady Fest's Legacy: 10 Years of Music, Diversity and Cookies and Cake
By Dakota Parks for Inweekly Like many iconic staples in the Pensacola music scene, Cookies and Cake was born out of the creative and...
Aug 23, 20236 min read


The Labor of Fun: With “Hotsy-Totsy-Vrooom-O-Rama” creators Joseph Herring and Amy Ruddick
By Dakota Parks for Inweekly Artists and longtime creative collaborators, Joseph Herring and Amy Ruddick, are on a mission to infuse fun...
Aug 2, 20236 min read


The Art of Pride: PensaPride Highlights LGBTQ+ Creativity and Resistance
By Dakota Parks for Inweekly Pride is more than just a celebration. For many, it is a place of refuge, a time to honor the rich history...
Jun 22, 20238 min read


Songs Not Soundscapes
By Dakota Parks for Inweekly Armed with his electric guitar and loop pedal, local cinematographer and musician Doug Stanford has made a...
Jun 15, 20235 min read


Resilience and Resistance: Empowering Local Pride
By Dakota Parks for Inweekly While June commemorates the official start of Pride month, the celebrations in Pensacola always begin...
May 25, 20239 min read


Celebrating Queer Art and Community at Gallery Night
By Dakota Parks for Inweekly With Pride Month just around the corner, Pensacola’s vibrant art scene is gearing up for a celebration of...
May 18, 20234 min read


Pensacola Activists Grapple with Abortion Ban
By Dakota Parks for Inweekly In the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade last summer, Pensacola abortion rights...
Apr 20, 20236 min read


Riding The Maximalist Wave
By Dakota Parks for Inweekly It started with an inside joke—a pilgrimage to Medieval Times dinner theater and an available garage to...
Jan 19, 20234 min read


Carving Out Identity Through Art
By Dakota Parks for Inweekly If you’ve been to a Pensacola Arts Market or Gallery Night, chances are you’ve seen Tyler Thomas slinging...
Nov 10, 20224 min read


Good and Gay
By Dakota Parks for Inweekly “Good and gay” is at the heart of what Sunday’s Child does. Since 2013, this philanthropic LGBTQ-focused...
Oct 27, 20224 min read


FemFest Returns
By Dakota Parks for Inweekly Kirstin Norris Gartner juggled baby monitors and a chef’s knife while preparing dinner for her family during...
Oct 20, 20227 min read
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